Full cast announced for HERCULES at Paper Mill Playhouse
Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the full cast and creative team for the all-new musical production of Disney’s Hercules, playing from 16 February-19 March.
Joining the previously announced Bradley Gibson (The Lion King) as Hercules, Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley (Broadway’s The Music Man 2022 revival) as Hades, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin) as Phil, and Isabelle McCalla (Broadway’s Aladdin) as Meg will be Jeff Blumenkrantz (Bright Star) as Panic and Reggie De Leon (Aladdin) as Pain, alongside the Muses: Charity Angél Dawson (Waitress) as Clio, Tiffany Mann (Waitress) as Calliope, Anastacia McCleskey (Caroline, or Change) as Thalia, Destinee Rea (The Book of Mormon) as Terpsichore and Rashidra Scott (Company) as Melpomene.
The ensemble features Kathryn Allison (Company) as Despina, Allyson Kaye Daniel (1776) as Aunt Tithesis/Lachesis, Lucia Giannetta (Broadway and PMP’s A Bronx Tale: The Musical) as Atropos, Jesse Nager (Motown: The Musical) as Nessus, Kristen Faith Oei (Lincoln Center’s The King & I) as Hera, Dennis Stowe (Aladdin) as Zeus and Anne Fraser Thomas (PMP’s Sister Act) as Clotho, as well as Joshua Buscher (Kinky Boots), Marcus Cobb (In the Heights film), Zachary Downer (Hello, Dolly!), Ryan Fitzgerald (Matilda at the Muny), Kendall LeShanti (Lifetime’s “Bring It”), Chani Maisonet (Ain’t Too Proud), Skye Mattox (Carousel), Jason W. McCollum (Taft Theater’s Cinderella), Erin Moore (Shuffle Along), JJ Niemann (The Book of Mormon), Gabrielle Reid (PMP’s The Color Purple, Broadway’s Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Adam Roberts (Pippin), Ben Roseberry (The Lion King), Christine Shepard (Head Over Heels), Chiara Trentalange (Girl from the North Country) and Lamont Walker II (MJ: The Musical).
Hercules features music by Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Alan Menken, lyrics by Tony Award winner David Zippel and a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, based on the Disney film of the same name.
The music is supervised and arranged by Michael Kosarin, with orchestrations by Danny Troob and Joseph Joubert, dance music arrangements by Mark Hummel, music direction by Ted Arthur, choreography by Chase Brock and Tanisha Scott and direction by Obie Award winner Lear deBessonet.
The production also features set design by Dane Laffrey, costumes by Emilio Sosa, lighting by Jeff Croiter, sound by Kai Harada, puppet design and direction by James Ortiz, special effects by Jeremy Chernick, and casting by Tara Rubin Casting.
It’s a terrific twist of fates! The inspired Disney animated film is now a mythical new musical adventure. Hercules is the divinely funny story of an honest-to-Zeus hero on a quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. Is love a possibility too? Oh, Hades, yes! The roof-raising score features all the hits you love from the film, including the Oscar-nominated song ‘Go the Distance’, as well as ‘Zero to Hero’ and ‘I Won’t Say (I’m in Love)’, along with new songs written for the stage.
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