Editing Ray Davies (section)

==Musicals==
[[File:Ray Davies tour.jpg|thumb|right|Davies "Other People's Lives" tour Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC 2006]]
In 1981, Davies collaborated with [[Barrie Keeffe]] in writing his first stage musical, ''[[Chorus Girls (musical)|Chorus Girls]]'', which opened at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]], London,<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Alistair |title=Kinks frontman Davies makes musical debut |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/21291/kinks-frontman-davies-makes-musical-debut |work=The Stage |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=9 June 2010}}</ref> starring [[Marc Sinden]], and had a supporting cast of [[Michael Elphick]], [[Anita Dobson]], [[Lesley Manville]], [[Kate Williams (actress)|Kate Williams]] and [[Charlotte Cornwell]]. It was directed by Adrian Shergold, the [[choreography]] was by [[Charles Augins]], and [[Jim Rodford]] played bass as part of the theatre's "house band".{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Davies wrote songs for a musical version of [[Jules Verne]]'s ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (Verne novel)|Around the World in 80 Days]]''; the show, ''80 Days'', had a book by playwright [[Snoo Wilson]]. It was directed by [[Des McAnuff]] and ran at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]]'s [[Mandell Weiss Theatre]] in San Diego from 23 August to 9 October 1988. The musical received mixed responses from the critics. Davies's multi-faceted music, McAnuff's directing, and the acting, however, were well received, with the show winning the "Best Musical" award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle.<ref>{{cite web |author=Neu |url=http://www.kinks.de/40jahre/teil6_e.html |title=Kinks.de |publisher=Kinks.de |access-date=9 June 2010}}</ref>

Davies's musical ''[[Come Dancing (song)#Musical|Come Dancing]]'', based partly on [[Come Dancing (song)|his 1983 hit single]] with 20 new songs, ran at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]], London in September–November 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/ray-davies-turns-kinks-classic-into-come-dancing-the-musical-6859180.html |title=Ray Davies turns Kinks classic into Come Dancing the musical |work=Evening Standard |access-date=7 April 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

''[[Sunny Afternoon (musical)|Sunny Afternoon]]'', a musical based on Ray Davies's early life and featuring Kinks songs, opened to critical acclaim at [[Hampstead Theatre]]. The musical moved to the [[Harold Pinter Theatre]] in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] in October 2014. The musical won four awards at the 2015 [[Olivier Awards]], including one for Ray Davies: the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music .<ref>[http://sunnyafternoonthemusical.com Sunny Afternoon]; retrieved 27 October 2014.</ref> ''Sunny Afternoon'' made its North American debut in March 2025 at [[Chicago Shakespeare Theater]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagoshakes.com/productions/sunny-afternoon/ |title=Sunny Afternoon |date=2 May 2024}}</ref>