www.playbill.com/article/cast-complete-for-broadways-paradise-square-musical-starring-joaquina-kalukango-chilina-kennedy-john-dossett-more“Paradise Square” (previews begin March 15; opens April 3)
This original musical — with a book by Christina Anderson, Obie Award winner Marcus Gardley (“The House That Will Not Stand,” 2019), three-time Tony nominee Craig Lucas (“Prelude to a Kiss,” 1990; “The Light in the Piazza,” 2005; “An American in Paris”), and Larry Kirwan — is set in New York in the year 1863 when free Black and Irish immigrants live and love together in the dangerous streets and tenements of Manhattan’s Five Points.
With a score by Jason Howland (“Little Women,” 2005), Nathan Tysen (“Tuck Everlasting,” 2016), and Masi Asare, the production stars Tony nominee Joaquina Kalukango (“Slave Play,” 2020), Chilina Kennedy (“Jesus Christ Superstar,” 2012), Tony nominee John Dossett (“Gypsy,” 2003), Sidney DuPont, Drama Desk nominee A.J. Shively (“Bright Star,” 2016), Matt Bogart (“The Civil War,” 1999), Nathaniel Stampley, Gabrielle McClinton, Kevin Dennis, and Jacob Fishel. It’s helmed by two-time Tony nominated director (for “I Am My Own Wife”) and playwright (for “33 Variations,” 2009) Moisés Kaufman.
This original musical — with a book by Christina Anderson, Obie Award winner Marcus Gardley (“The House That Will Not Stand,” 2019), three-time Tony nominee Craig Lucas (“Prelude to a Kiss,” 1990; “The Light in the Piazza,” 2005; “An American in Paris”), and Larry Kirwan — is set in New York in the year 1863 when free Black and Irish immigrants live and love together in the dangerous streets and tenements of Manhattan’s Five Points.
With a score by Jason Howland (“Little Women,” 2005), Nathan Tysen (“Tuck Everlasting,” 2016), and Masi Asare, the production stars Tony nominee Joaquina Kalukango (“Slave Play,” 2020), Chilina Kennedy (“Jesus Christ Superstar,” 2012), Tony nominee John Dossett (“Gypsy,” 2003), Sidney DuPont, Drama Desk nominee A.J. Shively (“Bright Star,” 2016), Matt Bogart (“The Civil War,” 1999), Nathaniel Stampley, Gabrielle McClinton, Kevin Dennis, and Jacob Fishel. It’s helmed by two-time Tony nominated director (for “I Am My Own Wife”) and playwright (for “33 Variations,” 2009) Moisés Kaufman.
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