Shirley Valentine Kershaw directed by Glen Walford. Two years later it opened in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, with Pauline Collins directed by Simon Callow. After eight previews, the Broadway production, with Collins again directed by Callow, opened on 16 February 1989 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 324 performances. Ellen Burstyn replaced Collins later in the run, and Loretta Swit starred in a US national tour in 1995. From 26 March - 8 May 2010, as part of the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Meera Syal played Shirley in the production's first London West
Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi her career include the title role in "Carmen Jones" with the London Philharmonic at Royal Festival Hall and Bess in "Porgy and Bess" at the Cape Town Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Norwegian National Opera. In April 2011, she portrayed the title role in the world premiere of Bongani Ndodana-Breen's "Winnie: The Opera" at the State Theatre in Pretoria. Maswanganyi currently resides in Italy where she is a voice student of mezzo-soprano Nadiya Petrenko. Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi (born 14 February 1979) is a South African classical soprano who has an active international performance career. She first came