Comedy musical HERE COMES J EDGAR! to receive world premiere at King’s Head Theatre
This summer sees the world premiere of stage comedy musical Here Comes J Edgar! at London’s King’s Head Theatre from 10 July-16 August.
Here Comes J Edgar! is a collaboration between Harry Shearer - star of The Simpsons and This Is Spinal Tap, Tom Leopold - the writer behind such TV classics as Seinfeld and Cheers, and award-winning conductor and composer - Barbara Streisand’s musical director, Peter Matz.
As Director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, J. Edgar Hoover secured his position as the most powerful man in America by gathering information on the private lives of others. Yet, behind all the the machismo, was his concealed sexuality, his flamboyant partying and his lifelong love affair with his deputy, Clyde Tolson. Here was a man who stopped at nothing to use the secrets of others to build and exert his control … yet underneath the petticoats of power lay his own secrets … hidden … there … in plain sight.
Here Comes J Edgar! is an irrepressible musical comedy about the love of power and the power of love, and what a simple black dress and a single strand of pearls can do for a guy!
The weird and twisted tale, told in the style of a 1950s comedy musical, will be directed by Josh Seymour, with choreography by the celebrated Bill Deamer, musical supervision by Benjamin Ferguson, set design by Sophia Pardon, costumes by Tom Paris, lighting by Jamie Platt, sound by Nick Lodge, and casting by Harry Blumenau CDG CSA. Casting and further creatives are to be announced.
Director Josh Seymour said: “I’m so excited to be directing this anarchic new musical, written by a team of comedic and musical legends. It combines my two favourite things - queer history and musical comedy - as it wraps a dark tale of American ambition inside an irresistible Golden Age extravaganza.”