Unlike many of the musicals from the 30s and 40s 42nd Street started as a movie in 1933 and was only made into a stage show in 1980.  It could be described as an early jukebox musical.  Many of the songs will be familiar to you from the Depression Era 1930s.  Jonathan Church’s production follows his very successful Singing in the Rain and 42nd Street has even more scintillating dance numbers.     

42nd Street’s storyline is not what will draw you in, although it is a pleasant enough romance and launch to fame but what you will come for, is Bill Deamer’s fabulous dancing routines, many of them using tap.  Ruthie Henshall plays the star Dorothy Brock, who has been at the top of her game for a while and is now fading.  She can sing but her dance skills are limited.