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Venue	Arts Theatre
	Also: Above the Arts
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	14th February 2013
Opened	21st February 2013
To	6th April 2013
When	Mon-Sat 19:30. Thu, Sat Mats 14:30. Feb 21 at 19:00
Prices	From £20.00. To £49.50.
Arts Theatre (V167)
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Date of change: 14 Jan 13 - T1155790910
Date of change: 14 Nov 12 - T1155790910

The Tailor-Made Man

Work:: The Tailor-Made Man (S0616418223)

True story of William Haines, the silent screen star who was fired by Louis B Mayer of MGM Studios because he was gay and refused to marry and give up his lifelong partner Jimmy Shields. In 1930, William 'Billy' Haines was one of MGM's most idolised male stars, second only to John Gilbert. On screen he was tailor-made to get the girl in the last reel. On the back lot he cruised every bit player and stagehand in sight. Billy lived openly with his lover and former stand-in Jimmy Shields. This was tolerated by the studio until rumours started to seep out into the wider world. Louis B Mayer ordered him to marry the sultry silent screen vamp Pola Negri. Billy refused and so Louis B Mayer fired him. Billy's defiance of the studio led to his second and even more successful career as an interior designer to the stars. The Tailor-Made Man is a story about Hollywood and its system and hypocrisy, but above all it is the story of Billy and Jimmy's turbulent, passionate love affair that survived and lasted over 50 years.

Author	Claudio Macor (original play)
Adapted by	Amy Rosenthal (musical adaptation)
Music	Duncan Walsh
Music	Adam Meggido
Lyrics	Adam Meggido

Production:: (T1155790910)

Producer	Stephen McGill
Director	Claudio Macor
Design	Sophia Simensky
Lighting	Humphrey McDermott
Choreographer	Nathan M Wright
Sound	Tom Marshall
Musical Director	Duncan Walsh Atkins
Performer	Faye Tozer (Marion Davies)
Performer	Dylan Turner (William Haines)
Performer	Mike McShane (Louis B Mayer)
Performer	Bradley Clarkson (Jimmy Shields)
Performer	Michael Cotton
Performer	Kay Murphy
Performer	Matt Wilman
Performer	Lauren Grant
Performer	Vivien Carter
Performer	Holly Easterbrook
Performer	Edward French

Listing:: L0449083504

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