With book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (Memphis, Nice Work if You Can Get It) and music by Jimmy Roberts (The Thing About Men, The Velveteen Rabbit), the four-person cast will comprise Karen Burthwright (Broadway’s Jesus Christ Superstar), Lindsay Nicole Chambers (Broadway’s Lysistrata Jones, Legally Blonde, and Hairspray), Mitchell Jarvis (Broadway’s Rock of Ages, GSP world premiere of Gettin’ the Band Back Together), and George Merrick (Broadway’s Honeymoon in Vegas, South Pacific, and High Fidelity).
David Saint, who is entering his 21st season as George Street Playhouse’s artistic director, will direct. This marks the third time Saint will be directing a work written by DiPietro at George Street Playhouse, having previously helmed world-premiere productions of Clever Little Lies (2013), which moved Off-Broadway in 2015, and Creating Claire.
The production will also have scenic design by Jim
Youmans,
costume design by Michael
McDonald,
lighting design by Joe
Saint,
sound design by Shannon
Slaton,
arrangements and additional orchestration by Doug
Katsaros,
musical direction and conducting by Joshua
Zecher-Ross,
choreography by Charlie
Williams,
and stage management by Nicole
Kuker.
Casting is by McCorkle
Casting, Ltd.
Tickets range in price from $15 for students (with valid ID) to $79, based on performance. Visit georgestreetplayhouse.org.