Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) will reprise his much-lauded Tony Award-winning performance in Good Night, Oscar at the Barbican Theatre this summer 31 July – 21 September 2025.
Acclaimed award-winning actor Rosalie Craig will return to the West End stage this summer to star as June Levant in the highly anticipated London premiere of Good Night, Oscar. The show opens at the Barbican Theatre for a strictly limited seven-week engagement from 31 July to 21 September.
Remembered for her breakout performance as Bobbi in Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company, this is Craig’s first West End role for several years. Later this year, she will star as Kitty Eckersley in Riot Women, a six-part drama series written by Sally Wainwright for BBC One.
Rosalie Craig said: ““I’m absolutely delighted to be returning to the West End to join the company of Good Night, Oscar as June Levant. It’s a deeply compelling, razor-sharp piece of theatre, and stepping into this world alongside such a remarkable cast is a real privilege”.
In Good Night, Oscar, Craig will join Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes and Ben Rappaport, who reprise their acclaimed roles as Oscar Levant and Jack Paar at the Barbican following a celebrated, Tony Award-winning Broadway run.
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright, Good Night, Oscar centres on Oscar Levant, Hollywood actor, concert pianist and infamous wit. It’s 1958 and Jack Paar hosts The Tonight Show, the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favourite guest? Oscar Levant. The sharp-witted and daring host invites Levant to appear live on air, only to find himself navigating an interview that Paar’s audience – and the rest of America – won’t soon forget.
Also joining the cast at the Barbican are Daniel Adeosun as Alvin Finney, David Burnett as George Gershwin, Richard Katz as Bob Sarnoff, and Eric Sirakian as Max Weinbaum. Max Roll also reprises his role as Understudy for Oscar Levant and Bob Sarnoff, following his engagement on Broadway alongside Hayes and Rappaport.
Additional Understudies are Tashinga Bepete (Alvin Finney), Ben Butler (Max Weinbaum), Charlotte Hunter (June Levant), and Ryan Speakman (Jack Paar and George Gershwin).
The Broadway production earned widespread critical acclaim and saw Sean Hayes win the 2023 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his tour-de-force portrayal of Oscar Levant. Good Night, Oscar is directed by Lisa Peterson and masterfully explores fame, artistry, and the fragility of genius. Now, London audiences for the first time will experience this dazzling, darkly funny drama in the West End direct from its acclaimed Broadway run.
Tickets to Good Night, Oscar
Additional information
Booking until
31 July until 21 September 2025
Show Times
Wednesday – Saturday at 7pm
Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm
Sunday at 3pm
Running Time
1 hour 40 minutes (no interval)
Theatre
Barbican
Age Recommendation
12+
Access Performances
BSL Interpreted: Saturday 23 August, 2.30pm
Audio Described: Friday 5 September, 7pm
Captioned: Wednesday 27 August, 7pm
