Overview
- Producers confirmed the full company, announced Jenna Russell as Dolly Sinatra, and set Aldwych Theatre dates from June 3, 2026 to April 10, 2027 with a June 24 press night.
- Joel Harper-Jackson leads as Frank Sinatra with Ana Villafañe as Ava Gardner and Phoebe Panaretos as Nancy Sinatra, and both women reprise roles from the 2023 Birmingham premiere and a 2024 New York reading.
- The ensemble features actors playing figures from Sinatra’s circle, including Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Lana Turner, Marlene Dietrich, Gene Kelly, Hedda Hopper, Tommy Dorsey, and others.
- Three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs a book by Joe DiPietro, with more than 20 Sinatra standards featured such as One for My Baby, The Best Is Yet to Come, Come Fly With Me, and That’s Life.
- The show is produced by Universal Music Group Theatrical with Frank Sinatra Enterprises, includes Tina Sinatra on the producing team, and fields a 17-piece orchestra under music supervisor Gareth Valentine.