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FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Cast of BANDSTAND on Broadway!
By: Walter McBride Mar. 07, 2017
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In just weeks, the brand new musical Bandstand, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), will begin performances at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, prior to an official opening night on Wednesday, April 26.
Set in the smoke filled, swing fueled night clubs of 1945, Bandstand brings the against-all-odds story of singer/songwriter Donny Novitski (Corey Cott) and his band of mismatched fellow WWII veterans to the stage. When a national radio contest to find America's next big swing band offers a chance at instant fame and Hollywood fortune, Donny must whip his wise-cracking gang of jazzers ( Joe Carroll, Brandon James Ellis, James Nathan Hopkins, Geoff Packard, Joey Pero) into fighting shape. Teaming up with the beautiful young war widow Julia (Laura Osnes) as their singer, they struggle to confront the lingering effects and secrets of the battlefield that threaten to tear them apart.
The company met the press earlier today at the historic Rainbow Room and BroadwayWorld was on hand for the special occasion. Check out photo sneak peek below!
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
The cast and creative team during the 'Bandstand' Broadway cast press presentation at the Rainbow Room on March 7, 2017 in New York City.
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