Daddy Cool (musical)
| Daddy Cool | |
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| Music |
Boney M Frank Farian |
| Lyrics |
Boney M Frank Farian |
| Basis | Frank Farian Jukebox musical |
| Productions | 2006 West End 2007 World Tour 2011/2012 Dutch tour |
Daddy Cool is a musical based upon the works of Boney M and other Frank Farian produced artists. It premiered in the West End in 2006, followed by UK and international tours. It is currently (2017) touring Germany with excellent reviews and sold-out theatres.
The musical tells the story of Sunny, a young man who lives for his music. Caught up in local rivalry between East and West London crews, he meets and falls in love with Rose, daughter of the East End’s notorious club owner Ma Baker. Echoing Romeo and Juliet, the lovers’ relationship fuels the hostility between the two gangs, leaving their families face to face with past secrets and forcing them to confront their future.
The production was originally due to open on 16 May 2006, following previews from 26 April, however this date was later put back until 2 May 2006, keeping the premiere the same, but allowing more creative time. On 13 March 2006, the producers Frank Farian and Robert Mackintosh (brother of Sir Cameron Mackintosh) announced that the show had been delayed indefinitely, with the earliest opening in September 2006.
The show premiered on 21 September 2006 at London's newly refurbished Shaftesbury Theatre following previews from 15 August 2006. It closed on 17 February 2007.
Germany (Berlin): from 18 April 2007 to 26 July 2007 (Boney M. Theater Palast).
Tour in the Netherlands from 9 September 2011 to 27 January 2012 (Albert Verlinde Entertainment).
Spain (Palma) (Albert Verlinde Entertainment): July 2012
Switzerland (Luzern): November 2015 - January 2016 (Le Théâtre Kriens-Luzern)
Sunny lives on the islands with his Grandma Ella, who receives a letter from Sunny's mother Pearl in England, telling them that she wants him home. Young Sunny is hostile towards her at first, and begins to feel the music, bursting into song during church.
Years later, Sunny is part of the Subsonics, a music crew led by Shake. At a recording session with Rasputin, they run into The Blades, another music crew, led by Benny Baker, Ma Baker's son. Later at a launch party for Asia Blue, Benny's girlfriend, Sunny and Rose meet. When Ma Baker finds out her daughter is seeing Sunny, she goes to visit him, and gives him a coat once owned by his father, Johnny Cool. Upon asking his mother about it, Pearl explains how Ma Baker was Johnny's dance partner—and took her away from her when she was pregnant with him.
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