Complete casting has been announced for Cirque du Soleil’s new Broadway show Paramour. The company will feature a cast of 38 singers, actors, dancers, and internationally renowned aerialists, acrobats, and circus arts performers. The cast and creative team represent 13 different countries (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Poland, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States), spanning five continents. The production is claiming that this will be the most internationally diverse production to originate on Broadway.
Staged by French director Philippe Decouflé, the musical production will blend “the best of Broadway with Cirque du Soleil’s signature style.” Paramour is set in Golden Age Hollywood, where a young poet is forced to choose between love and art.
Bradley Dean will play A.J., the director; and Ryan Vona will play Joey, the composer. Dean’s New York credits include A Little Night Music, Spamalot, The Last Ship, Doctor Zhivago and Evita on Broadway; A New Brain at Encores!; and The Fantasticks Off-Broadway. Vona played Andrej in Once on Broadway.
They will join the previously announced Ruby Lewis, who has appeared in national tours of Gypsy, Grease, Jersey Boys and We Will Rock You, who will be making her Broadway debut in Paramour’s lead role. She has appeared in Cirque du Soleil’s For The Record: BAZ, a post-modern cabaret inspired by the films of director Baz Luhrmann.
The cast will also include Tom Ammirati, Andrew Atherton, Kevin Atherton, Lee Brearley, Yanelis Brooks, Sam Charlton, Martin Charrat, Nate Cooper, Katrina Cunningham, Myriam Deraiche, Kyle Driggs, Jeremias Faganel, Amber Fulljames, Steven Trumon Gray, Tomasz Jadach, Rafal Kaszubowski, Reed Kelly, Denis Kibenko, Joe McAdam, Raven McRae, Sarah Meahl, Amber J. Merrick, Sheridan Mouawad, Amber Pickens, Justin Prescott, Fletcher Blair Sanchez, Matthieu Sennacherib, Bret Shuford, Blakely Slaybaugh, Sam Softich, Amiel Soicher, Amber van Wijk, Bruce Weber, Tomasz Wilkosz, and Zhengqi Xia (Da Qi).
Under the artistic guidance of Jean-François Bouchard (creative guide), the creative team includes Pascale Henrot (associate creative director), West Hyler (associate creative director and scene director), Jean Rabasse (set designer), Philippe Guillotel (costume designer), Bob & Bill (composers), Andreas Carlsson (composer), Daphné Mauger (choreographer), Patrice Besombes (lighting designer), Anne?Séguin Poirier (props designer), Olivier Simola (projection designer), Christophe Waksmann (projection designer), John Shivers (sound designer), Shana Carroll (acrobatic choreographer and designer), Boris Verkhovsky (acrobatic performance designer), Pierre Masse (rigging and acrobatic equipment designer), and Nathalie Gagné (makeup designer).
Paramour will begin preview performances on Saturday, April 16, and open on Wednesday, May 25, at the Lyric Theatre.
{ SOURCES: Theater Mania, Broadway World, Broadway.com, Playbil }
