Ernest Hemingway Bio-Musical Too Close to the Sun to Close in London
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Too Close to the Sun, the new musical concerning the death of Ernest Hemingway, which just opened to largely negative reviews on Friday night (July 24), has already posted closing notices at the West End’s Comedy Theatre. Originally booking through September 5, the show will now close on August 8.
Too Close to the Sun provides a fictional account of the events leading up to Hemingway’s death. In it, the writer, battling the indignities of old age, takes solace in the company of his young secretary. His wife is unaware that the secretary has a secret agenda — to become wife number five and inherit his estate. The arrival of Rex, an old school friend, adds a further complication. The new musical has music by John Robinson, lyrics by Robinson and Roberto Trippini and a book by Trippini.
One of the production’s four cast members, Jay Benedict, who was playing Hemingway’s friend Rex, withdrew from the production just before last week’s press performance, citing a knee injury. The rest of the cast are James Graeme (Hemingway), Helen Dallimore, and Tammy Joelle.
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