Photo Coverage: PIPPIN Welcomes Lucie Arnaz Back to Broadway!
By: Walter McBride Oct. 10, 2014
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Lucie Arnaz returned to Broadway in the role of "Berthe" in the Tony Award winning PIPPIN for a limited engagement last night, October 9. Arnaz will, coming staright from the PIPPIN national tour, will remain with the Broadway company through Sunday, November 9. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at Arnaz with the cast below!
The current cast also features Kyle Dean Massey as Pippin, Carly Hughes as Leading Player, Tony Award nominee John Dossett as Charles, Tony Award nominee Charlotte d'Amboise as Fastrada and Rachel Bay Jones as Catherine. Other members of the company include Mike Schwitter, Eli Tokash, Ashton Woerz, Mackenzie Bell, Colin Cunliffe,Ariana DeBose, Andrew Fitch, Orion Griffiths, Lauren Joy Herley, Naël Jammal, Nicolas Jelmoni, Sam Lips, Richard Maguire, Brad Musgrove, Charlotte O'Sullivan, Adam Roberts, Masha Terentieva, Kristen Beth Williams, Lara Seibert Young.
As previously announced, NBC's "The Voice" Season 6 Winner Josh Kaufman joins the show in the title role beginning Tuesday, November 4 for a limited engagement through Sunday, January 4, 2015.
PIPPIN is the winner of four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical (Diane Paulus). The show is also the recipient of four Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Diane Paulus) and Outstanding Choreography (Chet Walker and Gypsy Snider). The production also led the winners of the Outer Critics Circle Awards with seven wins including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Diane Paulus), Outstanding Choreographer (Chet Walker) and Outstanding Lighting Design (Kenneth Posner). PIPPIN received the Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical and two Fred and Adele Astaire Awards including Outstanding Choreographer of a Broadway Show (Chet Walker) and Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show (Charlotte d'Amboise).
PIPPIN is now playing a U.S. National Tour. Productions are also planned for London, Australia and Amsterdam in 2015. The New Broadway Cast Recording for PIPPIN is now available on Ghostlight Records.
Photos by Walter McBride
Lucie Arnaz backstage before her first performance as Berthe in Broadway's 'Pippin' at the Music Box Theatre on October 9, 2014 in New York City.
Lucie Arnaz and Rachel Bay Jones
Lucie Arnaz and Rachel Bay Jones
Lucie Arnaz and Nicolas Jelmoni
Lucie Arnaz and Nicolas Jelmoni
Kyle Dean Massey, Lucie Arnaz and Carly Hughes
Kyle Dean Massey, Lucie Arnaz and Carly Hughes
Kyle Dean Massey, Lucie Arnaz and Carly Hughes
Kyle Dean Massey, Carly Hughes, Lucie Arnaz, Ashton Woerz and Charlotte d'Amboise
Kyle Dean Massey, Carly Hughes, Lucie Arnaz, Ashton Woerz and Charlotte d'Amboise
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