Breaking News: Drew Gehling, Keala Settle, Kimiko Glenn & More Join Jessie Mueller in WAITRESS on Broadway!

Additional casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Waitress. The new musical opens onSunday, April 24, 2016 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue), with previews starting on Friday, March 25, 2016. Waitress recently played a sold out limited engagement at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.

The Broadway production stars Jessie Mueller, winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical forBeautiful: The Carole King Musical. Based on the 2007 motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, the new musical has a book by Jessie Nelson, music and lyrics by five-time Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles and direction by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus. Waitress is the first Broadway musical in 25 years to feature book, score and direction by women.

Bareilles will release her new studio album, What's Inside: Songs from Waitress, on Friday, November 6 on Epic Records.

The Broadway cast will include Eric Anderson (South Pacific, Kinky Boots, Rocky, The Last Ship) as Cal,Christopher Fitzgerald (Chicago, two-time Tony Award nominee for Young Frankenstein and Finian's Rainbow) as Ogie, Drew Gehling (Jersey Boys, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) as Dr. Pomatter, Kimiko Glenn("Orange Is The New Black," Spring Awakening, Love's Labour's Lost) as Dawn, Dakin Matthews (The Audience Rocky, The Best Man) as Joe and Keala Settle (LES MISERABLES, Tony Award-nominee for Hands On A Hard Body) as Becky, with ensemble members Charity Angél Dawson, Jeremy Morse and Stephanie Torns. Additional casting will be announced soon.

General public on sale begins on Thursday, November 5 at 10:00 AM by calling Ticketmaster.com at 877-250-2929 or online at www.Ticketmaster.com.

Jenna (Jessie Mueller) is a Waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, Jenna fears she may have to abandon the dream of opening her own pie shop forever... until a baking contest in a nearby county and the town's handsome new doctor offer her a tempting recipe for happiness. Supported by her quirky crew of fellow Waitresses and loyal customers, Jenna summons the secret ingredient she's been missing all along - courage.

Waitress will be produced on Broadway by Barry and Fran Weissler and Norton and Elayne Herrick.

Photo by Jeremy Daniel