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‘Guys and Dolls’ Opens Muny Season . . .
June 10; ‘Kinky Boots’ June 19-25
The 101st Muny season opens on a brand new, state-of-the-art stage with the Broadway favorite Guys and Dolls June 10-16 followed by the U.S. regional premiere of Kinky Boots. June 19-25 The season continues with 1776, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Footloose and a newly-reimagined Lerner and Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon. Season 101 closes with the highly-anticipated Muny debut of Roald Dahl’s Matilda.
“We’re beginning our second century on a new stage filled with outstanding talent,” said Muny Artistic Director and Executive Producer Mike Isaacson. “Last year, we celebrated history. This year, we’ll make history and I’m so grateful that so many extraordinary artists will join us.”
The season opens June 10 with Guys and Dolls, a musical fable of Broadway based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser provides classic songs.
BEN DAVIS (Sky Masterson) Muny credits include Jesus Christ Superstar (Pilate), Oklahoma! (Curly); South Pacific (Emile), Spamalot (Galahad). Ben was most recently seen as Cosmo Constantine in New York City Center’s Encores! Call Me Madam, opposite Carmen Cusack. Broadway: 2003 Tony Honor for La Bohème (Marcello), Dear Evan Hansen (Larry), Violet (Preacher), A Little Night Music, Les Misérables (Javert and Enjolras), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon).
BRITTANY BRADFORD (Sarah Brown) in her Muny debut. Brittany was recently seen in Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Merrily We Roll Along, staged by the critically-acclaimed Fiasco Theater. She made her Broadway debut last fall as Ophelia in Bernhardt/Hamlet opposite Janet McTeer.
JORDAN GELBER (Nathan Detroit) in his Muny debut. Broadway credits: Sunday in the Park with George, Elf the Musical (Buddy), All My Sons, Avenue Q (original cast, special Outer Critics Circle Award). Off-Broadway: John Guare’s Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Lincoln Center Theater), Mike Leigh’s 2000 Years, Avenue Q, The Joke, Birth and After Birth.
KENDRA KASSEBAUM (Miss Adelaide) Muny credit A Chorus Line (Val). On Broadway, Kendra originated the role of Janice in the Tony-nominated production of Come From Away as well as Sam in Leap of Faith. She played Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, in San Francisco and on the first national tour (Helen Hayes nominee). In film , she played in The Other Woman (with Natalie Portman and Lisa Kudrow).
Kinky Boots will at the Muny June 19 – 25 with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper
The stage production is based on the Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots, written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth
For more information about The Muny, visit muny.org
