"Suffs," the Hillary Clinton-backed Broadway musical about the 1913 Women's Suffrage movement, held its first day of rehearsals last week ahead of its previews at the Music Box Theatre starting on March 16 and an opening night on April 18, Broadway World reports.
Producers Jill Furman and Rachel Sussman will join co-producers Clinton and Malala Yousafzai as backers of the upcoming Broadway premiere of the musical, which had an off-Broadway sold-out run at New York's Public Theater back in 2022.
Take an inside look as Clinton visits the "Suffs" cast led by Shaina Taub, who is also responsible for writing the production's book, music, and lyrics.
Rachel Sussman, Jill Furman, and Hillary Clinton during first day of rehearsals for the upcoming Broadway transfer of the "Suffs" musical.
'Suffs' Broadway Musical Cast and Other Info
Taub will reprise her role from the off-Broadway run of her own musical, portraying its lead character Alice Paul.
She will perform alongside Tony-winning "The Book of Mormon" actress Nikki M. James, playing Ida B. Wells; Tony-nominated "Come From Away" actress Jenn Colella as Carrie Chapman Catt; and Grace McLean from "Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812" as President Woodrow Wilson.
Joining them are Hannah Cruz as Inez Milholland; Kim Blank as Ruza Wenclawska; "Waitress" actress Anastacia McCleskey as Mary Church Terell; Ally Bonino as Lucy Burns; Tsilala Brock as Dudley Malone; Nadia Dandashi as Doris Stevens; and Tony-nominated "Side Show" actress Emily Skinner as Alva Belmont/Phoebe Burn.
Aside from Skinner, McCleskey, and Blanck, all cast members from the Public Theater run of the musical will reprise their roles alongside Taub, with Bonino and Dandashi making their Broadway debuts as part of the "Suff" production.
"Camelot" actress Hawley Gould will be onboarded as an alternate for the role of Alice Paul, while "Here Lies Love" actress Jaygee Macapugay will play Mollie Hay and Laila Drew will play Phyllis Terell/Robin.
Other ensemble members include Dana Costello, Jenna Bainbridge Monica Tulia Ramirez, Ada Westfall, Christine Heesun Hwang, Kirsten Scott, Housso Semon, and D'Kaylah Unique Whitley.
Also coming from the off-Broadway run, Leigh Silverman will once again direct the musical during its Broadway transfer. That said, a new creative team will be working under her, save for the returning music supervisor/director Andrea Gordy.
The new creative team members are choreographer Mayte Natalio, scene designer Riccardo Hernández, lighting designer Lap Chi Chu, sound designer Jason Crystal, and finally, the musical will feature orchestration from Michael Starobin. In addition, 101 Productions will act as general manager.
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