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Kate Burton, Alex Newell & More Join A CHRISTMAS CAROL National Tour Led by Bradley Whitford
GOD BLESS US EVERYONE! Live Theater is back just in time to ring in the holiday season. With all of this in mind, we are so happy to announce that casting has officially been announced for the upcoming National Tour of Jack Thorne’s recent Tony Award winning new play adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol.
Under the direction of Matthew Warchus, this new tour cast will be led by…..
Emmy Award winner Bradley whitford (TV’s The Handmaid’s Tale and also set to appear in the new film adaptation of Tick, Tick, Boom) in the iconic role of coldhearted turned kind moneylender “Ebeneezer Scrooge”
Grammy and SAG Award nominee Alex Newell (Broadway’s Once On This Island, TV’s Glee and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) in the dual roles of “The Ghost of Christmas Present” and “Mrs. Fezziwig”,
Tony nominee and Daytime Emmy winner Kate Burton (TV’s Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, Broadway’s Present Laughter, The Cherry Orchard, and Spring Awakening) as “The Ghost of Christmas Past”,
Dashiell Eaves (Broadway’s The Sound Of Music and 1776 and Off Broadway’s Stomp) as “Bob Cratchit”,
Grace Yoo as “Jess”,
Evan Harrington (Broadway’s Avenue Q, Once, and Peter and the Starcatcher) reprising his performance from the Broadway production as “Mr. Fezziwig”,
Sarah Hunt (Broadway’s The Last Ship and the 1st National Tour of Spring Awakening) reprising her performance from the Broadway production as “Belle”,
and many more.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL will be playing a strictly limited 5-city tour this Holiday season. It’s set to play the following cities…..
Spokane, WA,
Phoenix, AZ
Las Vegas, NV,
a month long run in San Francisco, CA,
and
wrapping up for the new year in Los Angeles, CA.
Talks were also made for the production to return to Broadway for a limited engagement after the success of its 2019 run. No word has been made for all that at this time.
Who is excited?!!!
Mike Haber
Author: Mike Haber