by NYBroadwayTours | Dec 19, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: The current acclaimed revival of Once On This Island Broadway have already announced it’s first replacements.
Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis (known as Broadway’s first African American The Phantom of the Opera and last seen in the intimate Off Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd NYC) will be filling in for Quentin Earl Darrington in the role of “Agwa, the God of Water”
and
American Idol favorite Tamyra Gray (Broadway’s Bombay Dreams, Rent, and last seen on the National Tour of If/Then Musical) will be filling in for Merle Dandridge Johnston in the role of “Papa Ge, The God of Death”.
Lewis and Gray will both begin performances together on January 8th, 2018 at Circle in the Square Theatre . Dandridge and Darrington will be taking a contractual leave of absence from the show and will return at a later date. No word has been confirmed on how long Lewis and Gray will be staying or when Dandridge and Darrington will return.
Who is excited about Norm and Tamyra coming to the Island?
Norm Lewis and Tamyra Gray to Join the Cast of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
The producers of Broadway’s newest hit, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, announced today that Broadway veterans Norm Lewis and Tamyra Gray will step into the roles of Agwe and Papa Ge, respectively, on January 8. Merle Dandridge exits for a contractual leave to shoot her television series Greenleaf. Quentin Ear…
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: Beginning August 29th, 2017, one of The Phantom of the Opera’s longest running masked men himself Hugh Panaro is set to take over the title role in the acclaimed intimate Off Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd NYC transforming the Barrow Street Theatre into a working pie shop.
Panaro will replace fellow Phantom, friend and The Muny’s Les Miserables – Musical co-star Tony nominee Norm Lewis who raises his knife up for the last time on August 13th, 2017.
Prior before Panaro’s first performance, David Michael Garry will be chopping off heads and turning them into pies from August 15th-27th, 2017.
When Panaro begins his run, Tony nominee Carolee Carmello will continue to star as “Mrs. Lovett”. Carmello and Panaro previously worked together on the short lived Broadway musical Lestat back in 2006. Current cast members still continuing with the show will include Stacie Bono as “Pirelli” & “The Beggar Woman” and John-Michael Lyles as “Tobias”. In addition, there will be a full lineup of new cast members on the same day as Panaro including…
Jake Boyd (Rock of Ages) replacing Matt Doyle as “Anthony”,
Eryn LeCroy (recently in the New York City Center Encores presentation of Assassins) replacing Alex Finke as “Johanna”,
Michael James Leslie (Senator Joe) replacing Jamie Jackson as “Judge Turpin”,
and John Rapson (Les Mis?rables US) will replace Tony nominee Brad Oscar as “The Beadle”.
Oscar will play his final performance on August 20th, 2017. Prior before Rapson’s first performance, Colin Anderson will go on as “The Beadle” from August 21st – 27th, 2017. For Doyle, Finke, and Jackson, they will play their final performances on August 27th, 2017.
Who is excited?!
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