The five main artists in forthcoming West End show The Drifters Girl, starring Beverley Knight, could soon be royalties royalty.
It’s usually the composer, playwright, director and design team who get to share the spoils of a smash hit show, not the actors but this time a special deal has been struck that should see them in the money, too.
To do this they are being credited (and compensated) as co-creators, for their input during the development of the musical, which is about pioneering black music manager Faye Treadwell, who took over control of the legendary, golden-age soul quartet following the death of her husband George Treadwell the legal owner of the name The Drifters in 1967.
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COME FROM AWAY… comes back to the West End
December 11, 2020 Last updated:
March 23, 2021
Multi-award-winning, international hit musical
Come From Away will make a welcome return to the West End booking from 21st June 2021. The West End company in Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre 2020 – Credit Craig Sugden.
Come From Away tells the remarkable and inspiring true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but as uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.
On 11th September 2001, the world stopped. On 12th September, their stories moved us all.