Vanities is set to begin performances on Wednesday evening, March 22, 2023, for a limited engagement through Saturday evening, April 22, 2023, at The Theatre at St. Jean's (150 East 76th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenue). Opening Night is set for Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. Cast will be announced soon.
The creative team includes scenic design by Morgan, costume design by Barbara Erin Delo, and lighting design by Mike Billings.
The cast and creative team for the York Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of Vanities—The Musicalhave been announced. Presented in association with Riki Kane Larimer, the revised version of the musical will play a limited engagement at The Theatre at St. Jean's beginning March 21 (as opposed to the previously announced March 22) ahead of a March 30 opening night. The run will continue through April 22.
Starring in the show will be Jade Jones (Olney Theatre Center's Beauty and The Beast) in their New York stage debut as Mary, alongside Broadway alums Amy Keum (KPOP) as Kathy and Hayley Podschun (Hello, Dolly!) as Joanne. Olivia Kaufmann (Mean Girls) will serve as standby.
I'll be seeing it next week. I've always liked the score, and a small venue like the York is right for the piece.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body