Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Encores! THE BAND WAGON - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tracey Ullman, Laura Osnes & More!

The Encores! Special Event The Band Wagon is set to star Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse and Don Stephenson. The Band Wagon will open on Sunday, November 8. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast below!

Based on the classic MGM film of the same title, the show has a book by Douglas Carter Beane adapted from the screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz. The Band Wagon will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award winnerKathleen Marshall with music direction byTodd Ellison. The Band Wagon will run for 12 performances, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. TheatreVentures.

A classic backstage musical, The Band Wagon tells the story of a washed-up Hollywood star (Brian Stokes Mitchell) who attempts to make a comeback by doing a Broadway show, and encounters an assortment of colorful characters: a British director (Tony Sheldon) who is a genius but has no business directing a musical, a leading lady who's never done a show before (Laura Osnes), and a composer and a lyricist who are at each other's throats (Michael McKeanand Tracey Ullman). All the things that could never happen in the New York theater today.

The Band Wagon will run for 12 performances, November 6 - 16 (see full schedule below). Tickets are available at the New York City Center Box Office (West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues), through CityTix at 212-581-1212, and online at www.NYCityCenter.org. Further information is available at www.NYCityCenter.org.

Photos by Joan Marcus

Laura Osnes, Brian Stokes Mitchell,

Michael McKean, Tracey Ullman

Michael Berresse, Laura Osnes

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Laura Osness, Tony Sheldon

Don Stephenson, Tony Sheldon

The Cast of THE BAND WAGON

The Cast of THE BAND WAGON