The new musical Here We Are, which is the final show from legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, has officially debuted off-Broadway.
05.10.2023 - 17:07 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Bakula will return to the New York stage this winter in an Off Broadway, world premiere production of the new musical The Connector, conceived and directed by Daisy Prince with music and lyrics by Tony winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade) and a book by Jonathan Marc Sherman.
A production of the acclaimed Off Broadway non-profit company MCC Theater, The Connector will begin performances at MCC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater on January 12, 2024, with an opening night set for February 6. The limited engagement will run through February 18, 2024.
Set in the rapidly changing media and magazine worlds of the late 1990s (the title refers to a revered publication), The Connector also will feature choreography by Karla Puno Garcia, co-choreographer of the Broadway-found Days of Wine and Roses.
In addition to Bakula, who will play a character named Conrad, the large cast of The Connector will include Sweeney Todd‘s Joanna Carpenter, Max Crumm, Hannah Cruz, George Dvorsky, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Parade‘s Danielle Lee Greaves, Mylinda Hull, Daniel Jenkins, Cedric Lamar, Jessica Molaskey, Fergie Philippe, Eliseo Román, Ben Levi Ross, Ann Sanders, Kyle Sherman and Michael Winther.
Though most widely known for his work in television, in particular Quantum Leap and NCIS: New Orleans, Bakula has a long history of stage performances, starting with his 1983 Broadway debut as Joe DiMaggio in Marilyn: An American Fable. In 1988, he was Tony-nominated for his starring role in Romance/Romance. He played Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls at the Hollywood Bowl, and in recent years appeared in Dancing in the Dark at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater, and in Jane Anderson’s Quality of Life at the Geffen Playhouse.
His other recent
The new musical Here We Are, which is the final show from legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, has officially debuted off-Broadway.
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