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Workshop Production - London 29 November 2015

This taster of Day After Day begins with the audition that changed Doris's life forever by launching her into a career as a big band singer with the likes of Les Brown and his Band of Renown.

We learn how her name was changed from Doris Kapelhoff to Doris Day and we are introduced to the first of many men who will take advantage of Doris throughout her lifetime.

We see her go on tour and see how her relationship with her first husband, Al Jordon, the father of her only child, develops and then deteriorates. We learn about Al's dark nature and Doris's strength to overcome it.

Now a single parent and working band singer,Doris meets her second husband, George Wielder, who takes her to California to live in a Trailer Park. Although disappointed Doris tries to remain optimistic. Doris meets her agent, Alvin Levy who introduces her to Michael Curtiz and her life in Hollywood begins. George cannot handle his wife's success and end's their marriage.

A very heartbroken Doris continues to put on a brave face. She meets her third husband, Marty Melcher on set when he rescues her from a now predatory, Alvin. Marty meets Jerome Rosenthal who convinces Marty to invest Doris's money in his 'lucrative' ventures.

We end the Workshop Production with Jerry and Marty firmly in cahoots to obtain Doris's Power of Attorney.

"I liked the way it developed, I got more into the story and when it finished, I wanted to know what happened next. It kept me wanting more which is always the sign of a good musical, good play, and good script. It was really enjoyable. I'm glad that I came. It was great. "

- Hilary Lyons

"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps is so clever and so fantastic and when the two men do the tango. It's just great. It's really tasty, fun, and playful. Loved it. "

- Todd Boyce

"One of the most difficult things for any writer to do is to take familiar material and make it new and surprising and I think that's exactly what Claudette Williams has done with this show. What we heard, for the most part, were quite familiar songs from Doris Day's repertoire. But the songs were repurposed, re-contextualised so that they became part of a continuous biographical narrative, a life story and it wasn't just that the songs were telling the story, the dramatic narrative that Claudette has written to join the songs up was, I think, equally brilliant and the use of music and the use of dance to comment on the biographical narrative was, I think, one of the best things about it. "

- Graham Holderness

"I really loved it. What I enjoyed most ... was that development .. of the character .. and I there was a lot of humour even though there were serious things in it too. The music was very uplifting but I think also in the dark times there was music to reflect that. I thought that was done really well. I really enjoyed that a lot. I'm glad that I came. It was great."

- Hilary Lyons
"I thought it was really great. I hadn't realized the depth of Doris Day and her background and her history so I think that it was a really, really interesting way of discovering it. And I love musicals so that's a bonus for me."

- Antoinette Ah-Kim

"Very inspiring, it was quite nice to see someone who has gone through so much, but she was always smiling. I find it quite inspirational. Fantastic, absolutely fantastic. "

- Mary Joseph

"I loved it. I really did. Just the beautiful delicate moments of the ensemble together and then big numbers. It just has a lot of light and shade. It's really clever and really grabs you. I loved it, I loved it."

- Todd Boyce

"I thought it was absolutely fantastic, I was blown away by it. I didn't think it would actually be that good to be honest. I didn't know what to expect but I loved it, I loved it. I didn't know her story so I was a real insight, fantastic, brilliant. I want to see the whole show now. "

- Sandra McGurk
"Absolutely brilliant. I can't wait to see the whole show. I didn't know much about Doris. I saw some of her films when I was young. This was the first time I 'really' heard her songs, they seem very relevant and are fantastic."

- Catherine McDonough

"Absolutely tremendous, I can't wait to see the whole show. "

- Nick Simons

"I thought it was absolutely stunningly fantastic. One of the best performances I've seen for a very long time. I just loved the way she dovetailed the whole story in with the too and froing of the conversations in the songs between the people. I just loved the whole thing, but I just thought that was so clever that she got some much over in that sort of duet type conversations that were going on. Absolutely fantastic."

- Pippa Lee

"I knew nothing about Doris Day and wasn't really interested in her. Now I'm really interested. I'm going home and I'm going to Google and Wikipedia her. It's really made me want to know more about her and what happens. "

- Annabelle Green
"It was extremely interesting and very, very ambitious."

- Ethel Davis

"I enjoyed it a great deal. The thing that really worked for me was that the show transported me. You know, you see shows, you see films and they can be really interesting and they can be fascinating, but what you really want is for that moment where you forget you're in a theatre, you forget you're in a cinema and you're just transported and that happened with this one. "

- Philip Philmar

"Tonight, the highlight for me having my preconceptions about musicals completely turned around. I would never go to musicals, I can't stand musicals but I absolutely loved every single second of this. It was exceptional."

- Georgia Hewson

"I thought it was brilliant. I didn't really know very much about Doris Day before but it definitely made me want to find out more."

- Laura Summers
"I just loved it. I am a massive Doris Day fan and, for me, it just brought back memories of being a child and watching all of those films and time with family. It was absolutely lovely, really well put together. "

- Sherry Newton

"I thought it was tremendous. It was great the way they managed to bring the back story out through the songs. I grew up with Doris Day watching the black and white movies but never realised the true depth of the story that was behind what going on in her life during those years."

- Adrian Conduit

"I thought it was very interesting, very imaginative and well performed and there really isn't a gap in it. It all melds together very well."

- Ron Ferme

"I really enjoyed it. It wasn't something I would normally go to or enjoy but I really enjoyed it."

- Jon Ah-Kim
"It was really brilliant, I was so surprised, because I didn't know anything about her. It was just so moving as well as being so entertaining, and I can't wait to see the whole of the show. I thought Sentimental Journey was whooff. I got goose pimples, it was just lovely."

- Mary Healey

"I really enjoyed it, I got goose bumps twice which is a bonus. The way the songs were put in order really told the story and there were some really clever tricks when Doris fell in love and got married. I definitely want to see what happens at the end. "

- Julia Marshall

"I thought it was fabulous. I just loved the story, I loved the songs yeah, absolutely fabulous. I liked the duet with George, what he's thinking, what she's thinking. I liked that. I particularly liked the dance between Gerry and Marty. Hilarious, I just loved that. Really good. "

- Nancy Baldwin

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Workshop Production - London 29 November 2015

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