Video: Why The Great Gatsby at Paper Mill Playhouse Is One Big 'Crazy' Party

Paper Mill Playhouse's world premiere of The Great Gatsby musical is officially open as of October 22, after beginning previews October 12. Based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same name, the musical is set to continue performances through November 12. Watch the video above to hear all about the musical from the cast and creatives, and check out the reviews .

The cast is led by Tony nominee , recently seen in Off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors, as millionaire Jay Gatsby, and two-time Tony nominee () as socialite Daisy Buchanan.

"It's been going really great, no pun intended," Jordan tells 半岛体育 of working on the show. "Jay Gatsby is a little bit of an enigma and I think he is intentionally so."

Jordan and Noblezada are joined by Stanley W. Mathis (Jelly鈥檚 Last Jam) as Meyer Wolfsheim, (Six The Musical) as , (Frozen) as Nick Carraway, (Camelot) as , and (Good Night, Oscar) as Tom Buchanan.

The Great Gatsby, which features a book by (The Mad Ones) and an original score by Tony nominees and (Paradise Square), is set in the Roaring '20s and follows eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby, who will stop at nothing in his tragic pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. To make such a classic story fresh for the stage, Kerrigan says she wanted to take a closer look at the female characters.

"[The women] are kind of given short shrift in the novel, and painted as very two-dimensional," Kerrigan says. "I was excited about trying to explore the actions that they take, and trying to make sense of them. So that, not that you sympathize with them, but that you understand them."

The cast also features Lauryn Adams, Raymond Edward Baynard, , Austin Colby, , , , Brianna Kim, Dariana Mullen, , , , Dan Rosales, Maya Sistruck, Jake Trammel, Jake Urban, Tanairi Vazquez, and . Bruni and choreographer Dominique Kelley say the ensemble cast is incomparable鈥�"wildly overqualified," even.

"All of them bring such a specificity about what they're doing," Bruni says. "Gatsby's parties were filled with all different kinds of people. Very smart people, famous people, hangers-on...and each one of them needs to be specific."

The production also features choreography by , music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Howland, musical direction by , scenic and projection design by Paul Tate dePoo III, costume design by , lighting design by , sound design by , hair and wig design by and , and fight and intimacy direction by Roc铆o Mendez. The production stage manager is . Casting is by C12 Casting.

"I think I'm most excited for the audience to see this crazy party come to life right in front of their eyes," Ricketts says. "You've got the movie in your head, you've got the book in your head, but when you see it live on stage? Whew. Get ready."

The Great Gatsby is produced by special arrangement with , award-winning Korean theatre producer and OD Company president.

A separate, immersive production of The Great Gatsby recently played Off-Broadway, while another musical version (by , Thomas Bartlett, and ) .

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