Les Misérables' Alfie Boe to Join Finding Neverland
Recent Les Misérables star Alfie Boe will succeed Tony Yazbeck in the role of J.M. Barrie in Broadway's Finding Neverland at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Boe will take over the role on Tuesday, March 29, after Yazbeck plays his final performance as Barrie on Sunday, March 27. Beginning March 1, the production welcomes Broadway favorite Sally Ann Triplett as Madame du Maurier through May 1.
Boe made his Broadway debut as Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème, for which he and his costars received a special Tony Award in 2003 for their performances. He performed in the Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert at London's O2 Arena in 2010 and played a sold-out six-month engagement as Valjean in the original West End production at the Queen's Theatre.
With a score by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy and a book by James Graham, Finding Neverland explores the friendship of playwright J.M. Barrie and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, a widowed mother whose four boys inspired the beloved Peter Pan stories. It is based on the 2004 film of the same title, which itself was based on Allan Knee's play The Man Who Was Peter Pan.
Directed by Diane Paulus, Finding Neverland opened April 15 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre after a 2014 tryout run at the American Repertory Theater.
