Richard Kind, Taylor Louderman, Paulo Szot,

Beth Leavel Among Stars in Muny’s 108 Season

   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).

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