Merrily We Roll Along Tony winners Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff attended the July 30 performance of Broadway's Sufjan Stevens dance musical Illinoise. See the pair meet the Illinoise company in the gallery below.
Illinoise began performances and opened on Broadway April 24, and is set to complete its limited engagement August 10. The musical is inspired by Stevens' album Illinois and features direction and choreography by Justin Peck (Carousel, West Side Story). Peck won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Choreography for his work.
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and company of Illinoise
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and company of Illinoise
Ben Cook, Jonathan Groff, Gaby Diaz, Ahmad Simmons, Daniel Radcliffe, and Ricky Ubeda
Jonathan Groff and company of Illinoise
Ricky Ubeda and Daniel Radcliffe
Ahmad Simmons and Daniel Radcliffe
Alejandro Vargas, Kara Chan, Daniel Radcliffe, and Jeanette Delgado
Ricky Ubeda and Jonathan Groff
The musical's story is by Peck and Pulitzer winner Jackie Sibblies Drury (Fairview). The production is set around a campfire as dancers, singers, and a live band lead audiences on an epic journey set to Stevens' music, arranged by Timo Andres.
The dance ensemble for the Broadway bow features much of the performers from the show's earlier runs Off-Broadway and at Chicago Shakespeare Theater's The Yard. The company includes Yesenia Ayala (West Side Story), Kara Chan (Twyla Tharp Dance), Ben Cook (West Side Story), Gaby Diaz (So You Think You Can Dance?), Jeanette Delgado (West Side Story), Carlos Falú (West Side Story), Christine Flores (Dance Heginbotham), Jada German (Twyla Tharp Dance), Zach Gonder (Pam Tanowitz Dance), Rachel Lockhart (Jacob's Pillow), Brandt Martinez (Aladdin), Dario Natarelli (Maestro), Tyrone Reese, Craig Salstein (West Side Story), Ahmad Simmons (Fosse/Verdon), Byron Tittle (Dorrance Dance), Ricky Ubeda (So You Think You Can Dance?), Elijah Lyons, Becca Stevens, and Alejandro Vargas. They are joined by Elijah Lyons, Tasha Viets-VanLear, Manny Houston, and Tanner Porter.
The work was co-commissioned by Fisher Center at Bard (where the piece made its world premiere in 2023), Park Avenue Armory, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Southbank Centre, TO Live, and Perelman Performing Arts Center. The show's Chicago run finished February 18.
The creative team includes music director and supervisor Nathan Koci, music arranger and orchestrator Andres, scenic designer Adam Rigg, lighting designer Brandon Stirling Baker, sound designer Garth MacAleavey, costume designers Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung, prop designer Andrew Diaz, and mask designer Julian Crouch. Christopher R. Munnell is production stage manager.
Orin Wolf, John Styles, and David Binder produce the Broadway production in association with Seaview and Executive Producer Nate Koch.
Visit IllinoiseOnStage.com.
