BroadwayWorld has a first look at the Broadway-bound production of Cagney, based on the life of Academy Award® winner James Cagney, launches Pioneer Theatre Company's (Artistic Director, Karen Azenberg & Managing Director, Chris Massimine) season this Fall. Opening Friday, September 20, the limited engagement runs through October 5. Tickets are available as part of a season subscription package by calling (801) 581-6961 or by visiting pioneertheatre.org.
Cagney played an award-winning off-Broadway run, presented first at the York Theatre, followed by a successful transfer to the Westside Theatre, and a limited engagement in Los Angeles. The Broadway production of Cagney will be produced by Riki Kane Larimer (Enter Laughing, Smokey Joe's Café, Gigi, On the Town) and Kate Edelman Johnson (Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone). Cagney features music and lyrics by Robert Creighton and Christopher McGovern, book by Peter Colley (I'll Be Back Before Midnight, The War Show, The Donnellys), and additional materials by Chuck Tatham ("Modern Family," "How I Met Your Mother," "Arrested Development"). Following the success of the 2015 off-Broadway engagement, director Bill Castellino (Desperate Measures, Storyville, Ionescopade) and Tony-nominated choreographer Joshua Bergasse (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gigi, On the Town) return to the helm of the Broadway-bound production at PTC. Broadway's Robert Creighton (Disney's Frozen, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes), reprises the title role, for which he was awarded the Fred Astaire Award. Darrin Baker (Tarzan, Wonderful Town, Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only, Footloose and The Scarlet Pimpernel) plays Jack Warner, Cagney's chief adversary and CEO of Warner Brothers. Rounding out the cast is Matt Crowle (Monty Python's Spamalot), Darien Crago (Holiday Inn, White Christmas), Kristen Smith Davis (Anastasia), Jeffry Denman (White Christmas, The Producers, Cats), Robert Anthony Jones (Finding Neverland, The Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray), Charis Leos (The Glass Menagerie at Fulton Theater, Victor/Victoria at TUTS), Daniel Plimpton (The Book of Mormon, Spring Awakening, White Christmas), Melissa Schott (Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel, White Christmas), Edward Tolve (Funny Face at Musicals Tonight, Sayonara at Pan Asian Rep) and Jessica Wockenfuss (Hey, Look Me Over!).Scroll down for video!
Daniel Plimpton as Bill Cagney, Robert Creighton as James Cagney, and Charis Leos as Ma Cagney
Darrin Baker as Jack Warner, Robert Creighton as James Cagney and Ensemble
Robert Creighton as James Cagney
Ensemble
Daniel Plimpton as Bill Cagney, Robert Creighton as James Cagney, and Matt Crowle as Bob Hope
Robert Creighton as James Cagney
Ensemble
Darrin Baker and ensemble
Jeffry Denman as William Augustus Wellman, Robert Creighton as James Cagney, and ensemble
Jessica Wockenfuss as Willie Cagney and Robert Creighton as James Cagney
Darrin Baker as Jack Warner and Darien Crago as Jane (1)
Darrin Baker as Jack Warner and Darien Crago as Jane
Darrin Baker as Jack Warner and Darien Crago as Jane
Male Ensemble
Darrin Baker as Jack Warner and Ensemble (1)
Robert Anthony Jones as Schlotzki, Jessica Wockenfuss as Willie Cagney, and Robert Creighton as James Cagney
Darrin Baker as Jack Warner and Ensemble
Edward Tolve, Jessica Wockenfuss as Willie Cagney, and Jeffry Denman
Robert Creighton as James Cagney
Darrin Baker as Jack Warner, Darien Crago as Jane, and Ensemble
Robert Creighton as James Cagney
Jeffry Denman, Jessica Wockenfuss as Willie Cagney, and Edward Tolve
Robert Creighton as James Cagney
Robert Creighton as James Cagney and Jessica Wockenfuss as Willie Cagney with Ensemble
Robert Anthony Jones as Schlotzki
Robert Creighton as James Cagney and Jessica Wockenfuss as Willie Cagney
Robert Anthony Jones as Schlotzki
Robert Creighton as James Cagney and Matt Crowle as Bob Hope
Robert Creighton as James Cagney and Male Ensemble
Kristen Smith Davis as Lauren Bacall, Jeffry Denman as Errol Flynn, Matt Crowle as Al Jolson, and Darien Crago as Bette Davis
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