Following its Off Broadway premiere earlier this year, White Rose: The Musical, Book & Lyrics by Brian Belding, Music by Natalie Brice, Directed by Will Nunziata, will get it’s UK premiere at London’s
Marylebone Theatre, Thursday 27 February - Sunday 13 April, 2025.
Press night: Tuesday 4 March at 7.30pm
White Rose: The Musical is based upon the inspiring true story of a small group of university students in Munich, Germany, who secretly met to write, print, and distribute leaflets exposing Hitler’s lies and Nazi deception. Their courage in the face of tyrany would ultimately lead to them paying the supreme sacrifice.
Sophie Scholl arrives in Munich to join her brother, Hans, and study at university. Inspired by a rebellious professor, Sophie and Hans form a small group of students to resist Nazi rule and doctrine. In passionate and articulate leaflets - printed in secret - the White Rose resistance group provides instructions for passive resistance and, ultimately, sabotage. Sophie is passionate, impulsive and bold... dangerous traits in Hitler’s Germany. The words and actions of a nation’s youth defy an oppressive government and would inspire others to do the same.
Creator, Book Writer and Lyricist Brian Belding said: “The true story of the White Rose has inspired me for years. These students were the privileged few who benefited from unjust laws and discrimination and yet they were the ones who ultimately stood up for those who no longer had a voice. They chose to use their privilege for good, risking everything while doing so I created White Rose:The Musical so this amazing story might inspire those struggling to find their own way to take action where they see injustice.”
Cast and full creative team to be announced.
Produced by Samsational Entertainment and JLWN Productions LLC.
Executive Producer / General Management Thomas Hopkins Productions
“Impactful, uplifting. White Rose is a MUST SEE tour de force”
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Brian Belding - Creator, Book Writer and Lyricist
San Francisco and NYC-based playwright and lyricist Brian Belding combined his love of musical theatre and resistance movements to create White Rose: The Musical. After successful industry presentations in May and October 2022, the musical is currently being developed in New York with a Broadway creative and production team. A proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Belding taught high school history in the San Francisco Bay Area for 20 years before becoming a full-time writer for the theatre.
Natalie Brice - Composer
Natalie is a musician with the tenacity for bringing original work to life. She recently music directed the new musical Happily Even After with performances in California and a run at Don’t Tell Mama NYC. In 2020, Natalie Music directed Hell On Earth, a new musical performed at 54 Below featuring Laurie Metcalf and Anthony Rosenthal. She was the music director and pianist on Asher Child, an original musical in California. She wrote, composed, and co-directed the musical film Go With Me in 2019. For White Rose: The Musical, she is committed to musically encapsulating the camaraderie, youth, adrenaline, celebration, and heart of the resistance group.
Will Nunziata - Director
Will is a NYC-based award-winning director, writer, and creator of theatre, concerts, television, and film. Film: The Old Guitarist (Writer, Director). Awards: London Movie Awards (Best Short Film, Best Director), New York Movie Awards (Best First Time Director of a Short), Paris Film Awards (Best First Time Director of a Short), among others. Film: Lillith (Winner of Best Original Screenplay, 2023 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival and Winner of Best Horror Screenplay, 2024 New York Screenplay Competition). Theatre: Figaro: An Original Musical (Director, Co-Book Writer, Co-Creator - The London Palladium 2025), White Rose: The Musical (Director - Off-Broadway 2024, Marylebone UK 2025), Faygele: A New Play (Director - King’s Head Theatre UK 2025). In development: Van Gogh: An Original Musical (Co-Creator, Director), An Entirely Ordinary Town: A New Musical (Director), By The End Of Tonight: A New Play (Director), Little Black Book: A New Musical (Co-Creator), The Waves: A New Opera (Librettist), Miss Peggy Lee (Director, Writer, Co-Creator) starring Tony Award winner Cady Huffman; Award: Broadway World Best Director. Concerts: Will has written and directed shows for Tony Award winner Lillias White, Platinum recording artist Jackie Evancho, Soul Train Award winner Nicole Henry, and Grammy Award nominee Clint Holmes, to name a few. For twenty years Will performed professionally, singing across the country and around the world with his twin brother, singer-songwriter Anthony Nunziata, culminating in co-headlining Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops Symphony Orchestra. Will is a proud graduate of Boston College and a member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Union. For more, please visit www.WillNunziata.com and @willnunzofficial on Instagram.
LISTINGS INFO
White Rose The Musical
Book & Lyrics by Brian Belding
Music by Natalie Brice
Director Will Nunziata
Thursday 27 February - Sunday 13 April
Marylebone Theatre
Rudolf Steiner House
35 Park Road
London NW1 6XT
Box office: 02077237984
boxoffice@marylebonetheatre.com
Performances:
Wednesday - Saturday at 7:30pm
Thursday & Saturday at 2:30pm
Sunday at 1pm and 5pm
Press night: Tuesday 4 March at 7.30pm
Tickets from £25
£2.25 Booking Fee on all tickets
Previews: all seats 50% discount
Running time:
2 hour 15 mins
Age recommendation 10+
Content warning: This performance contains the use of prop weaponry and explores mature themes relating to armed conflict, including violence and its impacts.
