NewsPHOTO CALL: Jekyll & Hyde, Starring Constantine Maroulis, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast PartyFollowing a national tour, the 13-week limited Broadway engagement of Jekyll & Hyde officially opened at Broadway's Marquis Theatre April 18 at 7:15 PM following previews that began April 5.
By
Matthew Blank
April 19, 2013
Performances continue at the Marquis through June 30. Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde, Big River) directs and choreographs.
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Jekyll & Hyde, Starring Constantine Maroulis, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party
Constantine Maroulis, a Tony nominee for his performance in Rock of Ages, heads the cast in the dual title roles of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde with Grammy-nominated R&B star Deborah Cox as Lucy, Teal Wicks as Emma Carew, Laird Mackintosh as John Utterson and Richard White as Sir Danvers Carew.
The production also features scenic and costume design by Tobin Ost, lighting design by Jeff Croiter, sound design by Ken Travis, hair and wig design by Charles G. Lapointe and projection design by Daniel Brodie. Orchestrations are by Kim Scharnberg. Musical supervision and arrangements are by Jason Howland. The music director is Steven Landau, and the music coordinator is David Lai. Richard J. Hinds is the associate director/choreographer.
Jekyll & Hyde is based on the novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, about "a London doctor who accidentally unleashes his evil alternate personality in his quest to cure his father's mental illness," according to production notes.
Following a 30-city tour, the original Broadway production opened at The Plymouth Theatre April 28, 1997, and earned four Tony Award nominations. Directed by Robin Phillips and choreographed by Joey Pizzi, the production starred Robert Cuccioli, Linda Eder and Christiane Noll. After 1,543 performances and featuring such replacements as Sebastian Bach and David Hasselhoff in the title role, the production played its final performance Jan. 7, 2001.
Jekyll & Hyde is produced by Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Independent Presenters Network, Chunsoo Shin, Luigi Caiola and Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley.
"American Idol" finalist Maroulis earned a 2009 Best Actor Tony Award nomination for portraying Drew, an aspiring musician with pipes of steel in the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages. He originated the role in the Off-Broadway production at New World Stages in 2008. He has also appeared on Broadway in The Wedding Singer, Off-Broadway in Jacques Brel… and the national tour of Rent.
The revival of the John Kander-Fred Ebb-Joe Masteroff musical opened at the August Wilson Theatre April 21, with Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin leading the cast.