Like a team...boom-boom! Broadway mainstays Judy Kaye, Rachel York, Harriet Harris, David Garrison, Lewis J. Stadlen, Lee Wilkof and Robert Creighton will join previously announced Tony winner Christian Borle and Tony Yazbeck in the forthcoming Encores! production of Little Me, presented by New York’s City Center. Directed by John Rando and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse, Little Me will play from February 5 through 9.
In addition to Borle as all six of Belle's oddball lovers and Yazbeck as George Musgrove, the cast of Little Me will feature York as Belle, Kaye as Older Belle, Harris as Mrs. Eggleston, Garrison as Patrick Dennis, Stadlen as Bennie Buchsbaum, Wilkof as Bernie Buchsbaum and Creighton will take on multiple roles in the production.
The musical comedy tells the story of Belle Poitrine, a self-invented celebrity who has devoted her life to the pursuit of wealth, culture and social position. Her many wacky lovers range from an innocent college boy to an octogenarian lecher to the dying king of a tiny European country that doesn’t seem to exist. The ensemble for Little Me will include Cameron Adams, Stanley Bahorek, Meggie Cansler, Gaelen Gilliland, Arlo Hill, Reed Kelly, Justin Keyes, Eloise Kropp, Josh Lamon, Jenny Laroche, Samantha Massell, Skye Mattox, Paul McGill, Jason Mills, Vivian Nixon, Lindsay O¹Neil, Manuel Stark, Clay Thomson, Kathy Voytko, and Amos Wolff.
Kaye won the Tony for her performance as Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera and was nominated for her roles in Mamma Mia! and Souvenir. Her other Broadway credits include Ragtime, On the Twentieth Century, Sweeney Todd and Grease. York has appeared on Broadway in Les Miserables, Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sly Fox and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Harris won the Tony for her performance as Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Her other Broadway credits include Cinderella, Present Laughter, Cry-Baby and The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Stadlen received Tony nods for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 45 Seconds From Broadway and Candide. He's also been seen on Broadway in The Nance, The Producers, The People in the Picture, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Female Odd Couple, The Sunshine Boys and Minnie's Boys. Wilkof's Broadway credits include Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Odd Couple, Democracy, The Boys from Syracuse, Kiss Me Kate and She Loves Me. Creighton has appeared on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes, Laughing Room Only, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Little Mermaid and Chicago.