Meet the Cast of GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR; Beginning Previews Tonight!

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doug Wright and directed by Lisa Peterson, Good Night, Oscar begins previews tonight, April 7 and opens on April 24 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre.

In addition to Sean Hayes, the cast includes Emily Bergl as June Levant; Marchánt Davis as Alvin Finney; Peter Grosz as Bob Sarnoff; Ben Rappaport as Jack Paar; Alex Wyse as Max Weinbaum; John Zdrojeski as George Gershwin; with previously announced understudies Sam Bell-Gurwitz; Postell Pringle; Max Roll; and Thomas Michael Hammond and Stephanie Janssen who have joined the company.

Meet the cast below!

Sean Hayes

Sean originated the title role in Good Night, Oscar last year at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. He is a three-time Emmy Award winning actor, host and producer. He is best known for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom "Will & Grace," for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and four SAG Awards, along with six Golden Globe nominations. He is also known for his work on Broadway including An Act of God and Promises, Promises for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Hayes is the co-founder of Hazy Mills Productions, the television production company behind several hit shows such as "Hot in Cleveland," "Grimm," "Hollywood Game Night," and "History of Comedy." He currently co-hosts the #1 comedy podcast in the world, "Smartless," as well as a second podcast, "HypochondriActor."

Emily Bergl

Emily Bergl (June Levant) received a Jeff Award nomination for her role as June Levant at The Goodman Theatre. Broadway: The Ferryman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Touch of the Poet, The Rivals, The Lion in Winter. She is best known for her recurring roles on TV in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Shameless," "The Knick," "Gilmore Girls," "Desperate Housewives," "American Crime," "Southland," and "Men in Trees." Film credits include Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, The Rage: Carrie 2, and the upcoming Escaping Ohio. As a solo cabaret artist, she has headlined at the Carlyle, Oak Room, and Feinstein's.

MARCHÁNT DAVIS

Marchánt Davis (Alvin Finney) is an actor and writer from Philadelphia. He appeared in Jordan E. Cooper's Ain't No Mo' on Broadway and received Lucille Lortel and Audelco Award nominations for the off-Broadway run. Other stage credits include Broadway's The Great Society. Film: The Day Shall Come and A Journal for Jordan. Davis will be seen starring with Sydney Sweeney in Tina Satter's feature about whistleblower Reality Winner. Davis's debut children's book, A Boy and His Mirror, was published in January. He holds an MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program. Twitter (@marchantdavis) & Insta (@marchantdavis)

Peter Grosz

Off-Broadway credits: A Kid Like Jake (Lincoln Center), Recipe for Success With Chef Michael Denardi (NYC Fringe Festival) Chicago credits: Curious George Goes to War, Pants on Fire, Show Title Deemed Indecent by The FCC, From Fear to Eternity (The Second City). Film credits: Stranger Than Fiction, Rough Night, Things Heard and Seen, The Menu. TV credits: "Veep," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Search Party," "The President Show," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Colbert Report", (Emmy, Peabody and Writers Guild Awards), "Late Night with Seth Meyers", "At Home with Amy Sedaris" (Writers Guild Award). Radio/podcasts: NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!"

Ben Rappaport

Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Picnic. Off-Broadway: Actually, We're F**ked (Cherry Lane Theatre), Sex Lives of Our Parents (Second Stage), The Gingerbread House (Rattlestick Theatre/stageFARM). Ben is perhaps best known as the star of "Outsourced" (NBC) & "For the People" (Shondaland/ABC). Additional TV: "Inventing Anna," "Law & Order: SVU," "Younger," "Mr. Robot," "Ozark," "The Good Wife," "Modern Love," "Evil Monsterland," "Blindspot," "God Friended Me," & "Elementary." Film: Hope Springs, The Brass Teapot, Better Off Single, Landing Up, and Ask for Jane. Training: The Juilliard School, where he received the Michel and Suria Saint-Denis Prize. @Ben_Rappaport.

Alex Wyse

Alex Wyse (Max Weinbaum) has appeared on Broadway in Waitress, Deaf West's Spring Awakening, and Lysistrata Jones, on tour in Wicked, and off-Broadway in Ride the Cyclone, Bare, and Triassic Parq. Regionally he has worked at Hartford Stage, The Wallis Annenberg, Paper Mill Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Maltz Jupiter, Huntington, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, and more. TV credits include "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "The Other Two," "Iron Fist," "Masters of Sex," "NCIS: LA," "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Switched at Birth," "Modern Family," "Agent X," "A to Z," "Bad Judge," and "Bored to Death." As a creator, he was co-writer/star of off-Broadway's A Commercial Jingle For Regina Comet, co-creator/star of the Emmy-nominated "Indoor Boys," and co-director/writer of the upcoming feature film, Summoning Sylvia. BFA: Boston University.

John Zdrojeski

His off-Broadway credits include Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizon, Special Citation Obie); Before We're Gone (13th Street Theatre); Monster (Potomac Theatre Project). Regional credits include Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Huntington Theatre Company; 10×10 (Barrington Stage Company); The Kite Runner (New Repertory Theatre). Film and TV credits include The Breakdown Parables, "Evil," "Billions," "The Code," and "Madam Secretary." A singer/songwriter as well, his debut LP Misters comes out on all streaming services in December. He holds an MFA from New York University and a BFA from Boston University.

Sam Bell-Gurwitz

New York credits include The Annotated History of the American Muskrat (Nightdrive Theatre). Regional credits include Good Night, Oscar (Goodman Theatre); The Boys in the Band (Windy City Playhouse); A Shayna Maidel (Timeline Theatre Company) and Three Sisters (UV Theatre Project). Film and TV credits include "NeXt" (Fox) and The Thing About Harry (Freeform). Sam holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Michigan and is proudly represented by Stewart Talent.

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Thomas Michael Hammond

Broadway credits: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Iceman Cometh, M. Butterfly; The Glass Menagerie; The Crucible; A Raisin in the Sun; Lucky Guy; Death of a Salesman; The Merchant of Venice. Off-Broadway: Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Cymbeline; Dr. Knock, or the Triumph of Medicine; The Madras House. Television: "Billions;" "Happyish;" "Blue Bloods." Film: Memory; Beach House.

Postell Pringle

BROADWAY: A Free Man of Color (Lincoln Center). OFFBROADWAY: Othello: The Remix (Westside Theater); The Urban Retreat (Public Theater); The Seven (New York Theater Workshop); Song for New York (Mabou Mines); LINDA (MTC); Hoodoo Love (Cherry Lane); Moliere Turns 400 (FIAF/Moliere In The Park). REGIONAL: OUR DAUGHTERS, LIKE PILLARS (Huntington); Q Brothers Christmas Carol (creator), Othello: The Remix (Chicago Shakespeare); The Misanthrope [online], pen/man/ship [online] (Moliere In The Park), The Seven (La Jolla Playhouse); The Matchmaker (Goodman); Broke-ology (KC Rep). FILM: 30 Miles from Nowhere; Unknown Soldier TV: FX's "Rescue Me"; CBS' Unforgettable; NBC's "Law & Order" and "Law &Order: Criminal Intent". PLAYWRIGHT/COMPOSER: STEP KIDS, Q Brothers Christmas Carol, Long Way Home, Rami & Jaliyah, ms. estrada, and Rome Sweet Rome. posluv.com @posLuv

Max Roll

Max is delighted to make his Broadway debut. His credits include: Off-Broadway: Mrs. Warren's Profession (u/s all the men), Regional: Importance of Being Earnest (Florida Rep), Romeo and Juliet (Yale Rep u/s Capulet). Canadian Theatre: 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Royal Alex and NAC Theatres). UK: Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night (Rabble Theatre), The Great Gatsby (UK National Tour).

Stephanie Janssen

Broadway: Death of a Salesman (dir. Mike Nichols); Mrs. Warren's Profession; A Delicate Balance (u/s). Off-Broadway/Regional includes Ivanov (Classic Stage Company); Clive (The New Group, dir. Ethan Hawke); Queen (NAATCO/ Long Wharf); All the Days (McCarter); Nora (Westport); Arcadia (Potomac Theatre Project); A Map of Heaven (Denver Center); Absalom (Actor's Theatre of Louisville./Humana). Stephanie wrote and performed in The Umbrella Plays (2008 NYC Fringe, winner Outstanding Play). TV/Film: Succession; New Amsterdam; FBI; The Blacklist; Mysteries of Laura; The Good Wife; Elementary; Law & Order; Inner Dragons; Everything is Ordinary. B.A. Middlebury College, M.F.A, NYU Tisch Grad Acting.

Photo Credit: Good Night, Oscar