Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical

opens Theatre Royal Plymouth 24th Sept to 6th Oct prior to the West End.
This uproarious new musical comedy by Peter Sham and Brad Carroll is a riotous, unpredictable explosion of mistaken identities and unexpected romance - based on the award winning West End and Broadway hit comedy by Ken Ludwig.

In 2000, Peter Sham (bookwriter/lyricist) met Ken Ludwig for the first time when he invited him to a production of Ludwig's play, Lend Me A Tenor at the Eichelberger Performing Arts Center in Hanover, Pennsylvania, where, at the time, Sham was serving as artistic director.

In 2004, Sham and Brad Carroll (composer), who'd worked together on several shows as actor/director, became writing collaborators for the first time. While contemplating several musical ideas, Sham called his acquaintance, Ken Ludwig, and asked if they could revamp his famous Lend Me A Tenor into a musical. The next day Ludwig e-mailed him back with the unexpected answer, "Hmm! Never thought about it." Ludwig e-mailed again after several days and said " Let's do it." And on October 24, 2004 the project was born.

Lend Me A Tenor has been Ludwig's greatest success, and he told Sham & Carroll they could do whatever they wanted to the play as they adapted it into a new musical. "When someone gives you that luxury, you honor the work even more," said Sham.

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