Emily Skinner, most recently seen on Broadway in the Tony-nominated musical Suffs, will join the previously reported Luke Newton Off-Broadway later this summer in the new play House of McQueen.

Written by Darrah Cloud and directed by Sam Helfrich, performances will begin August 19 prior to an official opening September 9 in the new theatrical venue, The Mansion at Hudson Yards.

Newton, best known for playing Colin in Netflix’s Bridgerton, will portray late designer Lee Alexander McQueen with Side Show Tony nominee Skinner as his mother Joyce McQueen. Skinner's numerous Broadway credits also include The Cher Show, Prince of Broadway, Jekyll & Hyde, The Full Monty, Dinner at Eight, James Joyce's The Dead, Billy Elliot, and New York, New York.

The new play will take audiences through Lee’s life, from his early days as an emerging designer, to later building one of the most important fashion houses in the world, and ultimately his tragic passing. The famed fashion designer died of suicide in 2010 at the age of 40.

Intimate relationships with key figures in the designer's life—including mentor Isabella Below—will be explored utilizing a highly produced landscape with floor-to-ceiling LED panels designed to shift environments.

Newton has previously been seen on stage in the West End in The Book of Mormon and Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things. He recently wrapped production on the upcoming sci-fi thriller White Mars, opposite Lucy Hale.

House of McQueen is produced by Rick Lazes. Gary James is the creative director.

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