BROOKLYN THE MUSICAL
ANNOUNCES TOURING SCHEDULE FOR 2006 SEASON

“Imagine ‘Hair' or ‘Godspell,' throw in a helping of Motown and filter the
whole thing through the pyrotechnics of ‘American Idol.'”
Ben Brantley, New York Times

“Infectious pop-and-soul music with a succession of high-voltage performances”
Newsday

“Brooklyn will have a revered place in music-theatre history as the landmark
musical of the first decade of the third millennium.”
Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Direct from Broadway, Brooklyn The Musical is a new musical by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson, directed by Tony® award nominee Jeff Calhoun, with music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Grammy® & Emmy® award winner John McDaniel. 

The tour is produced by Dallas Summer Musicals, and touring schedule and star casting have been confirmed for the 2006 season.  The production will launch at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, MN prior to a 7-week summer tour (a list of cities is below), and is currently booking for the second phase of the tour in 2007. 

The cast for the 2006 summer tour will be led by American Idol’s Diana DeGarmo as Brooklyn, and Tony® Award winners Melba Moore (as Paradice) and Cleavant Derricks (as Streetsinger).  Derricks starred in the original Broadway cast of Brooklyn The Musical.  Also from the Broadway production will be Julie Reiber as Faith and Lee Morgan as Taylor Collins.

From the heart of Brooklyn comes a band of soulful street-corner singers and storytellers.  With a mix of pop and soul, they set their stage and tell a wondrous sidewalk fairy tale about a young girl searching for fame and the father she never knew.  With just one clue to lead her, she lands in the city that bears her name…BROOKLYN.

Brooklyn The Musical premiered at the New Denver Civic Theatre on May 7, 2003 for a six-week limited engagement.  The production opened on Broadway in September 2004 and played over 300 performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street). 

Brooklyn Records released “Brooklyn The Musical,” a one-of-a-kind live recording of the original cast album from the new Broadway musical.  The album is available at www.brooklynthemusical.com and nationally at retail stores and Amazon.com.

The Broadway design team will reunite for the tour, and includes: Ray Klausen (sets), Tobin Ost (costumes), Michael Gilliam (lights), Duncan Edwards (sound).