Casting is now complete for the upcoming Broadway transfer of the West End's Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, which will begin performances March 25 ahead of an April 8 opening night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre via Manhattan Theatre Club. Tony winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga will both reprise their performances from the concert's London bow.

Newly announced for the production are Jacob Dickey (Aladdin, Company) and Kyle Selig (Water for Elephants, Mean Girls), who join the previously reported Jasmine Forsberg, Kate Jennings Grant, David Harris, Bonnie Langford, Tony winner Beth Leavel, Tony nominee Gavin Lee, Olivier nominee Jason Pennycooke, Olivier winner Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Maria Wirries, and Daniel Yearwood. The company will also include Kevin Earley, Paige Faure, Alexa Lopez, and Peter Neureuther. (Langford, Lee, Pennycooke, Riding, and Secomb are all reprising their work from the London bow.)

Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles will present the pre-Broadway North American premiere of Old Friends at the Ahmanson Theatre February 8-March 9.

Check out photos of the company in rehearsal in the gallery below:

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Photos: Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Beth Leavel, More in Rehearsal for Old Friends

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As in the West End, the concert features the songs of Stephen Sondheim and is devised by producer Cameron Mackintosh. Matthew Bourne will be back to provide musical staging and direction, along with co-director Julia McKenzie. Stephen Mear will again choreograph. The production will also feature music supervision by Alfonso Casado Trigo and Stephen Brooker, arrangements by Stephen Metcalfe, set design by Matt Kinley, projection design by George Reeve, costume design by Jill Parker, lighting design by Warren Letton, and sound design by Mick Potter. Annbritt duChateau will conduct, with David Lober serving as production stage manager.

The concert began as a one-night-only affair at London's Sondheim Theatre May 3, 2022, an evening that was filmed and later broadcast on BBC Two. The evening was brought back for a limited West End run at the Gielgud Theatre beginning October 3, 2023, with Peters making her official West End debut. A live album was released of the 2022 concert.

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Manhattan Theatre Club is joining Cameron Mackintosh and Daryl Roth to present the tribute concert's Broadway bow.

“It was Steve’s idea to do a third revue of his work but sadly he died before we had pieced it all together," said Mackintosh in an earlier statement. "I always wanted this one to be driven by his greatest melodies. To celebrate his great life and legacy I wanted to put on an all-star gala in London but first I had to finish the hat. Miraculously, in only a few days all the shows, songs, and fun we had enjoyed together fell onto the page in sequence (undoubtedly nudged from above by Steve) and the running order has hardly changed since. The gala was wonderful but more importantly, proved that the material wasn’t just a concert, but the great big Broadway show Steve wanted it to be. For our West End season, Matthew Bourne and I put together an all-star ensemble of old friends, led by Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, around whom we wove the material as if in a play. I am thrilled that nearly half of our rapturously received London old friends are able to join our brilliant new American friends to bring this show to Broadway. It's an added delight that I am reunited with Lynne Meadow and MTC, with whom Steve and I did our second revue, Putting it Together, starring the incomparable Julie Andrews. For all of us working on this show it is our love letter and thank you to Steve—a musical genius but also an old friend whose brilliant work and memory will last forever.”

“It's a joy to celebrate Stephen Sondheim's remarkable legacy, and I’m especially thrilled to work with the legendary Bernadette Peters, the brilliantly talented Lea Salonga, and a fantastic group of actors from Broadway and the West End," added Roth. "Together, we're honoring a true master whose work will continue to inspire us and enrich the world of musical theatre for years to come.”

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