New Noir Musical Dangerous to Receive Developmental Workshop
Directed by Tony nominee Denis Jones, the musical is inspired by Hitchcock spy thrillers and classic gangster films.
Denis Jones
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Two-time Tony nominee Denis Jones (Tootsie, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn) will direct a workshop presentation of the new musical Dangerous later this autumn.
Written by John C. Introcaso, with lyrics by Michael Colby, the musical will be workshopped October 17 and 18. A historical fiction told in the style of film noir, Dangerous is a love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood set against the smoky backdrop of the late 1930s.
Centering on saloon owner Rose McSweeney and her lover, gangster Jake Kinberg, the duo find themselves entangled in a deadly game when involved in the murder of a mobster on the opening night of Rose’s nightclub in Shubert Alley.
Directed and choreographed by Jones, the workshop will star Jared Zirilli (Wu Tang: An American Dynasty) as Jake, Jill Paice (An American in Paris) as Rose, N’Kenge (Caroline, or Change) as Jazz, Preston Truman Boyd (Les Miserables) as Klaus von Schuler, Nicholas Cortazzo (Hadestown) as Meyer Lansky/Simon Ben-Ezra, Henry Gainza as Percival Bouchard, Danny Gardner (A Christmas Carol) as Inspector Kittering, ​Nigel Jamal Hall (A Wonderful World) as Dolsy Davis, Candice Hatakeyama (Funny Girl) as Olga Chikalov, Trisha Jeffrey (Little Shop of Horrors) as Monique, Kuppi Alec Jessop (The Sign of the Times) as Gregor Lawaich, Kaitlyn Mayse (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella) as Senator Rosland Pike, Jon J. Peterson as Jilly/Nelson, Alex Pouloutides as Reva Akkerman, Yash Ramanujam as Abbu Mussad, James Rana (The Band’s Visit) as Qasif Halim, Megan Sikora (42nd Street) as Myrtle, Bobby Underwood (Fiddler on the Roof) as Monk Genna/Hornbeck, and Stuart Zagnit (Harmony) as Professor Zweben.
The workshop presentation will feature music direction by Phil Reno and associate direction by Rachel Leigh Dolan. The production stage manager is Jonathan Bach, with assistant stage management from Emma Ramsay-Saxon and production assistance from Haley Robles.
The developmental workshop is presented by The Directors Company, with general management courtesy of Michalos Managementt. Casting is by Judy Henderson with associate Emily Grayce. Publicity is by Katie Rosin of Kampfire PR.
Interested parties can RSVP here. For more information, visit Dangerousnoirmusical.com.