Photos: New Line's PROMENADE

Check out production photos from New Line Theatre's Promenade, which continues the theater's 34th season of wild, unpredictable, relevant musical theatre.

The rarely produced, legendary musical comedy is a landmark in theatre history that influenced everything that came after.

One of the biggest off Broadway hits of 1969, this show boasts an hilarious absurdist story, a diverse cast, and it features a script and lyrics by gay Cuban-American playwright-director María Irene Fornés, the "mother of the avant-garde theatre," with music by gay minister Al Carmines.

With a tiny budget, Promenade premiered at the Judson Poet's Theatre, off off Broadway, in April 1965, before transferring off Broadway to the Promenade Theatre in June 1969, where it became the surprise smash hit of the season. Fornés earned a 1965 Obie Award for Distinguished New Play or Musical, for Promenade. There was an Off-Broadway revival in 1983, a one-night concert at New World Stages in 2010, and the show returned for the Encores Off-Center Series at City Center in 2019.

Beneath its dizzying comedy and catchy songs, Promenade explores the ways in which social class can imprison us, exploring some big issues along the way, like wealth inequality, law and order, war, corruption, body image, gender, sexuality, and more.

Promenade follows the exploits of two escaped prisoners taking an unexpected tour of Capitalism and The Big City, where the poor and hopeless mingle with the Idle Rich. With many of these same issues still deeply relevant today, this show has grown powerfully relevant again.

The New Line cast includes Ronmal Mottley (as 105), Tawaine Noah (as 106), Ian McCreary (Jailer), Stephanie Merritt (Servant), Lauren Tenenbaum (Miss Cake), Bee Mecey (Mother), W. Smith III (Mayor), Chris Moore (Mr. R), Kent Coffel (Mr. S), Robert Doyle (Mr. T), Kathleen Dwyer (Miss I), Benni Jillette (Miss O), Chelsie Johnston (Miss U), Nathan Mecey (Waiter), and Michael Kramer (Dishwasher). New Line's production is directed by Scott Miller and Chris Moore, with music direction by Jason Eschhofen, choreography by Olivia Potthoff, costume design by Becca Rose Bessette, sound design by Ryan Day, scenic design by Dr. Rob Lippert, and lighting design by Eric Wennlund.

Promenade runs March 5-28, 2026, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, all at 8:00 p.m., at the Marcelle Theater in the Grand Center Arts District. Single tickets for the show are on sale now.

This show contains adult content. Promenade is produced by arrangement with Concord Theatricals, New York.

Check out production photos here!

Photo credit: Jill Ritter Lindberg

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