West End Musical Daddy Cool Postpones Previews

Daddy Cool, the West End musical primarily featuring songs made famous by European disco legends Boney M, has announced a production delay. Previews were to begin at the Shaftesbury Theatre on August 15, but will now start on August 22. A production spokesperson stated that the change is due to "technical reasons." The twice-revised opening night is still scheduled to take place on September 21.

Set in multicultural London and budgeted at £3million, Daddy Cool features a cast of 35, including television actress Michelle Collins, singer Harvey of the band So Solid Crew and Popstars: The Rivals singer Javine. With a book by Amani Naphtali, it tells the story of a young man who lives for his music but is caught up the local rivalry between East and West London crews.

Daddy Cool will be directed by American-born Andy Goldberg, whose previous credits include The Bomb-itty of Errors. Choreography is by Sean Cheesman, a two-time MTV Video Music Award winner who has worked with Prince, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears and both Michael and Janet Jackson.

With the delay, producers of Daddy Cool have canceled a company engagement that was scheduled to take place in Berlin on September 17. West End previews from September 11 through September 20 had been canceled to accommodate the Berlin show, but, now that it is off, those previews have been put back on sale.