Austin Durant (Moulin Rouge! The Musical, War Horse) and Henry Stram (Network, Titanic) have joined the cast of Classic Stage Company‘s upcoming production of Clifford Odets‘ Waiting for Lefty,
set to play the Off-Broadway company’s Lynn F. Angelson Theater October
15-November 22, opening November 2. Actor Steven Pasquale is directing,
making his directorial debut with the staging.
Durant and Stram replace the previously reported Conrad Ricamora (Oh, Mary!) and Thom Sesma (Dead Outlaw), who have departed the production.
That cast will also include the previously announced Tala Ashe (English), Raffi Barsoumian (Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Adam Chanler-Berat (Next to Normal), Greg Hildreth (Chicago), Doireann Mac Mahon (The Honey Trap), Zach McNally (West Side Story), Sahar Milani (Hound Dog), and Cameron Scoggins (The Hills of California).
Odets’ play, which premiered in 1935, centers on a group of exhausted
Depression-era New York City taxi drivers gathering to make a
life-changing choice. Pasquale’s production will transform CSC into a
high-stakes union hall, newly featuring original music and arrangements (by Yeller Tooth,
aka Sahar Milani and Cameron Scoggins) and choreography (by Susan Misner).
The production will also have scenic design by Scott Adam Davis,
costume design by Márion Talán de la Rosa, lighting design by Mextly
Couzin, and sound design by Palmer Hefferan.
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