A Wonderful World [tour]

“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