Rebecca: Now with Dance Numbers
A Review that Literally No One Asked For
Last night I dreamt of Manderley. No. I did not. I took my partner to see Rebecca the musical because it was on a restricted run in London. And I have a few thoughts. My global takeaway here is that if you can actually get tickets to see it you should. They might be sold out and the run ends 18 November 2023, but Mrs. Danvers (played by Kara Lane) was extremely wow and honestly, any criticisms I have for the show, much like the unnamed main character, pale in the face of her performance.
If you’re a long time Ari-reader you know I’m mildly obsessed with the book Rebecca, but before we get into my nit-picky stuff I do want to briefly touch on the history of this musical.
The Drama of the Llamas
It is actually a minor miracle that any production of Rebecca the musical is happening at all in London or in English for that matter. This musical originated in Vienna in German in 2006. That’s not super weird. Vienna has its own musical theatre centre and German language musicals do get translated into English and performed in the Westend and Broadway. But it is a little weird that it was a Daphne du Maurier work that started in Germany and ended up after much ridiculousness back in Britain.
