Lauren Samuels

Lauren Samuels new Musical – The Last Five Years

After Lauren Samuels finishes as Sandy in Grease on 22nd January 2011, the next thing lined up is an interesting two handed musical called “The Last Five Years”.

It’s a short run in a small theatre, so this will give Lauren a very different sort of opportunity after Grease and Over The Rainbow.

The Last Five Years with Lauren Samuels

Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last 5 Years at the Tabard Theatre

The musical follows Jamie ( Christopher Pym) and Cathy (Lauren Samuels) through the last five years of their relationship, from beginning to end and from end to beginning.

Originally produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell, originally produced by Northlight Theatre Chicago, USA, presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.

Drew Baker will direct the production, with musical direction by Lee Freeman and design by Colin Mayes.

Christopher Pym

Christopher Pym

Christopher Pym will be Lauren’s co-star and he has been in several musicals already :  The Little Shop of Horrors, Girlfriends, My Favourite Year, This Thing Called Love and I Do! I Do! as well as playing Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld and – A Wizard of Oz/ OTR connection here – The scarecrow in The Wiz!