A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical Tickets

James Monroe Iglehart is a multi award winning actor of stage and screen. James is set to star as Louis Armstrong in a new Broadway-bound musical based on the life and loves of Louis Armstrong called A Wonderful World, premiering in New Orleans and Chicago this fall. Most recently, James played King Arthur in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center. You may have seen James on Broadway in such shows as Hamilton in the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Chicago as Billy Flynn, and the Broadway hit Freestyle Love Supreme. James is perhaps best known for his Tony Award winning performance as Genie in Aladdin on Broadway. He has also been seen on tv/film in shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (recurring), Maniac (recurring), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (recurring), Gotham, Law & Order: SVU, Sesame Street, At Home with Amy Sedaris, Girls5Eva, & the feature film DisEnchanted. James made his sold-out solo concert debut at 54 Below, and was brought back for a sold-out return engagement shortly thereafter. James has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, & numerous concert venues across the country. He has had the pleasure to lend his voice to many animated characters including Lance Strongbow in Disney’s Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures and Taurus Bulba in Disney‘s DuckTales, Vampirina, Elena Of Avalor, Helluva Boss, Blue's Clues, Sesame Street and Disney Jr. and Disney Channels Super Kitties & Kiff. He is a self proclaimed animation, comic book & pro wrestling nerd. James has also written three comic book stories for Marvel Comics and is one of the co-hosts of the Marvel Comic podcast “This Week In Marvel” on SirusXM and wherever you listen to podcasts. When he’s not on stage he’s usually watching Pro Wrestling or Disney + while just chilling out with his wife of over 20 years Dawn.

Dar. Lee. See. Ah. Broadway veteran whose shows include Ragtime (Sarah, Helen Hayes Award nominee), Shuffle Along (Lottie Gee), The Color Purple (Nettie), Once on This Island (Erzulie), The Book of Mormon, The Goodbye Girl. Viva Award nom for her single, Everlasting… on MTV. TV: FBI, The Watcher, Madame Secretary, House of Cards, Elementary.

Kim Exum was last seen on Broadway in The Book of Mormon as the longest tenured Nabulungi. Recent credits include national commercials for Crest, a 1Password commercial no one saw where I play Deadpool’s assistant, The Book of Mormon(Jumamosi Tour), Betty Boop’s Day Off (Betty Boop), some V.O work, and Jolie, a beautiful short shot in BK. Many thanks to God, mom, dad, my village, my group chats, and my beautiful family: Eric & Ezzie.  

Dionne Figgins has danced professionally with Dance Theatre of Harlem and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Most notably, she has appeared in the original Broadway companies of Memphis and Motown the Musical. Of her many regional and Off-Broadway appearances, her work in Smokey Joe’s Cafe garnered her an Ovation Award nomination and Chita Rivera Award nomination. In 2012, she co-founded the non-profit organization Broadway Serves and in 2021, she was appointed the Artistic Director of Ballet Tech.

Broadway: The Color Purple (Nettie). Off-Broadway: Pearl (Pearl Bailey; AUDELCO nominee, Best Actress). National: Hamilton (Universal Schuyler Sister), Motown the Musical. Film: Silent Night in the City, The Oz Project. VO: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Opal Watson Private Eye. Grateful to God, Mom, Dad, my wonderful husband, and my two beautiful girls, Ella & Olivia.

Jimmy Smagula will next be seen in Warner Brothers’ highly anticipated sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux directed by Todd Phillips, and the independent features Nonnas directed by Stephen Chbosky and Almost Popular directed by Nayip Ramos. He just finished production on the animated feature Animal Friends, directed by Peter Atencio and recurred on both Showtime’s Black Monday and MAX’s Doom Patrol. Aside from Spamalot, other Kennedy Center productions include The Music Man (Jacey Squires) with Norm Lewis, Jessie Mueller, and Rosie O'Donnell and Guys and Dolls (Harry the Horse) opposite Rachel Dratch. He is remembered for his role of ‘Sal Iacuzzo’ on The Sopranos and depicted publisher John Woodburn in Danny Strong’s Rebel in the Rye opposite Nicholas Hoult. He also held supporting roles in Michael Bay’s The Island, John Chu’s Step Up 3 and The Producers movie musical. Other television credits include: FX’s Cake; FX’s Oh Jerome No, opposite Emmy Award nominee Mamoudou Athie, directed and written by Alex Karpovsky; Brooklyn Nine-Nine, opposite Andy Sandberg; Better Things alongside Pamela Adlon; Comedy Central's Corporate; Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Parks and Rec, Community and many more. Jimmy made his Broadway debut at age 24 in the original Broadway cast of The Full Monty, and went on to star on Broadway in Man of La Mancha, The Phantom of the Opera, To Be Or Not To Be (Manhattan Theatre Club), Damn Yankees (with Sean Hayes and Jane Krakowski), The Little Mermaid and Billy Elliott. He is repped by Lasher Group and Nicolosi & Co.

To come.