Ensemble Announced for Broadway's On the Twentieth Century, Starring Kristin Chenoweth & Peter Gallagher
All aboard! Additional casting has been announced for the new Broadway revival of the classic tuner On the Twentieth Century, starring Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher. Mamie Parris (Wicked), Preston Truman Boyd (Bullets Over Broadway) and more will appear in the Roundabout Theatre Company production, which will begin performances on February 12, 2015 and play a limited engagement through July 5. Opening night is set for March 12 at the American Airlines Theatre.
Joining Parris and Boyd in the ensemble will be Phillip Attmore (After Midnight), Justin Bowen (Chaplin the Musical), Paula Leggett Chase (Bye Bye Birdie), Ben Crawford (Les Miserables), Jenifer Foote (Follies), Bahiyah Hibah (Chicago), Kevin Ligon (Bullets Over Broadway), Erica Mansfield (Pippin), James Moye (Bullets Over Broadway), Linda Mugleston (Cinderella), Andy Taylor (Once), Jim Walton (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and Richard Riaz Yoder (White Christmas). Rick Faugno, Drew King and Analisa Leaming will be making their Broadway debuts in the production.
Directed by Scott Ellis, with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman, On the Twentieth Century follows a down-and-out Broadway producer named Oscar Jaffe (Gallagher), who struggles to convince his former muse and lover, Lily Garland (Chenoweth), now a successful film actress, to return to Broadway in a (non-existent) epic drama about Mary Magdalene. While dealing with Lily Garland's jealous new lover and a religious fanatic aboard a luxury train, Oscar hopes he can lure her back to the stage and salvage his sinking career.
The original Broadway production was directed by Hal Prince and opened in February 1978 at the St. James Theatre. The musical received five Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.
The cast will also feature the previously reported Andy Karl, Mark Linn-Baker, Michael McGrath and Mary Louise Wilson.
