Judy Garland Bio Play End of the Rainbow Headed for Broadway

A spring 2012 Broadway transfer is in the works for End of the Rainbow, Peter Quilter’s biographical play about the last days of superstar Judy Garland, according to The New York Times. The play has been running in London since November 2010, starring two-time Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett as Garland. The star, who received a 2011 Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Garland, will make her Broadway debut as the superstar singer.

End of the Rainbow will play a pre-Broadway engagement at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis January 28-March 11, 2012, directed by Tony winner Terry Johnson (La Cage aux Folles). Set in London in 1968, the play offers a glimpse into the period leading up to the Garland’s final days. About to make her comeback at a local nightclub, with her loyal pianist Anthony and a new young fiancé at her side, the actress battles a tornado of drugs and alcohol. The show features some of Garland's most memorable songs, including “The Man That Got Away,” “Come Rain Or Come Shine,” “The Trolley Song” and “Over The Rainbow.”

For more on the show, read Tracie Bennett's Q&A with Broadway.com.