Overview
- Second Stage announced Tuesday that Christopher Gattelli will direct and choreograph the production, with previews starting October 22 and an official opening on November 16 at the Hayes (Helen Hayes) Theater.
- The principal cast named in the announcement includes Maxim Chlumecky as Matt, Nathan Levy as Lewis, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as Matt’s Mother, Ruthie Ann Miles as Lewis’s Mother, and Zane Phillips in his Broadway debut as El Gallo.
- The production uses a revised book and lyrics by Tom Jones that he completed before his death in 2023, with music by Harvey Schmidt and a creative team led by designers Jason Sherwood, Linda Cho, Jen Schriever and Nevin Steinberg.
- Second Stage and commercial partners are staging the show as a modern reinterpretation that reimagines the central relationship with two male leads and will run for a limited 15 weeks, with ticketing and promotion already underway.
- The move brings the 1960–2002 Off-Broadway classic to Broadway for the first time and will test how a contemporary reworking of a long-running piece is received by critics and new audiences.