Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer will join Alex Brightman and Sara Chase in the upcoming Broadway production of Schmigadoon!, producers announced today as the musical comedy rounds out its cast.
Also joining the show will be Ann Harada (Avenue Q, Into the Woods), Brad Oscar (The Producers, Something Rotten), Isabelle McCalla (Water For Elephants, The Prom), Ayaan Diop (Broadway debut), Ivan Hernandez (Dear Evan Hansen, And Just Like That…), Max Clayton (Bandstand, The Music Man) and McKenzie Kurtz (Heathers, Wicked).
Also joining the company are Afra Hines, Becca Petersen, Brandon Block, Clyde Alves, Jess LeProtto, Joshua Burrage, Kaleigh Cronin, Keven Quillon, Kimberly Immanuel, Lauralyn McClelland, Lyrica Woodruff, Maria Briggs, Miles McNicoll, Nathan Lucrezio, Richard Riaz Yoder, Shina Ann Morris, and Zachary Downer as additional Schmigadoon townspeople.
Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
The production will begin previews at the Nederlander Theatre on Saturday, April 4 with an opening night set for Monday, April 20. The engagement runs through Sunday, September 6.
Brightman and Chase will star as Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble, New York doctors “who set out on a couples’ backpacking retreat to rekindle the flame but instead find themselves in Schmigadoon, a magical town that’s a Golden Age musical come to life. The townspeople won’t stop singing, the bridge out leads nowhere, and the only way to escape is by finding true love – which may or may not be with each other.”
Gasteyer (Once Upon a Mattress, Wicked) will pay Mildred Layton, Reverend Layton’s morally superior wife who is in everybody’s business. Harada, reprising her role from the Apple Original series, plays Florence Menlove, the oblivious and dutiful wife of Mayor Menlove. Oscar will star as Mayor Menlove, the welcoming mayor of the town with a secret (and a song) in his heart.
McCalla plays Emma Tate, a more modern woman and the town’s teacher who struggles to fit into the town’s strict mold. Diop will be a lovable young resident of Schmigadoon who adds comedic charm and Hernandez will play Doc, the handsome town doctor with an icy heart.
Clayton will star as Danny Bailey, the town bad boy who is trouble with a capital T, especially once he sets his sights on Melissa (Chase). Kurtz will portray Betsy, the farmer’s daughter who instantly falls for Josh (Brightman).
Based on the Apple Original series from Universal Television, Schmigadoon! features a book and Emmy Award–winning score by Cinco Paul (Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets), direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, The Cher Show, Death Becomes Her), set design from Scott Pask, costume design from Linda Cho, lighting design from Donald Holder, sound design from Walter Trarbach, hair and wig design from Tom Watson and makeup design from Ashley Ryan.
Schmigadoon! is produced by Lorne Michaels, Micah Frank, and Caroline Maroney on behalf of Broadway Video and Christine Schwarzman and Megan O’Keefe on behalf of No Guarantees Productions.
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