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   The Tony Award nominees Richard Kind and Taylor Louderman and Tony Award winners Beth Leavel and Paulo Szot will star in productions this summer as part of The Muny’s 108th season in Forest Park.

Kind, who makes his Muny debut, will play Edna Turnblad in the season-opening production of Hairspray (June 15-21). Louderman, a St. Louisan and native of Bourbon, Mo., will play Ensign Nellie Forbush in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific (July 6-12). Szot, who made his Muny debut last summer in Evita, will star opposite her as Emile de Becque. And longtime Muny favorite Leavel returns after eight years to play Katie Connelly in Meet Me In St. Louis (Aug. 6-13).

The four actors teased their upcoming roles in videos shared as part of World Theatre Week at The Muny, March 27 (World Theatre Day) through April 3 (the birthday of Muny founder Margaret Anglin).

‘Hairspray’

Presented by Emerson

RICHARD KIND (Edna Turnblad) Broadway: The Big Knife (Drama Desk Award, supporting actor; Tony nomination, featured actor in a play); The Producers (Broadway, Hollywood Bowl, West End); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ; Sly Fox; The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife; Kiss Me, Kate; All In. Regional: Sondheim’s Bounce (Goodman Theatre, Kennedy Center); Candide (New York City Opera at Lincoln Center); Once in a Lifetime (Guthrie Theatre); Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, The Front Page (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Power Failure (Actors Studio Free Theatre Co.); The Seagull (Matrix Theatre   The creative team for Hairspray is led by Seth Sklar-Heyn (director), Jesse Robb (choreographer) and Evan Roider (music director/conductor)

🌺 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘South Pacific’

Presented by the Centene Foundation\

TAYLOR LOUDERMAN (Ensign Nellie Forbush) is a Tony-nominated actress, educator and philanthropist, best known for originating the role of Regina George in Broadway’s Mean Girls. She made her Broadway debut leading Bring It On: The Musical and went on to star as Wendy in Peter Pan Live! (NBC) and Lauren in Kinky Boots on Broadway. Favorite Muny credits include Chess (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Aida (Amneris), Grease (Sandy), Hairspray (Amber), Kinky Boots (Lauren) and Muny Teens. Her TV credits include series regulars on NBC’s Kenan and Nick Jr.’s Sunny Day, as well as roles on The Good Fight (CBS), Evil (CBS), The Loudest Voice (Showtime) and High Maintenance (HBO).

PAULO SZOT (Emile de Becque) received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards for his Broadway debut in South Pacific at the Lincoln Center Theater and an Olivier nomination for the same production at the Barbican, London. He was born in São Paulo and studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland..

The creative team for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific is led by William Carlos Angulo (director), Karla Puno Garcia (choreographer) and Roberto Sinha (music director/conductor).

🎡 ‘Meet Me In St. Louis’

Presented by Commerce Bank and Commerce Trust Co.

BETH LEAVEL (Katie Connelly) most recently was seen on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. She was nominated for 2019 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards for her performance in the critically acclaimed Broadway show The Prom. She received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and LA Drama Critics awards for her performance as the title character in The Drowsy Chaperone. Beth also received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for her role as Florence Greenberg in Baby It’s You. Other Broadway roles include The Baroness in Lempicka, Mrs. June Adams in Bandstand, Emily in Elf, Donna in Mamma Mia!, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, Dorothy Brock in the revival of 42nd Street, The creative team for Meet Me In St. Louis is led by Maggie Burrows (director), Sarah Meahl (choreographer) and Paul Byssainthe Jr. (music director/conductor).

The Muny artistic staff includes Artistic Director & Executive Producer Mike Isaacson, Associate Artistic Director Michael Baxter, Director of Production Tracy Utzmyers, Music Supervisor Michael Horsley and Associate Music Supervisor Evan Roider.

Season 108 at The Muny includes Hairspray (June 15-21), Shrek The Musical (June 25-July 2), Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific (July 6-12), Disney’s Newsies (July 16-22), Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (July 27-Aug. 2), Meet Me In St. Louis (Aug. 6-13) and Something Rotten! (Aug. 17-23). Performances begin at 8:15 p.m.

New season tickets start at just $126 and are on sale now at muny.org, by phone at (314) 595-5750 or at the Muny Box Office in Forest Park (9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday).

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