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Cirque du Soleil - PARAMOUR, the organization's first created specifically for Broadway. PARAMOUR is now in previews for a Wednesday, May 25 opening night at the Lyric Theatre. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a new look at the high-flying production!
Cirque du Soleil has dazzled audiences the world over, and now it's finally coming to Broadway with its boldest, most heart-soaring spectacle ever. PARAMOUR, a Cirque du Soleil musical, is a landmark production for Cirque du Soleil, blending the best of Broadway with Cirque du Soleil's signature style, to provide a new experience for both traditional Broadway musical theatre goers and Cirque du Soleil's fans. The show will have many of the elements beloved on Broadway: a timeless love story, live musicians, and professional actors in lead roles; but with the Cirque du Soleil aesthetic integrated throughout the show: visionary production design on a grand scale, world class entertainment, and acrobatic feats that defy the imagination.
PARAMOUR spins the thrilling tale of a beautiful young actress forced to choose between love and art in the glamorous world of Golden Age Hollywood. Featuring eye-popping acrobatics and sumptuous music and dance, PARAMOUR is a groundbreaking new event that will transport you to a sublime world of emotion and awe as it walks the exhilarating tightrope of the heart.
PARAMOUR features Jeremy Kushnier as A.J., the director; Ruby Lewis as Indigo, the starlet; and Ryan Vona as Joey, the composer.
The cast includes a company of Broadway actors, dancers, and renowned aerialists, acrobats, and circus arts performers covering the disciplines of aerial strap artists, Chinese pole, contortion, juggling, Russian beam, teeterboard, tumbling, trampoline, trapeze, and many others.
The cast of 38 on stage will also include Bret Shuford, Sarah Meahl, Kat Cunning,Tom Ammirati, Andrew Atherton, Kevin Atherton, Lee Brearley, Yanelis Brooks, Samuel William Charlton, Martin Charrat, Nate Cooper, Myriam Deraiche, Kyle Driggs, Jeremias Faganel, Amber Brooke Fulljames, Steven Trumon Gray, Tomasz Jadach, Rafal Kaszubowski, Reed Kelly,Denis Kibenko, Joe McAdam, Raven McRae, Amber J. Merrick, Sheridan Mouawad, Amber Pickens, Justin Prescott, Fletcher Blair Sanchez, Matthieu Sennacherib, Blakely Slaybaugh, Sam Softich, Amiel Soicher, Amber van Wijk, Bruce Weber, Tomasz Wilkosz, Zhengqi Xia (Da Qi).
Photos by Joan Marcus and Richard Termine
Jeremy Kushnier & Company; Photo by Joan Marcus
Ryan Vona; Photo by Richard Termine
Jeremy Kushnier; Photo by Richard Termine
Reed Kelly, Sarah Meahl & Company; Photo by Richard Termine
Martin Charrat, Myriam Deraiche, Samuel William Charlton; Photo by Richard Termine
Company; Photo by Joan Marcus
Ruby Lewis; Photo by Richard Termine
Andrew Atherton, Kevin Atherton; Photo by Richard Termine
Ruby Lewis, Jeremy Kushnier, Ryan Vona; Photo by Joan Marcus
Tom Ammirati, Fletcher Blair Sanchez, Jeremias Faganel; Photo by Joan Marcus
Fletcher Blair Sanchez, Joe McAdam; Photo by Joan Marcus
Martin Charrat, Myriam Deraiche, Samuel William Charlton; Photo by Joan Marcus
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