The Mystery of Edwin Drood announces cast

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the cast for their new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes' Tony Award winning musical comedy The Mystery of Edwin Drood, opening at Studio 54 on 29 Nov 2012, following pewviews from 19 Oct 2012.

Joining the previously announced Chita Rivera (Princess Puffer), are Stephanie J. Block (Edwin Drood), Will Chase (John Jasper), Gregg Edelman (Reverend Mr. Crisparkle) and Jim Norton (Chairman) with Andy Karl (Neville Landless), Jessie Mueller (Helena Landless), Betsy Wolfe (Rosa Bud), Nicholas Barasch (Deputy), Peter Benson (Bazzard), Robert Creighton (Durdles), Alison Cimmet, Nick Corley, Justin Greer, Shannon Lewis, Kiira Schmidt, Eric Sciotto, Jim Walton, Cody Williams.

Directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, the creative team for The Mystery of Edwin Drood includes Anna Louizos (sets), William Ivey Long (costumes), Brian Nason (lighting) and Tony Meola (sound).

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the whodunit musical, in its first Broadway revival since winning the Tony "Triple Crown" in 1986 (Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score)! Who killed Edwin Drood? Take a trip back in time to a Victorian music hall where a rowdy ensemble of actors mounts a staging of Charles Dickens' unfinished novel. Everyone on stage is a suspect in the murder of young Edwin Drood and it's up to you to choose the killer! Is it John Jasper, Edwin's protective but slightly maniacal uncle? Rosa Bud, his reluctant betrothed? The debauched Princess Puffer? Each performance ends differently, depending on what the audience decides!