Full casting has been announced for the 40-member Broadway company of Coram Boy, the play adapted by Helen Edmundson from the award-winning novel by Jamila Gavin. Directed by Melly Still, Coram Boy will begin previews on April 16 and open on May 2 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre.
The 20-member onstage choir will include Philip Anderson, John Arbo, Sean Attebury, Renee Brna, Charlotte Cohn, Sean Cullen, Katie Geissinger, Zachary James, Tinashe Kajese, Katherine Keyes, Evangelia Kingsley, B.J. Karpen, Eric William Morris, Broadway.com Fresh Face Samantha Soule, Daniel Neer, Nina Negri, Mark Rehnstrom, Martin Sola, Alisson Weller and Greg Wright. They will perform Handel's "Messiah" and original music composed by Adrian Sutton to be accompanied by a seven-piece chamber orchestra.
Coram Boy tells the tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Deserted Children: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the abandoned son of the heir to a great estate. A story of fathers and sons, set in the dark heart of 18th-century England, Coram Boy is an epic adventure that is also moving and uplifting. The play has played two sold-out engagements at the National Theatre of Great Britain and is recommended for audiences ages 12 and older, adults, and young adults.