Overview
- Producers Amanda Lipitz, Henry Tisch and Jordan Roth announced that Michael Park will alternate in the title role with Raúl Esparza and confirmed new principal cast members Javier Muñoz, Bradley Dean and Jordon Lee Garcia.
- Specific role assignments named include Bradley Dean as Bishop Grasso, Jordon Lee Garcia making his Broadway debut as Alessandro Tarantola, and Javier Muñoz as Cardinal Morosini, with Jeremy Kushnier as Barberini and Joy Woods as Virginia.
- The musical’s creative team is now set with a book by Danny Strong, an original score by Zoe Sarnak and Michael Weiner, direction by Michael Mayer and choreography by David Neumann.
- Performances are scheduled to begin at the Shubert Theatre on November 10, 2026, with opening night on December 6, 2026, and producers say complete casting and further details will be released shortly.
- The production frames Galileo’s scientific discoveries as bringing him into conflict with powerful institutions and personal betrayals, a dramatic focus that the new casting is meant to sell to audiences as the show moves toward previews.