Dick Latessa & More Join PROMISES, PROMISES; Full Cast Announced!

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Tony-winner Dick Latessa has joined the cast of PROMISES, PROMISES in the role of Dr. Dreyfus. Also joining the cast will be Ken Land as Jesse Vanderhof, Sean Martin Hingston as Mr. Eichelberg and Peter Benson as Mr. Kirkeby. 

The show's ensemble will consist of Cameron Adams, Ashley Amber, Helen Anker, Nathan Balser, Wendi Bergamini, Nikki Renee Daniels, Sarah Jane Everman, Chelsea Krombach, Keith Kuhl, Matt Loehr, Mayumi Miguel, Brian O'Brien, Sarah O'Gleby, Adam Perry, Megan Sikora, Matt Wall, Ryan Watkinson and Kristen Beth Williams.

Dick Latessa made his Broadway debut in The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N in 1968. Additional theatre credits include Follies, Rags, The Cherry Orchard, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Awake and Sing!, Cabaret, and Hairspray, for which he won both the Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.  Throughout the years he also has been featured in several Neil Simon plays, including Chapter Two, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Rumors, and Proposals.  His screen credits include The Substance of Fire, Alfie, and Stigmata.   He has appeared in numerous television movies, including “Izzy and Moe,” “The Trial of Bernhard Goetz, and “Pudd'nhead Wilson,” and primetime series such “Get Smart,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Ironside,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “The Sopranos,” “Ed,” and “Law & Order.”

Acclaimed actor/director Tony Goldwyn will star as J.D. Sheldrake, with Tony Award winner Katie Finneran as Marge MacDougall, and Tony award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas as Mr. Dobitch, joining Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes and Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth in the musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES at the Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway). Previews will begin Saturday, March 27th, 2010, at 8pm, with an opening night of Sunday, April 25th, 2010. The first-ever Broadway revival of PROMISES, PROMISES is produced by Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams), Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Candy Spelling, Pat Addiss and The Weinstein Company.

PROMISES, PROMISES marks Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford's Broadway debut as director/choreographer. With Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score ("I'll Never Fall In Love Again," "Promises, Promises," and "Knowing When to Leave") PROMISES, PROMISES is a unique and popular part of the musical theatre canon that will  now return to the stage for the first time in over forty years, for a  new generation of theatergoers.

 Based on the 1960 Academy Award-winning Billy Wilder film The  Apartment that starred Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine,  PROMISES, PROMISES tells the story of the Consolidated Life  Insurance Company and Chuck Baxter, one of its charming young  employees. In an effort to advance at the company, Chuck lends  executives his apartment for their extramarital romantic trysts.  But things become slightly complicated when Fran Kubelik, the  object of Chuck's affection, becomes the mistress of one of his  executives.

 The playing schedule for PROMISES, PROMISES is as follows: Monday  through Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Saturday at 2pm, with an  added 2pm Wednesday matinee on April 14. Beginning Monday April 19, the playing schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm (note the Tuesday, April 20 performance is at 8pm). Tickets range from $136.50 - $56.50 and are currently available to American Express cardholders and will be available to the general public beginning at 10am on Monday, December 21, at telecharge.com (212-239-6200).