Broadway Week: New Casts Join 'Chicago' and 'Hadestown'

Broadway Week Highlights

• 🎭 Broadway Week is underway, offering theater lovers great deals, with two participating shows featuring new cast members.
• 💡 This year's event is made even more exciting by the debut of new talent in long-running productions.

Marisa Tomei Joins 'Chicago'

• 🌟 Academy Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei makes her Broadway debut as Roxy Hart in 'Chicago'.
• 🧠 Tomei describes her interpretation of Roxy as innocent but prone to tantrums when she doesn't get her way, seeing the character as a child who stops emotionally developing at eight.
• 🎶 She is drawn to the song 'Funny Honey' but finds performing it on the ladder terrifying, requiring her to build arm strength.
• 💃 The performance incorporates 1920s and 30s social dances like the Charleston and the Joe Frisco.

'Hadestown' Welcomes New Principals

• 🎶 'Hadestown' has introduced an entirely new cast for all five lead roles, including Tony Award winner Paolo Szot as Hades.
• 🎤 Broadway veteran Rebecca Naomi Jones takes on the role of Persephone, aiming for an "unhinged" portrayal.
• 🎤 Morgan Dudley, a Disney star, joins as Eurydice, fulfilling a long-held dream.
• 🎤 Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling is cast as Hermes, and Jack Wolf as Orpheus.
• 🤝 The new ensemble feels both terrified and lucky to be creating something unique together, fostering a cohesive world.
• 🎭 When asked to tease the show, the cast promises acts of courage, vengeance, treason, and occasional naughty bits.