For the Tony Award-Winning Hit Broadway Musical

U.S. NATIONAL TOUR CASTING ANNOUNCED

FOR THE TONY AWARD-WINNING HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL

PIPPIN

TOUR TO PLAY THE BUSHNELL JANUARY 6-11, 2015

The producers of the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway musical PIPPIN are pleased to announce casting for the U.S. national tour which launches on September 10, 2014 at the Buell Theatre in Denver, CO. This all-new production ofRoger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s PIPPIN is directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus and features choreography by Tony Award nominee Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse and circus creation by Gypsy Sniderof the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main (also known as 7 Fingers).

PIPPIN will play at The Bushnell’s Mortensen Hall January 6 – 11, 2015 as part of the 2014-2015 Bushnell Broadway Series co-sponsored by Farmington Bank and Travelers. Season tickets to the Series are available now; single tickets on-sale dates will be announced next month. For more information, call The Bushnell box office at 860-987-5900 or visit bushnell.org

The national tour will feature Sasha Allen (a finalist on the 4th season on NBC’s “The Voice”) as Leading Player, Kyle Selig (The Book of Mormon on tour) as Pippin, Tony Award winner John Rubinstein (created the role of “Pippin” in the 1972 original Broadway production) as Charles, Sabrina Harper (Pippin, original Broadway Revival cast) as Fastrada and Kristine Reese (Wicked on tour) as Catherine. The company also includes Skyler Adams, Sascha Bachman, Bradley Benjamin, DmitriousBistrevsky, Mark Burrell, Mathew deGuzman, Fernando Dudka, Mirela Golinska, Kelsey Jamieson, Preston Jamieson, Lisa Karlin, Alan Kelly,Melodie Lamoreux, Tory Trowbridge, Mackenzie Warren and Borris York. Additional casting, including the role of Berthe, will be announced soon.

With a book by Roger O. Hirson and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, PIPPIN featuresmusic supervision and arrangements by Nadia DiGiallonardo, orchestrations by Tony Award winner Larry Hochman, scenic design by Tony Award winner Scott Pask, costume design by Tony Award nominee Dominique Lemieux, lighting design by Tony Award winner Kenneth Posner, sound design by Tony Award nominees Jonathan Deans and Garth Helm.

PIPPIN tells the story of a young prince on a death-defying journey to find meaning in his existence. Will he choose a happy but simple life? Or will he risk everything for a singular flash of glory? The show is noted for many Broadway standards including “Magic To Do,” “Corner of the Sky,” “Glory,” “No Time at All,” “Morning Glow,” and “Love Song.”

The original production of PIPPIN, directed by Bob Fosse, premiered on Broadway in 1972. It won five Tony Awards and five Drama Desk Awards, and ran for close to 2000 performances. This production of PIPPIN debuted at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, MA. It opened on Broadway on April 25, 2013 and went on to win four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Director of a Musical.

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