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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Butz, Sanz and Thompson to Star in Musical Workshop from Grey Gardens Duo

By Adam Hetrick
April 28, 2008

Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, Horatio Sanz and Jennifer Laura Thompson will take part in a May reading of a new musical penned by Grey Gardens co-creators, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie.

Lincoln Center Theater confirmed that Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Sans ("SNL") and Thompson (Wicked) are scheduled to appear in the reading, which will be helmed by Tony-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman.

John Weidman (Assassins, Bounce, Contact) has penned the book for the new musical that was previously titled Happiness. In an earlier interview with Playbill Radio's Robert Viagas, Stroman commented that the new work would incorporate dance but not be primarily dance-driven like her Tony-winning Contact.

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