Millions, a new musical with a book by Bob Martin (BOOP! The Musical) and a score by Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins), begins its world premiere at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta May 9. Opening night is May 22, and the run will continue through June 15. The musical is adapted from the 2004 film and novel by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Tony winner Bartlett Sher is at the helm, reuniting with Guettel after both won Tony Awards for The Light in the Piazza.
The cast is led by Keenan Barrett as Damian, Tony winner Shuler Hensley (The Music Man) as The Thief, Yair Keydar (DRAG: The Musical) as Anthony, Leigh Ellen Jones as Maureen, Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles (Sweeney Todd) as Dorothy, and Steven Pasquale (Teeth) as Ron, joined by Jackson Arthur as Andrew, Jonah Harmon as Mr. Roth, Cameron McCrae as Philip, Adrienne Ocfemia as Madison, Brad Raymond as St. Peter, Robert Stanton as Mr. Miller/St. Francis, Carla R. Stewart as St. Clare/Guidance Counselor, and Billy Harrigan Tighe as Carl. The ensemble features Morgan Crumbly, Claire Davy, Kate Fahrner, Ann Sanders, Wyatt Wilkerson, and Gabriel Zenone, with swings Hunter Brown and Noelle McIntyre rounding out the company.
Millions follows two brothers who, while dealing with the loss of their mother, discover a duffel bag filled with cash. The project is being produced by arrangement with Franco Productions/Jeffrey Richards Associates and Sonia Friedman Productions. The world premiere comes as both Guettel and Martin are unusually well-represented on the Main Stem. Martin is also the book writer of this year's BOOP! The Musical and SMASH, and Guettel's Floyd Collins is making its long-awaited Broadway debut the season after his Days of Wine and Roses made its own Broadway premiere.
The production features choreography by Dell Howlett, music direction by Kimberly Grigsby, scenic design by Michael Yeargan, costume design by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Don Holder, sound design by Justin Ellington, projection design by Ben Pearcy and Brad Peterson, and fight choreography by Jake Guinn.
鈥淎t its heart, Millions is about possibility鈥攚hat we do with the unexpected, how can we choose generosity over greed, and how love finds us when we least expect it,鈥� said Alliance Co-Artistic Director Tinashe Kajese-Bolden in an earlier statement. 鈥�Millions is a story about faith鈥攏ot just in the divine, but in each other, in the unknown, in the belief that when the world shifts beneath us, we can still find solid ground.鈥�
鈥淲hat struck us most about this piece was its unapologetic heart,鈥� added Co-Artistic Director Christopher Moses. 鈥淎nchored by the faith of a child wanting nothing more than to be good and to see his mother again, Millions invites us to turn from reckless self-interest to boundless love. To tell such a miraculous story, you need an equally miraculous cast. We're thrilled for Atlanta to experience such musical theatre royalty on our Coca-Cola Stage.鈥�
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