OLIVIER® AWARD-WINNER
LAURA MICHELLE KELLY
AND THREE-TIME TONY® AWARD-NOMINEE
CAROLEE CARMELLO
WILL REPRISE THEIR ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCES IN
“FINDING NEVERLAND”
ON BROADWAY
PREVIEWS BEGIN
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2015
AT BROADWAY’S LUNT-FONTANNE THEATRE
OPENING SET FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
Producer Harvey Weinstein confirmed today that Olivier Award winner Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins) and three-time Tony® Award-nominee Carolee Carmello (Parade), who played the roles of Sylvia Llewelyn Davis and Madame du Maurier, respectively, in Finding Neverland when it premiered at the American Repertory Theatre earlier this year, will reprise their roles on Broadway. Ms. Kelly and Ms. Carmello join announced co-stars Matthew Morrison (in the role of J.M. Barrie) and Kelsey Grammer (in the role of Charles Frohman, Barrie’s theatrical producer). Finding Neverland will begin previews on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street), and will open on Wednesday, April 15.
Based on the Miramax motion picture by David Magee and the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee, Finding Neverland follows the relationship between playwright J. M. Barrie and the family that inspired Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up – one of the most beloved stories of all time.
Directed by Tony Award®-winner Diane Paulus (Pippin) with book by Olivier Award®-nominee James Graham, music and lyrics by U.K. pop sensation Gary Barlow (Take That) and Grammy Award®-winner Eliot Kennedy, choreography by Emmy Award®-winner Mia Michaels (So You Think You Can Dance), this new musical explores the power of imagination to open up new worlds, and the pressures put upon those worlds by the inevitability of growing up.
In its sold-out, world-premiere engagement at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, Finding Neverland played a total of 75 performances at the Loeb Drama Center on – all of which played to capacity crowds, making it the highest attended and highest grossing production in A.R.T.’s 34-year history.
Additional casting information will be announced shortly.
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