Pretty Woman (Musical)

Pretty Woman is a musical based on the love comedy of the same name . Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance composed the music and wrote the lyrics. The premiere took place on March 13, 2018 in Chicago , the first performance on Broadway took place on August 16, 2018 at the Nederlander Theater . Pretty Woman: The Musical has been performed in the Theater an der Elbe in Hamburg since September 29, 2019 .

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Beverly Hills in the late 80s: Vivian Ward meets wealthy businessman Edward Lewis. Edward hires Vivian to be his companion for a week, and no one suspects that this week will change their lives forever. Vivian and Edward fall in love, even though they come from two completely different worlds. However, they sense that they have found a soul mate in each other.

Track list

Broadway

first act "Welcome to Hollywood" - Happy Man, Kit and Ensemble "Anywhere but Here" - Vivian "Something about Her (Preamble)" - Edward "Welcome to Hollywood (Reprise)" - Happy Man "Something about Her" - Edward "I Could Get Used To This" - Vivian "Luckiest Girl in the World" - Vivian, Kit and Giulio "Rodeo Drive" kit and ensemble "Anywhere but Here" (reprise) - Vivian "On a Night like Tonight" - Mr. Thompson and Ensemble "Don't Forget to Dance" - Happy Man, Scarlett and Ensemble "Freedom" - Edward "You're Beautiful" - Edward, Vivian and Ensemble

Second act "Welcome to Our World (More Champagne)" - Stuckey and Ensemble "This Is My Life" - Vivian "Never Give Up on a Dream" - Happy Man, Kit and Ensemble "You and I" - Edward, Alfredo, Violetta and Ensemble "I Can't Go Back" - Vivian "Freedom" (reprise) - Edward "Long Way Home" - Vivian and Edward "Together Forever" - Edward, Vivian, Happy Man, Kit and Ensemble

Germany

The Broadway songs were translated into German for the German production.

first act "Welcome to Hollywood" - Happy Man, Kit and Ensemble "Everything, just not here" - Vivian "She's got something special - Intro / Welcome to Hollywood" - Edward and Happy Man "She's got something special" - Edward "I like it here" - Vivian "Rodeo Drive" kit and ensemble "Everything, just not here - reprise" - Vivian "One night like tonight" - Mr. Thompson and Ensemble "Just dance yourself free" - Happy Man, Scarlett and Ensemble "Freedom" - Edward "A Superstar" - Edward, Vivian and Ensemble

Second act "This is our world" - Stuckey and Ensemble "Call me" - Vivian "Don't give up your dream" - Happy Man, Kit and Ensemble "An evening at the opera" - Alfredo, Violetta and Ensemble "You and I" - Edward, Vivian, Violetta and Ensemble "No way back" - Vivian "Freedom - Reprise" - Edward "It's going to be a long way home now" - Vivian and Edward "Winner Forever" - Edward, Vivian, Happy Man, Kit and Ensemble "Finale: Oh, Pretty Woman " ensemble

occupation

Character	Original Broadway cast	Original Hamburg cast
Vivian Ward	Samantha Barks	Patricia Meeden
Edward Lewis	Andy Karl	Mark Seibert
Kit De Luca	Orfeh	Maricel
happy man Barney Thompson	Eric Anderson	Paul Kribbe
Philip Stuckey	Jason Danieley	Nigel Casey
James Morse	Ezra Knight	Frank Logemann
Violetta	Allison Blackwell	Rachel Bahler
Giulio	Tommy Bracco	Johnny Galeandro
Alfredo	Brian Calì	Marco Trespioli
David Morse	Robby Clater	Philipp Dietrich
Scarlett	Anna Eilinsfeld	Piek van de Kaaden
Rachel	Jennifer Sanchez	Emma Hunter

Performances

country	Performance location	premiere	Kidney	theatre
United States	Chicago	March 13, 2018	April 15, 2018	Oriental Theater
	Broadway	August 16, 2018	18th August 2019	Nederlander Theater
Germany	Hamburg	29th September 2019	open	Theater on the Elbe
United Kingdom	London	February 14, 2020	open	Piccadilly Theater

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was digitally released in the United States on September 21, 2018 through Atlantic Records.

Web links

• official page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Pretty Woman" replaces "Mary Poppins" . NDR.de. December 13, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2019.