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HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, Starring Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley and Tony Danza, Opens on Broadway Tonight
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 15, 2015
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Honeymoon in Vegas, the eagerly anticipated new musical comedy with book by Blazing Saddles and Fletch writer Andrew Bergman and score by three-time Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, opens tonight, January 15, 2015 at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street).
The cast of Honeymoon in Vegas includes Tony Award nominee Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Tony Danza, David Josefsberg, Nancy Opel, Matthew Saldivar,Matt Allen,Tracee Beazer, Grady McLeod Bowman, Barry Busby, Leslie Donna Flesner, Gaelen Gilliland, Albert Guerzon, Sean Allan Krill, Raymond J. Lee, George Merrick, Jessica Naimy,Zachary Prince, Catherine Ricafort, Jonalyn Saxer, Brendon Stimson, Erica Sweany, Cary Tedder, and Katie Webber.
In addition to director Gary Griffin and choreographer Denis Jones, the creative team for Honeymoon in Vegasfeatures three-time Tony Award nominee Anna Louizos (scenic design); Emmy Award winner Brian C. Hemesath (costume design); Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (lighting design); Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer & Drama Desk Award winner Drew Levy (sound design); Tony and Grammy Award winner Don Sebesky, Larry Blank, Jason Robert Brown, Charlie Rosen (orchestrations); Tom Murray (music director); Charles G. LaPointe (hair and wig design); Kathy Fabian/Propstar (props); and Telsey + Company/Justin Huff, CSA (casting).
Honeymoon in Vegas tells the story of Jack Singer (Rob McClure), a regular guy with an extreme fear of marriage, who finally gets up the nerve to ask his girlfriend Betsy (Brynn O'Malley) to marry him. But when they head to Las Vegas to get hitched, smooth talking gambler Tommy Korman (Tony Danza), looking for a second chance at love, falls head over heels for Betsy. What happens next is anybody's bet!
Based on the 1992 Castle Rock Entertainment Motion Picture, Honeymoon in Vegas played an acclaimed try-out at the Paper Mill Playhouse late last year.
Photos by Joan Marcus
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