EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Lloyd‘s upcoming Broadway production of Much Ado About Nothing will reunite the entire cast and creative team from the acclaimed West End production, with Mason Alexander Park joining the previously announced Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell this fall.
Lloyd announced the full cast today, along with the venue – the Winter Garden Theatre – and production dates: Previews begin Saturday, October 31, ahead of a Thursday, November 19, official opening night. The 10-week strictly limited engagement will play through Sunday, January 10, 2027.
The production opened to strong reviews last year at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End.
In addition to Hiddleston (as Benedick), Atwell (Beatrice) and Park (Margaret), the cast will include Mara Huf as Hero, Mika Onyx Johnson as Borachio, Gerald Kyd as Don Pedro, Forbes Masson as Leonato, Phillip Olagoke as Friar Francis, James Phoon as Claudio, and Tim Steed as Don John.
Mika Onyx Johnson, Tim Steed, Tom Hiddleston, James Phoon & Gerald Kyd, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
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Park, who recently originated the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in the West End production of Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary!, will be making their Broadway debut in Much Ado About Nothing.
The design team includes Soutra Gilmour (scenic & costume design), Jon Clark (lighting design), Ben and Max Ringham (sound designers & composers), Fabian Aloise (choreographer), Carole Hancock (hair, wigs & make-up), Kate Waters (fight director), and Ingrid Mackinnon (intimacy coordinator).
The creative team will also include Conner Wilson (US associate director), Charlie Martin (UK associate choreographer), Anna Josephs (associate costume design), and Ricky Lurie (US assistant costume designer), Huw Evans (UK music supervisor), and Adam Rothenberg (US music supervisor).
Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway is produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company.
