“The overall attention to detail was evident in how Iglehart’s face was substituted for Armstrong’s on projections of classic album covers.” - Keith Spara, NOLA.com
THOMAS E. RODGERS, JR., RENEE RODGERS, ANDREW DELAPLAINE, VANESSA WILLIAMS, LIZ CURTIS, and MARTIAN ENTERTAINMENT
Proudly Presents
A WONDERFUL WORLD
A New Musical
Book by AURIN SQUIRE
With Songs by LOUIS ALTER, HAROLD ARLEN, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, LILLIAN HARDIN ARMSTRONG, BOYD ATKINS, JOHN BARRY, JAMES M. BLACK, HARRY BROOKS, HENRY CREAMER, HAL DAVID, BUDDY DESYLVA, EDDIE DELANGE, GENE DE PAUL, HARRY DIAL, WALTER DONALDSON, DUKE ELLINGTON, BEN ELLISON, FRANK EYTON, MARK FISHER, DOROTHY FIELDS, CLARENCE GASKILL, HORACE GERLACH, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN, GIUSEPPE GIACOSA, JOE GOODWIN, PORTER GRAINGER, JOHN W. GREEN, ALEXANDER HILL, EDWARD HEYMAN, LUIGI ILLICA, AL JOLSON, GUS KAHN, ED KIRKEBY, TED KOEHLER, BILLY KYLE, TURNER LAYTON, JIMMY MCHUGH, IRVING HAROLD MILLS, CLARENCE MUSE, JOSEPH OLIVER, JACK PALMER, COLE PORTER, GIACOMO PUCCINI, KATHARINE E. PURVIS, Z. T. RANDOLPH, DON RAYE, ANDY RAZAF, LEON RENÉ, OTIS RENÉ, VINCENT ROSE, LARRY SHAY, ROBERT SOUR, SAM THEARD, ROBERT THIELE, PERCY VENABLE, THOMAS WALLER, CLARENCE WILLIAMS, SPENCER WILLIAMS, GEORGE WEISS
Arrangements & Orchestrations by MICHAEL O. MITCHELL & ANNASTASIA VICTORY
Choreography and Musical Staging by RICKEY TRIPP
Directed By CHRISTOPHER RENSHAW
The world premiere of A WONDERFUL WORLD was presented by Miami New Drama in 2021-2022, Michel Hausmann, Artistic Director, Nicholas Richberg, Managing Director
Conceived by CHRISTOPHER RENSHAW AND ANDREW DELAPLAINE
Original Compositions by ANNASTASIA VICTORY AND MICHAEL O. MITCHELL
Starring JAMES MONROE IGLEHART as “Louis Armstrong”
Featuring TA’REA CAMPBELL, JENNIE HARNEY!FLEMING, BRENNYN LARK, and KHALIFA WHITE
with LINDSEY COREY, DEWITT FLEMING, JR., MATTHEW GREENWOOD, GAVIN GREGORY, MATT WOLPE
and RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR., EEAN COCHRAN, JAMAL CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS, ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER, AFRA HINES, ALAN KELLY, ASHLEY MCMANUS, AURELIA MICHAEL, ALYSHA MORGAN, JARRAN MUSE, AARON MICHAEL RAY, KHADIJAH ROLLE, DAVE SCHOONOVER, BRETT STURGIS, RENELL TAYLOR, DORI WAYMER
Scenic & Projection Design by ADAM KOCH & STEVEN ROYAL
Associate Scenic Design by TYLER HERALD
Associate Projection Design by RYAN BELOCK
Wig & Hair Design by COOKIE JORDAN
Production Stage Manager RL CAMPBELL
Tour Marketing ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
Fight Choreographer LEE SOROKO
Tour Booking Agency THE BOOKING GROUP MEREDITH BLAIR, KARA GEBHART
Costume Design by TONI-LESLIE JAMES
Prop Design by LILIAN SUN
Company Manager KIMBERLY SHAW
National Press THE PRESS ROOM
Dialect Coach NATHAN CROCKER
Lighting Design by CORY PATTAK
Specialty Tap Choreography by DEWITT FLEMING, JR.
Production Manager BRIAN LYNCH
Digital Marketing BIZ CHICA MEDIA
Associate Director CHRISTINA SAJOUS
Sound Design KAI HARADA
Casting by ARC, DUNCAN STEWART, CSA, PATRICK MARAVILLA
Associate General Manager JIM BRADY
Consulting Producer IRENE GANDY
Associate Choreographer AURELIA MICHAEL
General Manager & Executive Producer MARTIAN ENTERTAINMENT
Music Coordinator DAVID LAI
Music Supervision by MICHAEL O. MITCHELL
Music Direction by ANNASTASIA VICTORY
Arrangements & Orchestrations by MICHAEL O. MITCHELL & ANNASTASIA VICTORY
Choreography and Musical Staging by RICKEY TRIPP
Directed By CHRISTOPHER RENSHAW