New York City Center has announced complete casting for its concert revival of Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, as part of its Encores! Off-Center season.
The show which is Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s (Little Shop of Horrors) first musical, is based on Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical novel of the same name. The 1979 musical follows an alcoholic millionaire and his philanthropic endeavors.
The cast stars Santino Fontana, Skylar Astin and features a few Broadway Black favorites including; James Earl Jones, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Derrick Baskin, Eddie Cooper, last year’s Jimmy Award-winner Marla Louissaint, and Clark Johnson.
From the New York City Center Website:
The 1979 show tells the story of Eliot Rosewater (Santino Fontana), a millionaire who drunkenly decides to blow his fortune on an impoverished town after being inspired by the utopian vision of novelist Kilgore Trout (James Earl Jones). But there are forces who want to put the kibosh on Eliot’s philanthropy—like Norman Mushari (Skylar Astin), a lawyer plotting to have Eliot declared insane. With an irresistible crazy-quilt score that volleys between pop, ragtime, Gilbert & Sullivan, and proto-Disney ballads, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater deserves to be part of our world again.
Tickets can be purchased online at NYCityCenter.org, by calling CityTix at (212) 581-1212, or in person at the City Center Box Office. New York City Center is located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.
