An Officer and a Gentleman (musical)
Character Original Australia Cast Original UK Tour Cast
Zack Mayo Ben Mingay Jonny Fines
Paula Pokrifki Amanda Harrison Emma Williams
Sid Worley Alex Rathgeber Ian McIntosh
Lynette Pomeroy Kate Kendall Jessica Daley
Sgt . Emil Foley Bert LaBonté Ray Shell
Byron Mayo Bartholomew John Darren Bennett
Esther Pokrifki Tara Morice Rachel Stanley
Ramon Guiterrez Josh Piterman
Taniya Seegar Zahra Newman
Charlie Redding Josef Brown
Amy Cantrowitz Sheridan Harbridge
Young Zack Mayo Michael Kilbane Oliver Wright Otis Pavlovic George Cartwright
Cast and characters
An Officer and a Gentleman, The Musical is a stage musical based on the original movie, written by Douglas Day Stewart. It had its world premiere May 18, 2012 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney, Australia. The musical closed six weeks later on July 1. It was co-produced by John Frost and Sharleen Cooper Cohen. The book was written by Douglas Day Stewart and Sharleen Cooper Cohen and the score was written by Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner. It was directed by Simon Phillips. It starred Ben Mingay as Zack Mayo and Amanda Harrison as Paula Pokrifki. A new version of the musical will make its premiere at Curve in Leicester, England in April 2018 before touring the UK. It will be directed by Nikolai Foster and use songs from the film's soundtrack such as Up Where We Belong, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Toy Soldiers, Alone, Don't Cry Outloud and Material Girl, opposed to the musical's original score by Hirsch and Lerner.