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Full casting has been announced for Marathon ’33, a benefit for the Abingdon Theatre Company, at Webster Hall on Monday, October 19, at 6:30pm. As previously reported, the event will feature Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba.
Tomé Cousin and Peter Gregus are set to direct and choreograph the presentation of this new stage show, inspired by June Havoc’s 1963 play of the same title about the dance marathon craze of the 1930s. The cast will also feature Noah Aberlin, John Alix, Lisa Anthony Biagini, Peter Brouwer, Julie Connors, Mark Stuart Eckstein, Curtis Howard, Sonia Iannetti, Scott Larsen, Steve Luker, Bill Nabel, Ron Nahass, Cassandra Palacio, Rachelle Rak, Andrew Rannells, Francis J. Roach, Kelsey Robinson, Erika Shannon, Bara Swain, Laura Swanson, and Kirstin Tucker.
Ziemba won the Tony Award for Contact. Her many stage credits include The First Wives Club, Six Degrees of Separation, Steel Pier, and Curtains.
As previously reported, some of the actresses who played the characters based on Havoc, Baby or Dainty June in the musical Gypsy, will be guests at Marathon ’33, including Lane Bradbury, Merle Louise, Jacqueline Mayro, Bonnie Langford, Maureen Moore, Christen Tassin, Heather Tepe, Kate Reinders, Sami Gayle, and Leigh Ann Larkin.
Rex Reed will be on hand to honor five-time Tony Award-winner Julie Harris and Abingdon Board Chairman Emeritus Margot London. For additional information, visit www.abingdontheatre.org.
