As Director of the FBI for almost 50 years, Hoover was the most powerful man in America. Yet behind all the machismo and homophobia was his concealed sexuality, his secret partying and his lifelong love affair with his deputy, Clyde Tolson. Here was a man who stopped at nothing to exert his control - yet underneath the petticoats of power lay his own secrets...
Written by Harry Shearer (The Simpsons and This Is Spinal Tap) and Tom Leopold (Seinfeld and Cheers), with music by Peter Matz (Musical Director for Barbra Streisand and Carol Burnett), this world premiere exposes the private life of J. Edgar Hoover... in the form of a Broadway musical!
Directed by Josh Seymour with choreography by Olivier Award Winner Bill Deamer, this raucous show stars Broadway musical icon Bryan Batt, best known for playing Salvatore Romano in the acclaimed television series Mad Men.https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/here-comes-j-edgar-a-comedy-musical-t7zc
Book & Lyrics | Harry Shearer & Tom Leopold
Music | Peter Matz
Director | Josh Seymour
Choreographer | Bill Deamer
Musical Supervisor, Orchestration & Arrangement | Ben Ferguson
Set Designer | Sophia Pardon
Costume Designer | Tom Paris
Lighting Designer | Jamie Platt
Sound Designer | Nick Lodge
Casting Director | Harry Blumenau CDG CSA
Associate Director | Jessica McKenna
Associate Choreographer | Aimee Leigh
Costume Supervisor | Katie Whatman
General Management | James Quaife for Luminous Entertainment Group
Marketing | Cup of Ambition
PR | David Burns
Graphic Design | Feast