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Photos: Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Chita Rivera & the Cast of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Meet the Press!

Roundabout Theatre Company will present the new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The show is set to open on November 13, 2012 and will star Stephanie J. Block (Edwin Drood), Will Chase (John Jasper), Gregg Edelman (Reverend Mr. Crisparkle), Jim Norton (Chairman) and Chita Rivera (Princess Puffer) with Andy Karl (Neville Landless), Jessie Mueller (Helena Landless), Betsy Wolfe (Rosa Bud), Nicholas Barasch (Deputy), Peter Benson (Bazzard), Robert Creighton (Durdles) and ensemble members Alison Cimmet, Nick Corley, Janine DiVita, Jenifer Foote, Justin Greer, Shannon Lewis, Spencer Plachy, Kiira Schmidt, Eric Sciotto, Jim Walton and Cody Williams.

The cast met the press earlier today and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the big event below!

Directed by Scott Ellis, The Mystery of Edwin Drood will have choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by Paul Gemignani. The design team includes Anna Louizos (sets), William Ivey Long (costumes), Brian Nason (lighting) and Tony Meola (sound).

The Mystery of Edwin Drood will begin preview performances on October 19, 2012. Opening Night is November 13, 2012 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). This is a limited engagement through February 10th, 2013.

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, the whodunit musical, will make its first-ever return to Broadway since winning the Tony "Triple Crown" (Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score)! Who killed Edwin Drood? It's a question that has stumped audiences for years-now it's your turn to answer one of Broadway's most baffling mysteries. Take a trip back in time to a Victorian music hall where a rowdy ensemble of actors mounts a staging of Charles Dickens's unfinished novel. Everyone on stage is a suspect in the murder of young Edwin Drood-and it's up to you to choose the killer! Is it John Jasper, Edwin's protective but slightly maniacal uncle? Rosa Bud, his reluctant betrothed? The debauched Princess Puffer? Each performance ends differently, depending on what the audience decides!

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

The Company: (Front Row L-R) Nicholas Barasch, Peter Benson, Robert Creighton, Jim Norton, Chita Rivera, Kiira Schmidt, (2nd row) Eric Sciotto, Jim Walton, Kyle Coffman, Jessie Mueller, Shannon Lewis, Gregg Edelman, Andy Karl, Will Chase, Stephanie J. Block, Andy Karl, Betsy Wolfe, Spencer Plachy, Jenifer Foote, Alison Cimmet, Janine DiVita, Nick Corley and Justin Greer

Nicholas Barasch, Robert Creighton, Jessie Mueller, Peter Benson, Betsy Wolfe and Andy Karl

Will Chase, Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera, Jim Norton and Gregg Edelman

Will Chase, Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera and Rupert Holmes

Will Chase, Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera, Rupert Holmes, Jim Norton and Gregg Edelman

Chita Rivera and Rupert Holmes

The Company: (Front Row L-R) Nicholas Barasch, Peter Benson, Robert Creighton, Jim Norton, Chita Rivera, Kiira Schmidt, (2nd row) Eric Sciotto, Jim Walton, Kyle Coffman, Jessie Mueller, Shannon Lewis, Gregg Edelman, Will Chase, Stephanie J. Block, Andy Karl, Betsy Wolfe, Spencer Plachy, Jenifer Foote, Alison Cimmet, Janine DiVita, Nick Corley and Justin Greer

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As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of 'GREASE'. His Journey to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. Walter moved to Manhattan and for a leading role as a Photographer & Photo Researcher. Currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and family members Dali (Jack Russell) & Gala (Schnoodle). Recently he made his Broadway debut sharing the stage with Hugh Jackman in 'Hugh Jackman on Broadway' as well as receiving the Actors' Equity Association Gypsy Spirit Award. Walter McBride Photography is syndicated worldwide by Corbis/AP.

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