Opening night of Skylight Music Theatre’s In-Concert Staged Reading of ***To Catch A Thief: The Musical***, The Cabot Theatre, Milwaukee, WI,

To Catch A Thief: The Musical celebrated a successful in-concert staged reading at Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee, WI, last March 2025. The company was comprised of twenty-eight of Milwaukee’s finest performers, and included the talents of charismatic Australian-American star, Nigel Huckle (as John Robie), Australian musical sensation, Madeleine Featherby (as Francie), well-known Chicago actress, Liz Norton (as Maude), the dynamic, Samatha Sostarich (as Beline), and Broadway veteran, Andrew Varela (as Lepic). The production featured a seven-piece orchestra under the musical direction of Eric Svejcar, and was directed by celebrated regional director and SMT Artistic Director, Michael Unger. The new musical features book and lyrics by BTC producing artistic director, Peter Sham (Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical and Sherlock Holmes and the Great Royal Goose Chase), and a musical score by award-winning composer, Kevin Purcell (Rebecca: The Musical and The Stranger From Seville).

To Catch a Thief is David Dodge's most famous novel, and rightly so, Alfred Hitchcock firmly cinched its place in the annals of crime fiction by adapting it into an Academy Award-winning, classic film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Set on the French Riviera, the story centers on John Robie, an American expatriate and skilled gymnast, who once upon a time was "Le Chat," the famous and elusive cat burglar who worked the South of France. The legend of Le Chat grew with each crime. Following the war, Robie retires to a quiet life in France and vows to leave his past behind. His retirement is shattered when a copycat burglar commits a string of robberies that puts the police on Le Chat's trail again. Robie must catch the phony Le Chat before the police catch him.

To Catch A Thief: The Musical is now in its next phase of development. Rewrites and revisions are now underway in preparation for a full producer’s workshop, scheduled for November 2025 in London. After that, the work plans to open on London’s West End sometime in 2026, with a Broadway premiere expected sometime in 2027.