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Peggy Sue Got Married is a musical adapted from the Francis Ford Coppola film of the same name. The musical shares the same storyline as the movie, following a 42-year-old woman as she travels back in time and relives certain high school experiences. This musical is much darker than most musicals seeing as the main character, Peggy Sue, must eventually make some incredibly life altering decisions that shouldn't be taken lightly.

The book was written by Arlene Sarner and Jerry Leichtling, music composed by Bob Gaudio, with lyrics by Jerry Leichtling. The musical opened in the West End theatres of London in August 2001 starring Ruthie Henshall as Peggy Sue and including actors such as Tim Howar, Gavin Lee, Andrew Kennedy, and many more. As the role of Peggy Sue, Ruthie Henshall won her first Oliver Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.

Storyline
The musical “Peggy Sue Got Married” follows the same storyline as the book and the movie. Peggy Sue is reevaluating her life at 42 years old due to an awaiting divorce with her cheating husband, who she has been with since he got her pregnant in high school. Upon going to a 25 year high school reunion, she travels back in time to when she was 17 years old again in 1960. Even though she is back in her 17 year old body, she still has her same 42 year old mind, memories, and maturity. She takes this inconvenient opportunity to relive her youth and do all the things she regrets not doing. She parties, tells her parents that she loves them, and talks to the school geek about his future success in life. In the end she is faced with life altering decisions of either going down the same path she went down as her old self, despite seeing where she ended up, or going down a new path of adventure with the high school heart throb, Michael.

About the Musical
This musical has a run time of two hours and thirty minutes with one intermission. Although some say it can be compared to the musical Grease, there are many musical differences in Peggy Sue Got Married. Where Grease had a lot of music from the 1960s, Peggy Sue Got Married uses music from all areas like heavy metal, boy bands, The Drifters, and Celine Dion. Peggy Sue Got Married is also more of a serious musical than Grease and many other musicals. It is not as light-hearted or uncomplicated as most other musicals that might share a setting in high school.

Main Characters:
Other Characters: Doug, Miss Grano, Danny, Delores, Arthur, Mr. Kalodney, Walter, Joe, Linda, Maddy, Carol, School Nurse, and Jack.

Other Cast: Gerard Bentall, Verity Bentham, Dawn Buckland, Chris Crompton, Samuel James, Melanie Marcus, Dean Maynard, Melitsa Nicola, Stuart Nurse, Paul Peacock, Richard Peakman, Wayne Perrey, Andrew Playfoot, Neil Reynolds, Tanya Robb, Vicki Simon, Donna Steele, Scarlett Strallen, Sam Strasfeld, Lucy Moorby, Pippa Gebette, Shirley Hafey, Terence Hillyer, Ian Waller, Francesca Newitt.

Design: Ruari Murchison

Lighting Design: Mark Jonathan

Sound: Rick Clarke

Musical Arrangements: Gary Hind

Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo

https://search.proquest.com/docview/1952647?pq-origsite=summon

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/aug/22/artsfeatures3

http://variety.com/2001/legit/reviews/peggy-sue-got-married-3-1200470125/

http://www.curtainup.com/peggysuelond.html