Overview
- An eight-week engagement begins May 12 with an official opening May 26 at the 6th Floor Theater at 530 West 27th Street in New York City.
- Jay Armstrong Johnson stars as Ilya Rozanov and Jimin Moon as Shane Hollander, with Johnson not performing June 15–22.
- Ryann Redmond plays Susan, a new fan narrator described as somewhat unreliable, with Ryan Duncan as Ilya’s father and Cherry Torres as Shane’s mother.
- Producer-director Alan Kliffer leads the show, Dylan MarcAurele provides book, music, lyrics, and orchestrations, and choreography comes from Brooke and Tiffany Engen, with music direction by Mateo Chavez and design by Sully Ross, Brendan McCann, Devin Cameron, and Germán Martinez.
- The Off-Broadway parody follows eight sold-out concert presentations in March and draws inspiration from the TV series based on Rachel Reid’s romance novels.