From Here to Eternity

Musicals

West End

Shaftesbury Theatre

Mon Sep 30
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Time Out says

Wed Oct 31 2012

James Jones's semi-autobiographical novel about the lives and loves of a group of GIs posted to Hawaii pre-Second World War was famously made into an iconic 1953 film starring Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr (the latter two sharing one of the most memorable sex scenes in cinema history). Richly romantic, 'From Here to Eternity' certainly isn't a terrible choice for musical adaptation, and the presence of Tim Rice as lyricist – his first new stage musical in a decade – is cause to be optimistic. And it'll be interesting to see if the musical explores the book's gay subplot, censored in the '50s and absent from the film. Direction, intriguingly, comes from Bush Theatre associate Tamara Harvey, in her first big push into the commercial sector.

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Name:
Shaftesbury Theatre
Address:
Shaftesbury Theatre 210 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
WC2H 8DP

Phone:
020 7379 5399
Website:
www.shaftesburytheatre.com/
Transport:
Holborn or Tottenham Court Road tube
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1. Shaftesbury Theatre
  - 210 Shaftesbury Avenue
    London
    WC2H 8DP
  - 020 7379 5399
  - www.shaftesburytheatre.com/
  - 51.516276,-0.126081