N'Kenge, William Michals, Christina DeCicco & More to Lead Reading of AKHENATEN: THE MUSICAL Tomorrow

Akhenaten: The Musical, a new Broadway bound show Created and Directed by Hisham Abdel Khalek, Book by Hisham Abdel Khalek and Mohamed Metwally (Lyrics), Music by Hesham Nazih and Choreographed by Multi-Award Winner Chet Walker (Pippin, Fosse), will receive a invitation-only reading on Thursday May 21, 2015 at 2PM.

The cast features Broadway favorites N'Kenge (Motown: The Musical, Sondheim on Sondheim) as Queen Ti, William Michals (South Pacific, Beauty and the Beast) as Akhenaten, Christina DeCicco (Evita, Spiderman) as Nefertiti, Ted Keegan (The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd) as Maya, Seph Stanek (Naked Boys Singing) as The Scribe, DJ Bucciarelli (Jesus Christ Superstar/Saturday Night Fever) as Tut Ankh Amon, Glenn Seven Allen (Light in the Piazza) as Hur Moheb and John Lucas as Maho. Ensemble members Sahar Milani, Katie Branden, Diego Rios and Andres Acosta complete the cast.

The musical tells the story of the pharaoh AKHENATEN and of his wife NEFERTITI. It centers on how AKHENATEN challenged the almighty power of the priests of Ancient Egypt by imposing a single god over their many gods, creating the first monotheist religion ever. However, this historical move will unleash an epic struggle for power to restore the old gods and to replace AKHENATEN with his son TUTANKHAMUN as the leader of Egypt.

The creative team include Charles Czarnecki (Jersey Boys) as Music Supervisor, Joe Dulude II (If/Then, Beautiful The Carole King Musical, Jekyll & Hyde, Wicked) as Make-Up Design,

Charles Lapointe (Violet, Of Mice and Men, Beautiful The Carole King Musical, Motown: The Musical) as Hair and Wig Design, Robert Wierzel (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Fela!) as Lighting Designer, Riccardo Hernandez (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Caroline or Change) as Scenic Designer, Aaron Rhyne (A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Bonnie and Clyde) as Projection Design, Giovanni Gobbi (Don Giovanni, Tosca, Così fan Tutte) as Costumes Design,

Alessandro Pellicani (Studio 54 The Musical) as Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer, Andrea Wales (First Date, Anything Goes) as Stage Manager.

For more information about the musical, go to www.akhenatenthemusical.com