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USHERS: The Front of House Musical is a musical written by James Rottger, Yiannis Koutsakos and James Oban. It has played in regional venues and multiple Off West End Theatres.

Productions
USHERS: The Front of House Musical had a developmental run at the The Hope Theatre in Islington from 3rd December, 2013 to 31st December, 2013. The Musical later transferred to the Charing Cross Theatre for a six week late night slot from 7th March 2014 until 19th April 2014 and extending to the main stage production until 7th June 2014. The Original Production was directed by Max Reynolds, Choreographed by Russel Smith and produced by James Steel for Kouban Productions.

Synopsis
The musical is set in a West End theatre owned by theatrical company Theatre Nation (a large corporate company) working at the new hit musical by Britney Spears 'Oops I did it Again' starring Michael Ball and Sheridan Smith. The Musical follows the story of Lucy's first shift as an ushers at the venue where she gets to meet the whacky team. We are quickly introduced to all the characters in the front of house briefing where Lucy falls for out of work actor Stephen, he is just back from the UK tour of Joseph. Ben and Gary have been in a long term relationship and both are at cross roads in their careers as performers, Gary has just taken a European tour whilst Ben was turning down jobs to settle down, this causes a rift in their relationship and tension in the workplace. Robin the Theatre Manager is under pressure to increase the venues Spend Per Head and to please theatre owner Sir Andrew Lloyd MacIntosser. Rosie the Theatre loving stagey ninja of the group is ready for a fight.

Everything happens in one typical 3.75 hour shift in the theatre.

Characters

 * Gary
 * Ben
 * Robin
 * Lucy


 * Rosie
 * Stephen

Music
Track Listing from Cast Albums:


 * Welcome!
 * Spend Per Head
 * Leading Men
 * Induction
 * The Parts I Could Play
 * Dreams & Ice Creams
 * (It's Time To) Let Go
 * Interval Preparations
 * Welcome Back!
 * Half Finished Story
 * Loving You Is All I Know
 * Goodbye!

The cast recording, released by SimG Records, is available online, on iTunes, and in stores.

Awards and nominations

 * Broadway World nominations


 * Best New Musical (Fringe)
 * Best Original Cast Recording