Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre will stage the North American premiere of Elvis: A Musical Revolution this fall.
Elvis: A Musical Revolution features a book by Sean Cercone and David Abbinanti, as well as orchestrations, arrangements, and additional music and lyrics by Abbinanti. The musical is based on a concept by Floyd Mutrux.
The production will be directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun and begins previews 3 October 2023. Lucas Pastrana will star as Elvis Presley in the Walnut Street production, alongside Jenna Pastuszek as Priscilla Presley/Dixie, Rebecca Robbins as Gladys Presley, and Paul L. Nolan as Vernon Presley. The role of Young Elvis will be shared by Joey Caroto and Hunter Silverman.
The musical actually received its world premiere in Australia recently, where it is currently in the last week of a run in Sydney, before pulling up up stumps and heading to Melbourne. The Australian production stars Rob Mallett as Elvi, Noni McCallum as Gladys Presley, Ian Stenlake as Colonel Parker, Annie Chiswell as Priscilla Presley, Kirby Burgess as Ann-Margret, Matt Heyward as Vernon Presley, Sienna Embrey as Dixie, Ben Hall as Sam Phillips, Aidan O Cleirigh, Hanlon Innocent and Connor Morel.
Not sure if the creatives are using Australia as an out-of-town tryout (similar to the way Doctor Zhivago had its world premiere in Sydney back in 2011 before heading to Broadway), or if the show has been more or less frozen, with Australia just being the first territory in the world to license it.