Broadway Preview: DIANA (Netflix and Longacre Theatre)

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by Gregory Bernard on September 19, 2020

in Theater-New York

THE NEW MUSICAL WILL PREMIERE ON NETFLIX
AHEAD OF ITS
2021 BROADWAY OPENING

The producers of Diana, A New Musical, will premiere on Netflix next year ahead of the Broadway opening.  Diana, the upcoming new musical, currently on hiatus due to Covid-19, began previews on Monday, March 2, 2020, and was scheduled to open on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. The musical is now set to open on Broadway on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

Diana, directed by  Christopher Ashley, will be filmed without an audience on the stage of the Longacre Theater and will feature the original Broadway cast including  Jeanna de Waal  as “Diana”,  Roe Hartrampf  as “Prince Charles”,  Erin Davie  as “Camilla Parker Bowles”, and two-time Tony Award ® winner  Judy Kaye as “Queen Elizabeth.”

Judy Kaye, Erin Davie, Roe Hartrampf, and Jeanna de Waal
Photo Credit: Gavin Bond

The complete cast of Diana includes  Zach Adkins,  Tessa Alves,  Ashley Andrews,  Austen Danielle Bohmer,  Holly Ann Butler,  Stephen Carrasco,  Bruce Dow,  Richard Gatta,  Lauren E.J. Hamilton,  Emma Hearn,  Shaye B. Hopkins,  Andre Jordan,  Gareth Keegan,  Nathan Lucrezio,  TomÇ¡s Matos,  Chris Medlin,  Laura Stracko,  and  Bethany Ann Tesarck.

Diana  brings us face-to-face with one of the 20th century’s most compelling figures in this landmark musical event. The musical has book & lyrics by Tony Award winner  Joe DiPietro  and music & lyrics by Tony Award winner  David Bryan  (the same writing team behind the Tony Award-winning musical  Memphis), with direction by Tony Award winner  Christopher Ashley  (Come From Away), choreography by Olivier Award ® winner and Tony Award nominee  Kelly Devine  (Come From Away) and features an epic and sweeping contemporary score with music supervision and arrangements by Olivier Award winner  Ian Eisendrath  (Come From Away).

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