Video: Broadway Cast of MJ THE MUSICAL Performs 'Beat It'

The Broadway cast of MJ the Musical stopped by The Kelly Clarkson Show on Wednesday to perform the classic song "Beat It" from the show. Watch it now!

Directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award winner Christopher Wheeldon, with a book written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, MJ is the winner of four 2022 Tony Awards, including Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Myles Frost) and Best Choreography (Wheeldon). The show is currently running at the Neil Simon Theatre.

The current Broadway cast of MJ stars Elijah Rhea Johnson as ‘MJ,' Apollo Levine as ‘Rob/Joseph Jackson,' Whitney Bashor as ‘Rachel,' Tavon Olds-Sample as ‘Michael,' Jackson Hayes and Austin Rankin as ‘Little Michael,' Jace Bently as ‘Little Marlon,' Matthew Frederick Harris as ‘Tito Jackson/Quincy Jones,' Ayana Jackson as ‘Katherine Jackson,' Gabriel Ruiz as ‘Alejandro', Antoine L. Smith as ‘Nick/Berry Gordy,' Joey Sorge as ‘Dave,' Ilario Grant, Sage Lee, and Matte Martinez as Standby for ‘MJ' and ‘Michael,' with Lloyd A. Boyd III, Nick T. Daly, Zachary Downer, John Edwards, Kali Grinder, Michelle Mercedes, Sarah Sigman, Ryan Steele and Ryan VanDenBoom rounding out the ensemble, and Blu Allen, Dasia Amos, Alex Aquilino, Tre Frazier, Chantelle Good, Michael Harmon, David Hughey, Skye Jackson-Williams, D. Jerome, Carole Denise Jones, Ramone Nelson, and Brandon Whitmore as Swings.

The North American Tour is currently playing in Boston, MA starring Roman Banks, and the West End production premiered at London's Prince Edward Theatre starring Tony Award winner Myles Frost on March 27. The Tony Award winning production will open in Hamburg, Germany in fall 2024 and in Sydney, Australia in 2025.