Broadway’s Smash Hit Production of The Great Gatsby is Coming to London in 2025
Original Broadway Cast (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
The dazzling new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel which “explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly) will open at the London Coliseum in Spring 2025.
One of the most popular novels of all time, The Great Gatsby has sold over 30 million copies worldwide since its release in 1925 and continues to sell over 500,000 per year. The novel has been translated into over 42 different languages, and has been adapted for TV, radio plays, video games, and multiple films – including the acclaimed Baz Luhrmann feature film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Great Gatsby is set in the Roaring Twenties and follows the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession with Daisy Buchanan, a woman he loved in his youth, who is now married to another man. Through the narrator, Nick Carraway, the story reveals the glamour and decay of the Jazz Age, highlighting the emptiness that often lies beneath the glitter of wealth and ambition.
London will welcome the production which opened at The Broadway Theatre in 2024 direct from a record-breaking, sold-out world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in late 2023.
The show features music and lyrics by Tony Award® nominees Jason Howland (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Little Women) and Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square), a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones), and is directed by award-winning Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) with choreography by Dominique Kelley (So You Think You Can Dance), Tony Award®-winning costume design by Linda Cho (Anastasia, A Gentleman’s Guide...) and Outer Critics Circle Award winning scenic and projection design by Paul Tate de Poo III (Spamalot, Tommy at The Kennedy Center).
The creative team also includes lighting designer Cory Pattak (Spamalot), sound designer Tony Award® winner Brian Ronan (Beautiful, The Book of Mormon), hair and wig designers Drama Desk Award winner Charles G. LaPointe (The Cher Show, Spongebob Squarepants) & Rachael Geier. Arrangements are by Jason Howland, Orchestrations are by Jason Howland and Kim Scharnberg (Jekyll & Hyde), and the music producer is Grammy Award winner Billy Jay Stein for Strike Audio (Beautiful – cast album). Casting is by Jill Green Casting, CDG (The Devil Wears Prada, Aladdin, Warhorse).
Performances of The Great Gatsby will begin on 11 April 2025 at the London Coliseum. Tickets will go on sale on 27 November 2025 via londongatsby.com.
