Cast members from several forthcoming Broadway musicals performed at “First Look,” one of the last sessions at the last day of BroadwayCon 2019.
From left to right (and top to bottom): Sophia Anne Caruso from “Beetlejuice”; Anais Mitchell, composer of “Hadestown”: Lilli Palmer from “Tootsie”; and Stephanie Styles in “Kiss Me Kate.”
Bonus video:
Ethan Slater and Hailey Kilgore kick off BroadwayCon 2019 at the opening ceremony, three long days ago.
Beetlejuice
Sophia Anne Caruso sings “Dead Mom” from the musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s 1988 film, which is scheduled to open on Broadway’s Winter Garden Theater on April 25, 2019
Hadestown
Anais Mitchell sings “Why We Build The Wall” which she composed 13 years ago! for Hadestown. The musical is scheduled to open April 17, 2019 at Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theater. (In the musical, it will be sung by Patrick Page, portraying the sinister and suave Hades.)
Tootsie
Lilli Cooper, who portrays Julie (the Jessica Lange part) in the new musical adaptation of the 1982 movie Tootsie, sings one of the songs by David Yazbek (A Band’s Visit.) The musical is scheduled to open at Broadway’s Marquis Theater on April 23, 2019
Kiss Me Kate
Making her Broadway debut, Stephanie Styles sings “Always True To You In My Fashion”to Julie Halston, the host of BroadwayCon 2019’s First Look.