—Judy Samelson
—Judy Samelson
The piece immerses audiences in an out-of-the-way club on the edge of New Orleans.
Musical creators include Grace McLean, Kate Douglas, Heather Christian, Peter Mills, Charlie Romano, Yunhye Park, and more.
The pair will succeed current stars Corbin Bleu and Jinkx Monsoon in the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical.
She is also the one who puts those white slips of paper into the Playbills when a cast member is out.
The Hairspray and Some Like It Hot composer will be joined by Rory Donovan, Elizabeth Stanley, Shayna Steele, and Marissa Jaret Winokur at the July concert.
McBurney will also direct the revival of the National and Complicité co-production.
The musical is currently running Off-Broadway at Signature Theatre.
The play, by Lauria, centers on two old friends trying to figure out how they came to know each other.
The songwriting duo opened the new work Off-Broadway May 2.