Lucie Arnaz joins Pippin as Berthe tonight

Lucie Arnaz, who was part of the show's National touring company, begins performances as Berthe in the Broadway cast of Tony Award-winning musical Pippin tonight and plays a limited engagement through to Sunday, 9 November 2014 at the Music Box Theatre. She replaces Tony Award winner Priscilla Lopez in the role.

The cast of Pippin currently features Kyle Dean Massey as Pippin, Carly Hughes as Leading Player, John Dossett as Charles, Charlotte d'Amboise as Fastrada, Rachel Bay Jones as Catherine and Lucie Arnaz as Berthe. Other members of the company include Mike Schwitter, Eli Tokash, Ashton Woerz, Mackenzie Bell, Colin Cunliffe, Ariana DeBose, Andrew Fitch, Orion Griffiths, Lauren Joy Herley, Naël Jammal, Nicolas Jelmoni, Sam Lips, Richard Maguire, Brad Musgrove, Charlotte O'Sullivan, Adam Roberts, Masha Terentieva, Kristen Beth Williams, and Lara Seibert Young.

Lucie Arnaz made her Broadway debut in 1979 in 'They're Playing Our Song', for which she earned a Theatre World Award. She has also appeared on the Great White Way in 'Lost in Yonkers' and was last seen in 2006 in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'.

Pippin features a book by Roger O. Hirson, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and is directed by Diane Paulus with circus creation by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main (also known as 7 Fingers) and choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse.

The Broadway revival opened at the Music Box Theatre on 25 Apr 2013, following previews from 23 Mar 2013. The show opened to excellent reviews: Sensational revival (NY Post); Beautifully buoyant, intoxicatingly sensual revival (Back Stage); Eye-popping, jaw-dropping extravaganza (Time Out NY); A wonder to behold (Hollywood Reporter).

The production won four Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Patina Miller), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Andrea Martin) and Best Direction of a musical (Diane Paulus).

Pippin is currently booking to 4 January 2015 at the Music Box Theatre.

- by Tom Millward