Overview
- The limited run at New York City Center, which plays June 17–28, now has a complete roster with Tonya Pinkins, Peter Francis James, and Rachel Webb joining the company.
- Billy Porter stars as Albin with Wayne Brady as Georges in an all-Black cast that also features Alaman Diadhiou, Lance Coadie Williams, James Jackson Jr., Michael McElroy, and Sharon Washington.
- Robert O'Hara directs with Joseph Joubert as music director, and the choreography team pairs Edgar Godineaux with tap specialist Dormeshia.
- This Encores! staging restores the show's original 1983 orchestrations, which have not been heard since the first Broadway run.
- A new rehearsal video shows Porter performing Albin's number A Little More Mascara and speaking with O'Hara and Joubert about shaping the role.