Bea Arthur at the Savoy

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Entertainment Opened 15 September 2003, Closed 18 October 2003

Savoy Theatre The Strand, London

Bea Arthur, known the world over as the gravel-voiced star of The Golden Girls, makes her West End stage debut at the ripe old age of 80.

The show takes an acerbic view of life, shot through with several musical numbers. Bea Arthur has made many television series, including seven seasons of The Golden Girls from 1986 to 1992, and several television specials, including The Beatrice Arthur Special in 1980. Her hugely varied stage career includes starring opposite Angela Lansbury in the original Broadway production of Mame in 1966. As Bea Arthur herself puts it "My training has been total. I've done everything except rodeos and porn." However, little does she know what's around the corner... !

Bea Arthur will be accompanied at the piano by her musical director Billy Goldenberg, the multi award winning composer of the musical Ballroom.

The show was created by Bea and Billy in collaboration with Charles Randolf Wright with production consultants Mark Waldrop and Richard Maltby Jr.