Overview
- Producers announced on June 26 that Naturi Naughton-Lewis will begin performances as Jordan Baker on July 31, succeeding original cast member Samantha Pauly who leaves on July 26.
- Naughton-Lewis returns to Broadway for the first time in 20 years after debuting in Hairspray, and she issued a statement expressing excitement about playing Jordan Baker.
- Samantha Pauly departs after a long run in the original company, marking a planned, on-schedule cast transition rather than an emergency replacement.
- The current principal cast that Naughton-Lewis will join includes Reeve Carney as Jay Gatsby, Eva Noblezada as Daisy Buchanan, and Corbin Bleu as Nick Carraway.
- The Great Gatsby continues at the Broadway Theatre under director Marc Bruni with music by Nathan Tysen and Jason Howland, and the production remains commercially and critically established after winning a 2024 Tony for costume design.