Jinx Monsoon to play Judy Garland in London production of END OF THE RAINBOW

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 8:14am

Limited run at Soho Theatre Walthamstow from May 15 through June 21

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 8:50am

Would imagine this has legs to go to Broadway at some point. 

[darreyl102]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 9:17am

I loved the first Broadway production back in 2012 with Tracie Bennett. Made me cry both times I saw it. Tracie was dynamite 

 

Updated On: 11/26/25 at 09:17 AM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 10:46am

Curious what tone this’ll have as it can go in several directions - OH, MARY! camp or a traditional solid dramatic showcase for Jinx. Tracie Bennett’s Judy had zero resemblance to Judy Garland in every possible way but she created a character of its own. The original END OF THE RAINBOW was definitely a missed opportunity for its Broadway run to have had the great Isabel Keating - who WAS Judy Garland in both mannerisms, and vocals. She even had Judy’s 60s jittery speaking voice down to the last centimeter. What she did in THE BOY FROM OZ was indeed a Master Class. 

 

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 11:07am

Brody, its funny you say that about Tracie Bennett. I thought to myself this is the closes that I will ever get to seeing Judy Garland live. Jinx defiantly I think will bring a great sense of strength and dignity to the acting scenes, but I can see it being more camp during the songs. 

I know its not the most accurate play, but I will say when I saw the show, I was begging Judy/Tracie to go with Michael Cumpsty, and hopefully she would still be with us...the power of emotional heartstring writing.