TheaterMania\u2019s review<\/a> described it as \u201ca good old-fashioned story set to excellent songs.\u201d<\/p>\nPlans had been announced for an encore engagement this spring in the space formerly occupied by XL Nightclub on 42nd Street, but the production was put on hiatus due to issues with the venue. It has now landed at St. Luke\u2019s Theatre, which is operated by Out of the Box Theatrics.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike life in the best country songs, Music City has had to navigate a few unexpected turns, but we\u2019re thrilled to share that our critically acclaimed production has found a new home at St. Luke\u2019s Theatre,\u201d said Palitz. \u201cWe\u2019re deeply grateful to Out of the Box Theatrics and their founder Liz Flemming for opening their doors to us with such generosity and enthusiasm.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the production, St. Luke\u2019s will be transformed into the Wicked Tickle, the East Nashville dive bar where much of the story takes place. The immersive staging is by Bedlam\u2019s artistic director Eric Tucker.<\/p>\n
The cast of the original off-Broadway run will return, including Drew Bastian as Drew, Julianne B. Merrill as Wyn, Leenya Rideout as Tammy\/Leeanne, Andrew Rothenberg as Bakerman\/Stucky Stiles, Casey Shuler as \u201c23,\u201d and Stephen Michael Spencer as T.J. The understudies are Grace Bernardo, Danny Hayward and Megan Loomis. Band members include Ann Klein (lead guitar, mandolin, lap steel), Julianne B. Merrill (keys), and Tony Tino (bass).<\/p>\n
The scenic design is by Clifton Chadick, assisted by Buffy Cardoza; costume design is by Kindall Houston Almond; lighting design is by Eric Southern; and sound design is by Jane Shaw. Choreography is by John Heginbotham. The associate director is Caitlin Morley. The production manager is Joshua Bernard. The music supervisor\/music director is Julianne B. Merrill. The associate music supervisor\/arranger\/sub MD is PJ Ju. The production stage manager is Diane Healy. The assistant stage manager is Deanna Kahn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casey Shuler will star as \u201c23\u201d in the return engagement of Music City at St. Luke\u2019s Theatre.(\u00a9 Ashley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-199411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Casey Shuler will star as \u201c23\u201d in the return engagement of Music City at St. Luke\u2019s Theatre.