{"id":352466,"date":"2026-09-21T14:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352466\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:32:08","slug":"photos-the-great-gatsby-celebrates-1000-performances-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352466\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: The Great Gatsby Celebrates 1,000 Performances on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get an inside look at photos\u00a0from the 1000th performance celebration at\u00a0The Great Gatsby<\/a>\u00a0on Broadway, which first opened April 25, 2024 at the Broadway Theatre after beginning previews March 29, 2024. See the photos in the gallery below.<\/p>\n

The musical currently stars\u00a0television and film star China Anne McClain<\/a> (Descendants), in her Broadway debut as Daisy Buchanan, returning star Ryan McCartan<\/a> (Heathers The Musical) as Jay Gatsby, Corbin Bleu<\/a> (High School Musical) as Nick Carraway, John Behlmann<\/a> (Tootsie<\/a>, Shucked<\/a>) as Tom Buchanan, Linedy Genao<\/a> as Myrtle Wilson, Samantha Pauly<\/a> as Jordan Baker<\/a>, Charlie Pollock<\/a> as George Wilson, and Matthew Sald\u00edvar as Meyer Wolfsheim.<\/p>\n

The ensemble includes Raymond Baynard<\/a>, Alexis Hasbrouck<\/a>, Curtis Holland<\/a>, Nathaniel Hunt<\/a>, Traci Elaine Lee<\/a>, Alicia Lundgren<\/a>, Dariana Mullen<\/a>, Chase Peacock<\/a>, Dan Rosales<\/a>, Dave Schoonover<\/a>, Tess Soltau<\/a>, Kyla Stone<\/a>, Preston Taylor<\/a>, Damani Van Rensalier<\/a>, and Matt Wiercinski<\/a>. Kurt Csolak<\/a>, Haley Fish<\/a>, Morgan Harrison<\/a>, Justin Keats<\/a>, Drew Lake<\/a>, Brandon J. Large<\/a>, Emily Ann Nestor, Alex Prakken<\/a>, and Elena Ricardo<\/a> round out the cast as swings.<\/p>\n

Based on the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/a> novel, The Great Gatsby features music and lyrics by Nathan Tysen<\/a> (Paradise Square<\/a>) and Jason Howland<\/a> (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical<\/a>) and a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan<\/a> (The Mad Ones). Marc Bruni<\/a> (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) directs with choreography by Dominique Kelley<\/a> (Mariah\u2019s Magical Christmas Special).<\/p>\n

Set in the Roaring ’20s, the musical follows eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby, who will stop at nothing in his tragic pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth.<\/p>\n

Check out The Great Gatsby merchandise in the Playbill Store.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Great Gatsby also has scenic and projection design by Paul Tate de Poo III, costume design by Linda Cho<\/a>, sound design by Brian Ronan<\/a>, lighting design by Cory Pattak<\/a>, and hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe<\/a> and Rachael Geier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arrangements are by Jason Howland, orchestrations are by Howland and Kim Scharnberg<\/a>, the music director is Daniel Edmonds<\/a>, and the music producer is Grammy winner Billy Jay Stein for Strike Audio.<\/p>\n

Casting is by C12 Casting, and the production stage manager is Brian Bogin<\/a>. Mark Shacket<\/a> of Foresight Theatrical<\/a> serves as executive producer.<\/p>\n

The musical won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get an inside look at photos\u00a0from the 1000th performance celebration at\u00a0The Great Gatsby\u00a0on Broadway, which first opened April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-352466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352466","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=352466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}