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Breaking News: Andy Karl, Mark Linn-Baker, Michael McGrath and Mary Louise Wilson Join Cast of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY!

By: Oct. 20, 2014
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Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) just announced that the new Broadway production of the classic musical On the Twentieth Century starring Tony® & Emmy® Award winner Kristin Chenoweth as "Lily Garland" and Golden Globe & SAG Award winner & Tony® nominee Peter Gallagher as "Oscar Jaffee," will feature Tony® nominee Andy Karl as "Bruce Granit," Mark Linn-Baker as "Oliver Webb," Tony® Award winner Michael McGrath as "Owen O'Malley" and Tony® Award winner Mary Louise Wilson as "Letitia Primrose." On the Twentieth Century will be choreographed by Tony® Award winner Warren Carlyle and directed by six-time Tony® nominee Scott Ellis, and features music by Cy Coleman and book & lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. On the Twentieth Century is based on plays by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur & Bruce Mullholland. The original Broadway production was directed by Harold Prince.

ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY will play a 20-week limited engagement through July 5, 2015, beginning previews on February 12, 2015 and opening officially on March 12, 2015 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street).

Roundabout Theatre Company welcomes back Tony Award nominee Andy Karl (Rocky) following Roundabout's critically acclaimed 2012 production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Mark Linn-Baker, who currently appears on Broadway in You Can't Take It With You returns to Roundabout following the 2001 production of A Flea In Her Ear.

Tony Award winner Michael McGrath (Nice Work If You Can Get It) is back on stage at Roundabout after the 1998 production of Little Me.

Film, television and Broadway veteran Mary Louise Wilson (Grey Gardens) returns to Roundabout after last appearing in the 1998 production of Cabaret and the 2001 production of The Women.

The full cast will be announced shortly.

The creative team includes David Rockwell (Sets), William Ivey Long (Costumes), Donald Holder (Lights), Jon Weston (Sound), Kevin Stites (Musical Director), Larry Hochman (Orchestrations) and David Krane (Dance Arrangements & Incidental Music).

It's nonstop laughs aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury coach travelling from Chicago to New York City. Luck, love and mischief collide when the bankrupt theater producer Oscar Jaffee (Gallagher) embarks on a madcap mission to cajole glamorous Hollywood starlet Lily Garland (Chenoweth) into playing the lead in his new, non?existent epic drama. But is the train ride long enough to reignite the spark between these former lovers, create a play from scratch, and find the money to get it all the way to Broadway?

ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY premiered on Broadway in 1978, and won Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical.

On the Twentieth Century benefits from Roundabout's Musical Theatre Fund with lead gifts from The Howard Gilman Foundation and Perry and Marty Granoff.

Major support for On the Twentieth Century provided by Edward M. Kaufmann and The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.

Musicals at Roundabout are supported with generous gifts from: The Bok Family Foundation and Cynthia Wainwright and Stephen Berger.

Tickets for On the Twentieth Century are currently on sale. Whether you are interested in the best value or VIP experiences, Roundabout has a package option for you. To purchase tickets and for more information on subscriptions and VIP seats please visit roundabouttheatre.org or call 212-719-1300.

Single tickets for regular performances of On the Twentieth Century range in price from $67-$147.




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