{"id":352456,"date":"2026-09-21T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352456\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:22:08","slug":"daniel-j-watts-will-join-lincoln-center-theaters-off-broadway-seven-guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352456\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel J. Watts Will Join Lincoln Center Theater’s Off-Broadway Seven Guitars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel J. Watts<\/a> has joined the cast of Lincoln Center Theater<\/a>‘s upcoming Off-Broadway revival of August Wilson<\/a>‘s\u00a0Seven Guitars<\/a>, set to play their Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater beginning November 5 ahead of a November 23 opening. Watts will play Canewell, stepping in for the previously announced Brandon Dirden who has departed the production for a TV role. Ruben Santiago-Hudson<\/a> is directing.<\/p>\n

Watts joins a cast that also includes\u00a0Chant\u00e9 Adams<\/a> as Ruby, Russell Hornsby<\/a> as Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, Kristolyn Lloyd<\/a> as Vera, Michael Potts<\/a> as Red Carter, Roslyn Ruff<\/a> as Louise, and John Douglas Thompson<\/a> as Hedley. Understudies Taylor Elise Jackson, Warner Miller<\/a>, Simone Moore, and Kevyn Morrow<\/a> will round out the company. Casting is by The Telsey Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part of Wilson’s legendary Century Cycle, Seven Guitars is set in 1940s Pittsburgh, following a blues musician endeavoring to win back the woman he lives. Santiago-Hudson is returning to the work after winning a Tony Award creating the role of Canewell on Broadway in 1996. The actor-director is one of the theatre’s preeminent interpreters of Wilson’s body of work, receiving a 2026 Tony acting nomination for the recent revival of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone<\/a> and directing the Tony-winning 2017 revival of Jitney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LCT’s production of Seven Guitars, which will continue through\u00a0January 10, 2027, will feature choreography by Kenneth L. Roberson, scenic design by Michael Carnahan<\/a>, costume design by Karen Perry<\/a>, lighting design by Rui Rita<\/a>, sound design by Justin Ellington<\/a>, hair and wig design by Nikiya Mathis<\/a>, and original music by Junior Mack<\/a>. Zachry Bailey will stage manage.<\/p>\n

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