The new musical An Officer and a Gentleman, based on the 1982 film, has begun its yearlong tour in Elmira, N.Y., and will visit more than 50 cities across the US, making its last stop at South Bend, Ind., on June 5, 2022. The creative team includes Dick Scanlan (book, direction), Patricia Wilcox (choreography), Dan Lipton (music supervision, arrangements, orchestraitons), Nathan Dame (orchestrations), Gary Adler (dance arrangements), Brett Banakis (sets), Emilio Sosa (costumes), Jen Schriever (lights), Jon Weston (sound), Kelley Jordan (wig & hair), and Austin Switser (video).
The cast is headed by Wes Williams (Zack) and Mary Nikols (Paula) with Emily Louise Franklin (Lynette), Cameron Loyal (Sid), Amaya White (Casey Seeger), Roxy York (Esther), and David Wayne Britton (Sgt. Emil Foley).
An earlier version of the show premiered in 2012 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney, Australia with a book by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart and Sharleen Cooper Cohen and an original score by Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner. A second version premiered in 2018 at Curve in Leicester, England, with a score that featured songs from the film’s soundtrack. The current version has a jukebox score of 1980s hits, including the film’s Oscar-winning “Up Where We Belong.”