Full cast and creative team announced for Broadway’s NEW YORK, NEW YORK
The full cast and creative team have been announced for the brand new Kander & Ebb musical, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, which begins performances at Broadway’s St James Theatre from 24 March.
Joining the previously announced Colton Ryan as Jimmy Doyle and Anna Uzele as Francine Evans will be Clyde Alves (On The Town) as Tommy Caggiano, John Clay III (Choir Boy) as Jesse Webb, Janet Dacal (In The Heights) as Sofia Diaz, Ben Davis (Dear Evan Hansen) as Gordon Kendrick, Oliver Prose as Alex Mann (Broadway debut), Angel Sigala (Broadway debut) as Mateo Diaz, and Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show) as Madame Veltri.
Completing the cast are Wendi Bergamini, Allison Blackwell, Giovanni Bonaventura, Jim Borstelmann, Lauren Carr, Mike Cefalo, Bryan J. Cortés, Kristine Covillo, Gabriella Enriquez, Haley Fish, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, Richard Gatta, Stephen Hanna, Naomi Kakuk, Akina Kitazawa, Ian Liberto, Kevin Ligon, Leo Moctezuma, Aaron Nicholas Patterson, Dayna Marie Quincy, Julian Ramos, Drew Redington, Benjamin Rivera, Vanessa Sears, Davis Wayne, Jeff Williams, Darius Wright.
Featuring music and lyrics by Tony, Emmy & Grammy Award winners and Academy Award nominees John Kander & Fred Ebb, written by Tony Award nominee David Thompson, co-written by Sharon Washington and featuring additional lyrics by Pulitzer, Tony, Emmy & Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda, NEW YORK, NEW YORK will be directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman.
The production features set design by Beowulf Boritt, with costumes by Donna Zakowska, lighting by Ken Billington (The Scottsboro Boys), sound by Kai Harada, projection by Christopher Ash and Beowulf Boritt, music supervision and arrangements by Sam Davis, orchestrations by Daryl Waters and Sam Davis, vocal arrangements by David Loud, music direction by Alvin Hough, Jr., and casting by Jim Carnahan, CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA.
Producers Sonia Friedman and Tom Kirdahy said, “It is an incredible honor to present this new musical by a team of Broadway legends. In NEW YORK, NEW YORK audiences will experience the city like never before, following a group of hopeful dreamers as they each strive to follow their hearts and desires. It is a joyful celebration of New York and the power of community by some of the great New Yorkers, and we cannot wait for audiences near and far to come be a part of it all – the rhythm, the music, and the magic of a big, brand new Broadway musical.”
It is 1946, the war is over, and a resurgent New York is beginning to rebuild. As steel beams swing overhead, a collection of artists has dreams as big and diverse as the city itself.
Among them is New York native Jimmy Doyle, a brilliant but disillusioned musician looking for his “major chord” in life: music, money, love. The odds are against him getting all three until he meets Francine Evans, a young singer just off the bus from Philly, who is destined for greatness. If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK is a spectacular show for a singular city. With a unique blend of dazzling new songs and big band classics (‘New York, New York’, ‘But The World Goes ‘Round’), this jubilant new musical is destined to become the talk of the town.
Be a part of it.
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