Things better left unsaid

Yazbeck, Borle, Kritzer, Cumpsty, Martin and More Cast in Encores! On the Town

By Andrew Gans
October 24, 2008

Complete casting has been announced for On the Town, the opening production of City Center's 2008-2009 Encores! season. Directed by John Rando, the Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green musical will play the famed Manhattan venue Nov. 19-23.

The cast will be headed by Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy, A Chorus Line) as Gabey, Christian Borle (Legally Blonde the Musical, Spamalot) as Ozzie, Justin Bohon (Oklahoma!, All Shook Up) as Chip, Jessica Lee Goldyn (A Chorus Line) as Ivy, Leslie Kritzer (A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde the Musical) as Hildy Esterhazy, Jennifer Laura Thompson (Urinetown, Wicked) as Claire DeLoone, Andrea Martin (Young Frankenstein, My Favorite Year, Oklahoma!) as Madame P. Dilly, Michael Cumpsty (Copenhagen, 42nd Street) as Pitkin W. Bridgework and Julyana Soelistyo (Golden Child) as Lucy Schmeeler.

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