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Rosie O'Donnell to Join Norm Lewis and Jessie Mueller in The Music Man

The semi-staged production will be seen at the Kennedy Center.

| Washington, DC |

January 8, 2019

Rosie O'Donnell will appear in The Music Man at the Kennedy Center.
Rosie O'Donnell will appear in The Music Man at the Kennedy Center.
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Full casting has been announced for the Kennedy Center's upcoming production of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, running February 6-11 as part of the Broadway Center Stage series. As previously announced, Jessie Mueller and Norm Lewis head the cast as Marian Paroo and Harold Hill.

They will be joined by Rosie O'Donnell as Mrs. Paroo, John Cariani as Marcellus Washburn, Veanne Cox as Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, David Pittu as Charlie Cowell, Damon Gillespie as Tommy Djilas, Eloise Kropp as Zaneeta Shinn, Sam Middleton as Winthrop Paroo, and Emmy Elizabeth Liu-Wang as Amaryllis. The ensemble is made up of Tessa Grady, Arlo Hill, Todd Horman, Denis Lambert, Liz McCartney, Hayley Podschun, Katerina Papacostas, Blakely Slaybaugh, Jimmy Smagula, Ryan Steele, Daryl Tofa, Diana Vaden, and Nicholas Ward.

Marc Bruni's semi-staged production will have choreography by Chris Bailey, music direction by James Moore, set and projection design by Paul dePoo, costume design by Amy Clark, lighting design by Cory Pattak, and sound design by Kai Harada.

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