Lorna Luft to Bring Garland Tribute to West End

Lorna Luft is set to bring her hit one-woman show Songs My Mother Taught Me to the West End. The production will open on July 6 at the Savoy Theatre.

In Songs My Mother Taught Me, which is subtitled "A Celebration of the Music of Judy Garland," Luft reflects on what it was like growing up as Judy Garland's daughter and also tackles some of her mother's signature songs. Tunes in the show include “Come Rain or Shine”, “For Me and My Gal”, “I Can't Give You Anything But Love”, “You Made Me Love You” and “The Trolley Song."

Luft has been touring North America with the acclaimed show. Directed and written by Mitzie and Ken Welch, Songs My Mother Taught Me won the 2003 Ovation Award Which honors the best in Los Angeles-area theater for World Premiere Musical.

Variety's Joel Hirschhorn who reviewed the show while it was at Feinstein's at the Cinegrill in Los Angeles wrote of Songs My Mother Taught Me: "This show is the equivalent of a musical family album, framed by sentiment that works because it feels genuine. A B&W clip of Garland on her TV series singing the song "Lorna," with special Johnny Mercer lyrics, is achingly real, and use of Garland video throughout the evening has enormous impact."