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‘BROOKLYNITE’ Cast To Include Matt Doyle, Nicolette Robinson, Nick Cordero, Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Grace McLean and Ann Harada

Vineyard Theatre announced the cast for the world premiere of the musical BROOKLYNITE, helmed by Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, SPRING AWAKENING), set to begin performances Friday, January 30, with an opening night set for Wednesday, February 25. This limited engagement continues through Sunday, March 22.

Mr. Mayer will direct a company that features Andrew Call (FOUND, ROCK OF AGES), Gerard Canonico (SPRING AWAKENING), Max Chernin (BRIGHT STAR), Nick Choksi (INDIAN INK, NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812), Nick Cordero (BULLETS OVER BROADWAY), Matt Doyle (WAR HORSE, THE BOOK OF MORMON), Carla Duren (110 IN THE SHADE), Ann Harada (AVENUE Q at The Vineyard and on Broadway, CINDERELLA), John-Michael Lyles (ANGELINA BALLERINA), Grace McLean (BEDBUGS, NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812), Tom Alan Robbins (THE LION KING, SUNSET BOULEVARD), Nicolette Robinson (“The Affair” – Showtime, “Hart of Dixie” – CW Network), and Remy Zaken (SPRING AWAKENING, THE ANTHEM).

With book by Peter Lerman and Michael Mayer and music and lyrics by Peter Lerman (winner of the Jonathan Larson Award), BROOKLYNITE will be choreographed by Steven Hoggett (THE LAST SHIP, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, ONCE) and directed by Michael Mayer.

BROOKLYNITE will feature scenic design by Donyale Werle, costume design by Andrea Lauer, lighting design by Kevin Adams, sound design by Kai Harada, and video and projection design by Andrew Lazarow, with Kimberly Grigsby serving as musical director.

In BROOKLYNITE, Trey Swieskowski is an idealistic hardware store clerk who dreams of becoming a superhero. Astrolass, Brooklyn’s most celebrated superhero, is determined to throw in the cape and live like a normal Brooklynite. When they meet they hatch a plan that will change their lives forever. But can they save Brooklyn when it suddenly teeters on the brink of disaster?

BROOKLYNITE is inspired by the real Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company located in Park Slope and based on characters created by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.

The 32^nd season of the Vineyard Theatre, one of the nation’s leading non-profit theatre companies, began with the New York premiere of Mike Bencivenga’s comedy BILLY & RAY, directed by Garry Marshall. And this spring, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, winner of the 2013 OBIE for Best New American Play and The Vineyard’s Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, will make his mainstage debut with GLORIA, directed by Evan Cabnet.

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