Sheridan Smith is to star in the World Premiere of John Cassavetes’ Opening Night, a new musical with book by Ivo van Hove and music and lyrics by Rufus Wainwright.
Directed and conceived by Ivo van Hove and starring Sheridan Smith as Myrtle, it will play a strictly limited season at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End.
Season 6, which will be released in two parts on November 16 and December 14, will see the return of Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki as Charles and Diana