Producers Lorne Michaels and No Guarantees Productions are pleased to announce that Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice) and Sara Chase (The Great Gatsby) will reprise their roles of Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble in the Broadway production of Schmigadoon! Brightman and Chase originated the roles in The Kennedy Center production earlier this year.
The production, directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Christopher Gattelli, will begin previews at the Nederlander Theatre on Saturday, April 4 with an opening night set for Monday, April 20 and will run through Sunday, September 6.
Tickets are on sale now at schmigadoonbroadway.com.
Schmigadoon! is a love letter to Broadway’s Golden Age wrapped in a modern musical comedy that will leave you with a “song in your heart” (The New York Times) ...if you manage to get out.
From Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels and based on the Universal Television and Apple Original award-winning series, this delightfully hilarious musical features a book and Emmy Award–winning score by Cinco Paul (Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets), direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, The Cher Show, Death Becomes Her), set design from Scott Pask, costume design from Linda Cho, lighting design from Donald Holder, sound design from Walter Trarbach, and hair, wig, & makeup design from Tom Watson.
“Schmigadoon! finding its new home on the Broadway stage is an absolute dream come true,” said Cinco Paul. “Broadway is the culmination of the show’s creative journey, ending up somewhere it was born to be, giving audiences a fresh and exciting new way to fall in love with these characters and songs. I can’t wait for the curtain to rise this spring!”
The full casting will be announced at a later date.
Schmigadoon! is produced by Lorne Michaels, Micah Frank, and Caroline Maroney on behalf of Broadway Video and Christine Schwarzman and Megan O’Keefe on behalf of No Guarantees Productions. Casting will be done by the Telsey Office and TT Partners will serve as General Manager.