Principal casting is now complete for the City Center Encores! production of the Tony-winning musical Titanic, the final production of the 30th anniversary Encores! series.
Performances are scheduled for June 11–23. There will be no June 16
performance because of the 77th Annual Tony Awards.
As previously reported, the cast will feature Chuck Cooper as Captain E.J. Smith, Eddie Cooper as Henry Etches, Drew Gehling as Edgar Beane, Ramin Karimloo as Frederick Barrett, Emilie Kouatchou as Caroline Neville, Judy Kuhn as Ida Straus, Bonnie Milligan as Alice Beane, Brandon Uranowitz as J. Bruce Ismay, and Samantha Williams as Kate McGowan.
Newly announced for the production are Shereen Ahmed as Kate Murphey, Ashley Blanchet as Kate Mullins, Adam Chanler-Berat as First Officer Murdoch, Andrew Durand as Jim Farrell, Alex Joseph Grayson as Harold Bride, Jo Lampert as the Bellboy, Conrad Ricamora as Thomas Andrews, Nathan Salstone as Fredrick Fleet, A.J. Shively as Charles Clarke, and Chip Zien as Isador Straus.
The upcoming concert staging will be directed by Anne Kauffman with
choreography by Danny Mefford. Rob Berman will lead The Encores! Orchestra as guest music director.
With music and lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine, Grand Hotel) and a book by Peter Stone (Woman of the Year and 1776), Titanic won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book.
Earlier this season, the City Center Encores! series presented two-week engagements of Once Upon a Mattress and Jelly's Last Jam. Casting for all three productions is by The Telsey Office.
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