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Pretty Woman: The Musical Announces North American Tour

The Bryan Adams-Jim Vallance musical adaptation of the hit 1990 film just played its 300th performance on Broadway.

Samantha Barks, Andy Karl, and the company of Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway.
Samantha Barks, Andy Karl, and the company of Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway.
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Pretty Woman: The Musical has announced that it will launch a North American tour in Providence, Rhode Island, in October 2020 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Exact dates and additional cities will be announced at a later date.

The musical recently played its 300th performance at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway. Based on the popular 1990 movie starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, Pretty Woman features a book by original screenwriter J.F. Lawton and film director Garry Marshall, a score by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, and direction and choreography by Tony winner Jerry Mitchell.

The Broadway company of Pretty Woman is headed by Samantha Barks as Vivian, Andy Karl as Edward, Orfeh as Kit, Jason Danieley as Philip Stuckey, Eric Anderson as Mr. Thompson, and Kingsley Leggs as James Morse. Allison Blackwell, Tommy Bracco, Brian Calì, Robby Clater, Jessica Crouch, Nico DeJesus, Anna Eilinsfeld, Matt Farcher, Lauren Lim Jackson, Renée Marino, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Jillian Mueller, Jake Odmark, Jennifer Sanchez, Matthew Stocke, Alex Michael Stoll, Alan Wiggins, Jesse Wildman Foster, and Darius Wright make up the ensemble.