A week after the special musical comedy offered by the star Academy to its viewers, it’s the turn of Michael Drucker to offer this Sunday, December 24, 2023 a special issue of Roll on Sunday dedicated to the madness of musical comedies. If today they are less numerous and less publicized, those which marked the 2000s remain unforgettable: we inevitably remember the beginnings of Hélène SégaraPatrick Fiori and Garou in Notre Dame de Parisby Christophe Maé and Emmanuel Moire in The sun Kingby Sofia Essaïdi in Cleopatraor even Daniel Lévi in The ten Commandments. But it is another notable duo from the French musical scene which will meet this Sunday on Michel Drucker’s red sofa since the 81-year-old host will bring together Damien Sargue and Cécilia Cara, twenty years later Romeo and Juliet.
I have to say that Romeo and Juliet East one of the most bankable and popular French musicals. Created by Gérard Presgurvic, adapted from the eponymous play by William Shakespeare, it was a resounding success, and the titles Aimer, Vérone, and Les Rois du monde, still remain true standards of French song today. The musical was such a success that it was adapted by around twenty other countries, from Belgians to British to Hungarians, Israelis, Mongolians, Romanians, South Koreans, Austrians, Russians, Italians, Mexicans and Slovaks. Twenty-two years after the creation of Romeo and Juliet, adaptations are still in progressnotably by the Poles, the Spanish, the Australians and the Chinese.
Dove Attia, star of musical comedies, back with Molière
Revealed by this musical, Cécilia Cara and Damien Sargue never really lost sight of each other and have always kept in touch. In 2021, they also met for a reissue of their musical in Asia, and agreed to return to their respective roles of Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague. In this new issue of Roll on Sundaythe two heroes will be accompanied by Dove Attia, who has created many successful musicals like 1789, The Lovers of the Bastille, Mozart, the rock operaand the current musical Molière, the urban operacarried by Abi Bernadothwinner of season 9 of The Voice And Lou Jeanrevealed by The Voice Kids And Tomorrow belongs to us. The cast of this special program also includes Diane Tell, Fabienne Thibeault, Gianmarco Schiaretti, Grégoire and the choir members of Choeurs de France.