The production is heading to Broadway’s Vivian Beaumont Theater from the 9th March.
Further casting has been announced for Bartlett Sher’s upcoming production of Lerner & Lowe’s musical as it prepares to head to Broadway from March. Joining the previously announced Andrew Burnap (The Inheritance) as Arthur, Tony nominee Phillipa Soo (Hamilton) as Guenevere, and Jordan Donica (My Fair Lady) as Lancelot Du Lac will be: Dakin Matthews (as Merlyn/Pellinore), Taylor Trensch (as Mordred), Marilee Talkington (as Morgan Le Fey), Anthony Michael Lopez (as Sir Dinadan) and Fergie Philippe (as Sir Sagramore), and Danny Wolohan (as Sir Lionel).
Featured in the ensemble are Delphi Borich, Matías De La Flor, Sola Fadiran, Rachel Fairbanks, Nkrumah Gatling, Christian Mark Gibbs, Holly Gould, Monte Greene, Edwin Joseph, Tesia Kwarteng, James Romney, Ann Sanders, Britney Nicole Simpson, Philip Stoddard, Valerie Torres-Rosario, Frank Viveros, and Paul Whitty.
The musical features a book by Academy and Emmy Award winning writer Aaron Sorkin, based on the original book by Alan Jay Lerner which in turn is based on The Once and Future King by T H White. It includes the songs “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “The Lusty Month of May,” and the title song “Camelot.” It first premiered on Broadway in 1960, directed by Moss Hart and starred Julie Andrews and Richard Burton. It ran on Broadway for 873 performances, going on to win four Tony Awards.
As well as being directed by Bartlett Sher, the production’s creative team will also include: choreography by Byron Easley, sets by Michael Yeargan; costumes by Jennifer Moeller; lighting by Lap Chi Chu; sound by Marc Salzberg and Beth Lake; projections by 59 Productions; casting by The Telsey Office, Adam Caldwell , CSA; vocal and dialect coaching by Kate Wilson; and fight direction by B.H. Barry. Music Director Kimberly Grigsby will conduct a 30-piece orchestra performing Camelot’s original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang and original dance and choral arrangements by Trude Rittman. Charles Means is the Production Stage Manager.
For more information visit: https://www.lct.org/shows/camelot/