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LAUREN SAMUELS, who will star in and direct a self-filmed version of Jason Robert Brown's 2001 twohander musical The Last Five Years. It follows the lives of Cathy (Samuels), an actress; and Jamie (played by Danny Becker, of Aladdin and The Prince Of Egypt), her overbearing, aspiring novelist husband. The show's perfect for these isolating times. It begins with a sorrowful number sung by Cathy as her marriage to Jamie ends. Each scene switches between the two as they sing about the happy-sad times of their courtship and wedding, and how it all unravelled as he found success while she did not. Samuels, a favourite of mine since she starred in the musical of Bend It Like Beckham, has been filming herself and directing Becker performing his scenes. The completed production will be streamed online by producers Jamie Lambert and Eliza Jackson from Thursday June 25 through Saturday June 27 at 7.30pm. A limited number of electronic 'tickets' will be available at £8 each. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
