JJ Niemann to Join 11 to Midnight Off-Broadway

11 to Midnight is choreographed and stars TikTok stars Austin and Marideth Telenko (aka Cost n' Mayor).

March 31, 2026 By Margaret Hall, Logan Culwell-Block

Content creator JJ Niemann (Back to the Future, Hamilton) will join the Off-Broadway production of 11 to Midnight next month.

Beginning April 30, Niemann will join the company at the Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement through May 24; the production is currently scheduled to play its final performance May 31.

11 to Midnight is choreographed and stars TikTok stars Austin and Marideth Telenko (aka Cost n' Mayor), and officially opened February 11. Set at a New Year's Eve apartment party in New York City, the work follows seven friends gathered to ring in the new year. The performance features "theatrical street-style dance and a genre-hopping soundtrack," with music by Jacob Aviner, Spencer Novich, and Steve Toulmin. The performance, directed by Lyndsay Magid Aviner, features a company of dancers all discovered online.

The company is led by the Telenkos, sharing the stage with Melissa Becraft, Brendon Chan, Kati Simon, Ache Richardson, Makenzie Olsen, and Tyson Hill. Swings Kristalyn Gill and Jake Urban round out the cast. The artists joining the Telenkos were all selected via a months-long, international online casting process that saw more than 500 performers submitting videos for consideration.

The production also features scenic design by Arnell Sancianco, costume design by Barbara Erin Delo, lighting design by Jeff Croiter and Sean Beach, sound design by Ben Scheff, and special effects by Jeremy Chernick.

This is not Cost n' Mayor's first time dipping into stage work. Along with having amassed an online audience of more than 10 million on TikTok and Instagram, the couple choreographed Waitress at the Ogunquit Playhouse in 2024. Circus-dance-magic production company Hideaway Circus' previous works have included Canvas Sky, Stas Above, Beyond Babel, Reflex, and Slumber.