Sinatra The Musical to make world premiere at Birmingham Rep this autumn

Sinatra The Musical is to make its world premiere at Birmingham Rep in 2023.

The brand new musical, based on the life and career of the legendary artist and cultural icon Frank Sinatra, will run at the venue from 23 September – 28 October.

Birmingham Rep is co-producing the show with Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff and Scott Landis for Universal Music Group Theatrical, and Tina Sinatra and Charles Pignone on behalf of Frank Sinatra Enterprises.

Sinatra The Musical will be bought to the stage by writer Joe DiPietro (What’s New Pussycat? and Memphis) and director & choreographer Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes and The Pajama Game).

It is New Year’s Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history.

As Frank Sinatra’s career suddenly skyrockets, he struggles with balancing the love of his wife, Nancy, against the demands and temptations of being the most popular singer in America. But when he begins a torrid affair with movie goddess Ava Gardner, his records stop selling and the press turns against him, sending his career into a tailspin.

Driven by his devotion to his family, Sinatra employs his peerless artistry and dogged determination to stage the greatest comeback in showbiz history.

Casting and further creatives are to be announced.

Writer Joe DiPietro said: “Growing up, there were two pictures hanging in my grandmother’s kitchen — The Pope and Frank Sinatra. So to sit down with Tina Sinatra and hear stories of her father which no one else knows, and then to be able to put those stories on stage – well I think it’ll make for an unexpected and thrilling new musical. We’ll be showing you how the man became the legend and how the legend was — at the end of the day — just a man. And I couldn’t be more excited that our world premiere is at Birmingham Rep, where I had such a phenomenal time working on What’s New, Pussycat?”

Director and Choreographer Kathleen Marshall added: “I am beyond thrilled to return to the UK, which feels like my second home, to bring the story of the legendary Frank Sinatra to the stage at such a prestigious theatre as the Birmingham Rep. We hope to create an evening of theatre that is as stylish, sophisticated and elegant as Mr. Sinatra, with glorious music from the American Songbook.”

For more information and tickets, visit Birmingham-rep.co.uk