Groundhog Day musical is an entertaining revival of classic film at The Old Vic – review
The Groundhog Day musical premiered in 2016 at The Old Vic Theatre in London to rave reviews, and as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke why fix it?
It has just reopened at the same theatre with Andy Karl reprising the lead role. The show reunites the creative team of songwriter Tim Minchin and director Matthew Warchus, who collaborated on the West End production of the wonderful Matilda musical, and the book is written by Danny Rubin – the screenwriter for the original 1993 film.
For those unfamiliar with the story, it tells the tale of TV weatherman Phil Connors (Andy Karl), who is sent to the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to report an annual local tradition where a groundhog predicts which day spring will begin.
Phil finds himself in a nightmare scenario: every day he wakes up and it’s February 2nd – he is forced to report on this silly ceremony again, and again, and again.
