West End star Rosalie Craig (Company) is set to join the West End premiere of Good Night, Oscar at the Barbican Theatre this summer, starring Sean Hayes (Will & Grace).
Good Night, Oscar is running for a 7-week season at the Barbican Theatre from 31 July to 21 September 2025.
Already announced is Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace), who stars as Oscar Levant, Hollywood actor, concert pianist and infamous wit. The Broadway production saw Sean Hayes win the 2023 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
Also announced are Ben Rappaport (Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Fiddler on the Roof, The Good Wife), who reprises his role as US talk show host Jack Paar from the Tony Award-winning Broadway production; and Daniel Adeosun as Alvin Finney, David Burnett as George Gershwin, Richard Katz as Bob Sarnoff, and Eric Sirakian as Max Weinbaum.
Olivier Award-nominated West End star Rosalie Craig (Company, The Light Princess, City of Angels, Riot Women, The Serpent Queen) will join the cast as June Levant.
Understudies are Max Roll (Oscar Levant and Bob Sarnoff), Tashinga Bepete (Alvin Finney), Ben Butler (Max Weinbaum), Charlotte Hunter (June Levant), and Ryan Speakman (Jack Paar and George Gershwin).
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright, and directed by Lisa Peterson, Good Night, Oscar is set in 1958, and Jack Paar is hosting The Tonight Show, the hottest late-night talk show on television. His favourite guest? Oscar Levant. The sharp-witted and daring host invites Levant to appear live on air, only to find himself navigating an interview that Paar’s audience – and the rest of America – won’t soon forget.
Rosalie Craig said: ““I’m absolutely delighted to be returning to the West End to join the company of Good Night, Oscar as June Levant. It’s a deeply compelling, razor-sharp piece of theatre, and stepping into this world alongside such a remarkable cast is a real privilege”.
Producer Howard Panter said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have Rosalie Craig join the cast of Good Night, Oscar. Her return to the West End is long overdue, and we’re excited for audiences to see her in this exceptional production. It will be an unforgettable experience.”
Good Night, Oscar is playing at the Barbican Theatre from 31 July to 21 September 2025.
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