Manhattan Theatre Club has added Micaela Diamond (Parade) and Will Pullen (To Kill a Mockingbird) to the cast of its upcoming revival of Clifford Odets‘ Awake and Sing, set to take the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre beginning December 15 ahead of a January 7, 2027, opening night. Tyne Rafaeli (Data) is directing the new staging.
Diamond will be Hennie Berger to Pullen’s Ralph Berger, joining previously announced stars Danny Burstein (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) as Uncle Morty, Jessica Hecht (Eureka Day) as Bessie Berger, and Jeremy Shamos (Clybourne Park) as Myron Berger. Further casting is to be announced.
First produced on Broadway in 1935, the play follows three generations of the Berger family living in a cramped tenement in 1930s Bronx. The work established Odets as a Broadway powerhouse, and has since become a frequently produced title in NYC and beyond, including four (soon to be five) Broadway revivals; the 2006 staging was a Tony winner for Best Revival of a Play.
“Awake and Sing! is one of the great masterpieces of our canon—it makes you laugh and breaks your heart in one fell swoop,” said MTC Artistic Director Nicki Hunter in an earlier statement. “Though Odets wrote this story of a family caught between the life they imagined and the one they were saddled with nearly a century ago, its questions of ambition and sacrifice feel as timely as ever.”
MTC’s upcoming Broadway season also includes Jocelyn Bioh‘s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, beginning previews September 8; and a world premiere for David Hare‘s Montauk, starring Laura Linney in spring 2027. Off-Broadway, previews will begin October 10 for Nick Payne‘s The Unbelievers, making its American premiere.
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