Grant Gustin & Isabelle McCalla to star in Broadway musical adaptation of Water for Elephants
Click to viewGrant Gustin and Isabelle McCalla have been cast in the Broadway musical Water for Elephants. Previews begin on February 24 and the show is scheduled to open on March 21. The cast also features Stan Brown (Homicide: Life in the Streets) as Camel, Joe De Paul (Cirque du Soleil's Dralion) as Walter, Sara Gettelfinger (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Barbara, Wade McCollum (Wicked) as Wade, Gregg Edelman (City of Angels) as Mr. Jankowski, and Paul Alexander Nolan (Parade) as August.
The 2006 novel Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen was adapted into a 2011 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. After the musical was workshopped in New York, the show had a pre-Broadway run at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in June 2023. The show's book was written by Rick Elice (Peter and the Starcatcher), and music/lyrics were written by PigPen Theatre Co. (The Tale of Despereaux). The show is being directed by Tony nominated Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo).
Grant Gustin is best known for starring on The Flash, but he has a background in musical theater. He played Baby John in the national tour of West Side Story in 2010 and later played Dalton Warbler Sebastian on Glee. Isabelle McCalla has starred in Broadway productions of Aladdin, The Prom, and Shucked.
A few promos/videos from the Atlanta production
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The thing I'm most excited about is that they got a circus performer to choreograph the show!