The full touring cast of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is going to Broadway, producers announced today. The young company – all but one of the 10 actors will be making their Broadway debuts – will be headed by Chris McCarrell in the title role.
McCarrell originated the role of Percy Jackson in the 2017 Off-Broadway production of Lightning Thief (he’s the one with the Broadway credit – he played Marius in Les Misérables in 2014).
In addition to McCarrell, the cast, announced today by producers TheaterWorksUSA and Martian Entertainment, are all coming off the recently wrapped 2019 tour. They are Izzy Figueroa, Jorrel Javier, Ryan Knowles, Sam Leicht, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, James Hayden Rodriguez, Jalynn Steele, T. Shyvonne Stewart, and Kristin Stokes. The cast plays a total of 47 characters.
As previously announced, The Lightning Thief begins previews Friday, September 20, at the Longacre Theatre, with an official opening of Wednesday, October 16. The holiday engagement...
McCarrell originated the role of Percy Jackson in the 2017 Off-Broadway production of Lightning Thief (he’s the one with the Broadway credit – he played Marius in Les Misérables in 2014).
In addition to McCarrell, the cast, announced today by producers TheaterWorksUSA and Martian Entertainment, are all coming off the recently wrapped 2019 tour. They are Izzy Figueroa, Jorrel Javier, Ryan Knowles, Sam Leicht, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, James Hayden Rodriguez, Jalynn Steele, T. Shyvonne Stewart, and Kristin Stokes. The cast plays a total of 47 characters.
As previously announced, The Lightning Thief begins previews Friday, September 20, at the Longacre Theatre, with an official opening of Wednesday, October 16. The holiday engagement...
- 8/19/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The new trend (as odd as it is) lately seems to be to take some of the horror genre's most notable films and turn them into bizarro musicals made specifically for the stage. Well, I guess it's better than a remake.
Variety reports that Brent Barrett and Jenn Harris will lead the cast of the Silence of the Lambs spoof Silence! The Musical, which is gearing up for a commercial Off Broadway production beginning in June.
Harris, who plays FBI agent Clarice Starling in the unauthorized parody of the Oscar-winning 1991 thriller, initially appeared in the show during its debut run at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2005. Broadway regular Barrett is on board as Hannibal Lecter in the production, to be directed by Christopher Gattelli.
A return Gotham visit for Silence! has been percolating since the show's well-sold outing at the Fringe, with a U.K. staging hitting London last year.
Variety reports that Brent Barrett and Jenn Harris will lead the cast of the Silence of the Lambs spoof Silence! The Musical, which is gearing up for a commercial Off Broadway production beginning in June.
Harris, who plays FBI agent Clarice Starling in the unauthorized parody of the Oscar-winning 1991 thriller, initially appeared in the show during its debut run at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2005. Broadway regular Barrett is on board as Hannibal Lecter in the production, to be directed by Christopher Gattelli.
A return Gotham visit for Silence! has been percolating since the show's well-sold outing at the Fringe, with a U.K. staging hitting London last year.
- 5/11/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Taking as its central conceit the idea that a small theater company staging Shakespeare's classic would fall victim to the play's melodramatic intrigues, "Macbeth in Manhattan" is a competently made, intermittently engrossing indie that suffers from predictability and a schematic quality.
We know where the film is going long before it gets there, but it treads fairly lightly, and its portrait of off-Broadway machinations bears the stamp of authenticity. Director Greg Lombardo's debut feature recently served as the premiere film at the 16th Long Island (New York) Film Festival.
Gloria Reuben of "ER" plays Claudia, who with her fiance Max (David Lansbury) auditions for a lead role in a small-scale production of "Macbeth". Although she gets the nod to play Lady Macbeth, Max loses the lead to his longtime rival, good-looking soap star William (Nick Gregory), and must settle for the smaller role of Macduff. Adding insult to injury, William begins to flirt shamelessly with Claudia, who doesn't exactly run from the attention.
Soon, Claudia and William embark on an affair, and Max is in the throes of personal and professional despair. When William throws Claudia over for a nubile blond playing one of the three witches, he's invited by Max to rehearse a sword fight that turns all too realistic.
"Macbeth in Manhattan" doesn't possess the wit needed to make its high concept succeed fully, nor does it engage our emotions in caring about its characters. It taxes patience by using far too many scenes from Shakespeare's play, and devices like repeated shots of a pair of legs in a red kilt walking around Manhattan are cloying. Having a chorus talk to the camera and comment on the action also seems far too obvious and is made more so by the casting of talented Harold Perrineau, who performs the same function on HBO's acclaimed series "Oz."
Still, the film displays intelligence and imagination, capturing its milieu with amusing, insightful accuracy. The young, attractive cast handles its chores capably, whether playing their modern or Shakespearean characters, and Reuben is effective in conveying Claudia's inner turmoil. Best of all is John Glover, delivering one of his usual, wittily sly performances as the manipulative director.
Tech credits for the low-budget enterprise are fine, and the film gains much from its well-chosen Manhattan locations.
MACBETH IN MANHATTAN
An Amber Waves presentation
A Cinebard production in association with Plus Films
Director: Greg Lombardo
Screenplay: Joe Gagen, Greg Lombardo
Producers: Joe Gagen, Victoria Lang, Pier Paolo Piccoli
Executive producers: Betty Hegner, Richard Hegner
Director of photography: Leland Krane
Editor: Donna Stern
Music: John Hegner
Production designer: Greco
Color/stereo
Cast:
Claudia: Gloria Reuben
Max/Macduff: David Lansbury
William/Macbeth: Nick Gregory
Richard/Director: John Glover
Chorus: Harold Perrineau
Patty: Amelia Campbell
Derek/Duncan: Christopher McCann
Running time -- 96 minutes
No MPAA rating...
We know where the film is going long before it gets there, but it treads fairly lightly, and its portrait of off-Broadway machinations bears the stamp of authenticity. Director Greg Lombardo's debut feature recently served as the premiere film at the 16th Long Island (New York) Film Festival.
Gloria Reuben of "ER" plays Claudia, who with her fiance Max (David Lansbury) auditions for a lead role in a small-scale production of "Macbeth". Although she gets the nod to play Lady Macbeth, Max loses the lead to his longtime rival, good-looking soap star William (Nick Gregory), and must settle for the smaller role of Macduff. Adding insult to injury, William begins to flirt shamelessly with Claudia, who doesn't exactly run from the attention.
Soon, Claudia and William embark on an affair, and Max is in the throes of personal and professional despair. When William throws Claudia over for a nubile blond playing one of the three witches, he's invited by Max to rehearse a sword fight that turns all too realistic.
"Macbeth in Manhattan" doesn't possess the wit needed to make its high concept succeed fully, nor does it engage our emotions in caring about its characters. It taxes patience by using far too many scenes from Shakespeare's play, and devices like repeated shots of a pair of legs in a red kilt walking around Manhattan are cloying. Having a chorus talk to the camera and comment on the action also seems far too obvious and is made more so by the casting of talented Harold Perrineau, who performs the same function on HBO's acclaimed series "Oz."
Still, the film displays intelligence and imagination, capturing its milieu with amusing, insightful accuracy. The young, attractive cast handles its chores capably, whether playing their modern or Shakespearean characters, and Reuben is effective in conveying Claudia's inner turmoil. Best of all is John Glover, delivering one of his usual, wittily sly performances as the manipulative director.
Tech credits for the low-budget enterprise are fine, and the film gains much from its well-chosen Manhattan locations.
MACBETH IN MANHATTAN
An Amber Waves presentation
A Cinebard production in association with Plus Films
Director: Greg Lombardo
Screenplay: Joe Gagen, Greg Lombardo
Producers: Joe Gagen, Victoria Lang, Pier Paolo Piccoli
Executive producers: Betty Hegner, Richard Hegner
Director of photography: Leland Krane
Editor: Donna Stern
Music: John Hegner
Production designer: Greco
Color/stereo
Cast:
Claudia: Gloria Reuben
Max/Macduff: David Lansbury
William/Macbeth: Nick Gregory
Richard/Director: John Glover
Chorus: Harold Perrineau
Patty: Amelia Campbell
Derek/Duncan: Christopher McCann
Running time -- 96 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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