BWW TV Exclusive: Fans React to First LEAP OF FAITH Preview on Broadway

By: Apr. 05, 2012

Performances for LEAP OF FAITH began on Tuesday, April 3, at The St. James Theatre. Four-time Tony nominee Raúl Esparza leads the company along with Jessica Phillips, Kendra Kassebaum, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Leslie Odom, Jr., Krystal Joy Brown and Talon Ackerman. Opening night is Thursday, April 26.

Check out this exclusive video below, in which the first audience members react to the show's first preview performance!

Raúl Esparza (Cabaret, Company) stars as Jonas Nightingale, an electrifying performer and rabble-rouser who’s planning to take the whole town for a ride. But when a small-town girl stops him in his tracks, this hustler may just discover something to believe in.

The cast also features Hettie Barnhill, Kyle Brenn, Ta’Rea Campbell, Michelle Duffy, Lynorris Evans, Manoly Farrell, Dierdre Friel, Bob Gaynor, Lucia Giannetta, Angela Grovey, Louis Hobson, Tiffany Janene Howard, Grasan Kingsberry, Fletcher McTaggart, Maurice Murphy, Ian Paget, Terita Redd, Eliseo Román, Bryce Ryness, Ann Sanders, C.E. Smith, Danny Stiles, Dennis Stowe, Betsy Struxness, Roberta Wall, and Virginia Ann Woodruff.

Broadway’s LEAP OF FAITH is based on the motion picture Leap of Faith, produced by Paramount Pictures Corporation and written by Janus Cercone. Directed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Ashley with choreography by Sergio Trujillo, LEAP OF FAITH features music by Academy and Grammy Award-winner Alan Menken, a book by Janus Cercone and Tony Award-winner Warren Leight, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and music supervision by Michael Kosarin. The design will feature scenery by Robin Wagner, costumes by William Ivey Long, lighting by Don Holder, sound by John Shivers, wigs & hair design by Paul Huntley, and make up by Angelina Avallone. The music will feature orchestrations by Michael Starobin and Joseph Joubert, vocal & incidental music arrangements by Michael Kosarin, dance music arrangements by Zane Mark, and music direction by Brent-Alan Huffman.

LEAP OF FAITH is produced by Michael Manheim; James D. Stern; Douglas L. Meyer; Marc Routh; Richard Frankel; Tom Viertel; Steven Baruch; Annette Niemtzow; Daryl Roth; Robert G. Bartner; Steven and Shanna Silva; Endgame Entertainment; Patricia Monaco; Debi Coleman; Dancap Productions, Inc.; Steve Kaplan; Relativity Media, LLC; Rich/Caudwell; Center Theatre Group; Jujamcyn Theaters in association with Michael Palitz; Richard J. Stern; Melissa Pinsly/Celine Rosenthal; Independent Presenters Network; Diana Buckhantz; Pamela Cooper; Vera Guerin; Leading Investment Co., Ltd; Christina Papagjika; Victor Syrmis; Semlitz/Glaser Productions; Associate Producers Broadway Across America; Rebecca Falcon.

Tickets are available through www.telecharge.com, (212) 239-6200. Ticket prices range from $47 - $137.

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