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Off-Broadway’s Second Longest Running Musical Comedy, is coming to Joburg and Cape Town
VRG Theatrical is proud to announce that a new, upscale production of I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change will be presented in Cape Town and Johannesburg from July to September 2016. Written by Tony® Award winner Joe DiPietro with music by Jimmy Roberts, I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change is Off-Broadway’s love letter to the dating and mating game. The production is made up of a series of vignettes that take a close and hilarious look at love and relationships.
This gem of a play has not had a high-end revival in South Africa since the 90s and the colourful new version sports a pop-art inspired set and wardrobe by Niall Griffin with direction by Elizma Badenhorst.
The versatile cast, directed by Elizma Badenhorst, portray more than 52 different characters, complete with over 30 wardrobe and wig changes. These talented, proudly South African actors are Neels Clasen (We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia!), Brandon Lindsay (Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express, West Side story), Taryn-Lee Hudson (Jersey Boys, Singin’ in the Rain) and Fleur du Cap Theatre Award nominee Claire Taylor (Cabaret, Sunset Boulevard and Dirty Dancing). They will be accompanied by piano and violin under the Musical Direction of Wessel Odendaal. Musical Staging is by Timothy le Roux. Costume design is by Niall Griffin.
I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change will be on the boards at Theatre On The Bay in Camps Bay from 20 July until 6 August and at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre from 10 August until 4 September. All tickets are available from R125 through Computicket.
