Caruso and Salonga to lead Wildhorn’s THE SONG OF BERNADETTE workshop

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/9/22 at 1:23pm

The new Frank Wildhorn musical, The Song of Bernadette, will begin a New York City workshop this week. The workshop stars award-winning Broadway star, Sophia Anne Caruso (David Bowie's Lazarus, Beetlejuice, The Sound of Music, Live!), and upcoming star of The School for Good and Evil on Netflix (with Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington and Sofia Wylie) in the role of Bernadette Soubirous. Tony and multiple-award winning actress, singer/songwriter and Disney legend Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Aladdin, Mulan & most recently the highly popular; Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin for HBO Max which was recently picked up for season 2) joins as Mama Soubirous. The complete cast is to be announced. The musical adaptation features a score by Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award nominated Frank Wildhorn; lyrics by CMA Award winner and Grammy Award nominated, Robin Lerner; book by award winning playwright Rinne B Groff; music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by multiple Tony nominee and Emmy and Grammy winner, Jason Howland, with direction and musical staging by Tony winner and Emmy nominee, Christopher Gattelli. The Workshop of The Song of Bernadette is Executive Produced by Louis Hobson and Jake Groshong of Indie Theatrical in partnership with Van Dean, T.J. Berden, David Kang, John Pagliassotti, and Kevin Cheung, and by Special Arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Updated On: 9/9/22 at 01:23 PM

[uncamark]

Posted: 9/10/22 at 2:59pm

The show is also getting a full production at Milwaukee's Skylight Music Theatre this spring.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/23/22 at 10:18am

Joining the previously announced stars, Sophia Anne Caruso and Lea Salonga, new cast members actor/activist Javier Muñoz (Hamilton, In The Heights, The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical), Theatre World Award winner Colton Ryan (Girl From The North Country, Dear Evan Hansen, Alice By Heart), L. Steven Taylor (Mufasa in The Lion King, Godspell, Damn Yankees), and Katie Lee Hill (TVs Succession, New Amsterdam & Apple TV+ series Servant) will be featured alongside returning cast member and Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal, Sideshow, Netflix's Inventing Anna) as Sister Vauzous, a role she originated in the show's first reading in 2018.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Alice-Ripley-Javier-Munoz-and-More-Join-Frank-Wildhorn-Musical-THE-SONG-OF-BERNADETTE-20220923

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/23/22 at 11:57am

I just don't see this working as a musical