OLIVER : At NY City Center (with Benjamin Pajak)

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Not technically on Broadway...but also in NYC!

Mar 2, 2023 6:28:49 GMT -5 jo said:

Our Winthrop ... will soon become more dramatic... as Oliver Twist in a new short-term revival of OLIVER!

Lilli Cooper, Raúl Esparza, Benjamin Pajak and More Will Lead OLIVER! at New York City Center
The cast will also include Tam Mutu as Bill Sikes, Brad Oscar as Mr. Bumble, Benjamin Pajak as Oliver Twist, and Mary Testa as Widow Corney.

by Stephi Wild Feb. 23, 2023

Casting has been announced for the New York City Center production of Oliver! The production will be led by Lilli Cooper as Nancy, Raúl Esparza as Fagin, Tam Mutu as Bill Sikes, Brad Oscar as Mr. Bumble, Benjamin Pajak as Oliver Twist, and Mary Testa as Widow Corney.

The ensemble includes William Thomas Colin, Charity Angel Dawson, Julian Marcus DeGuzman, Zachary Downer, Sam Duncan, William Foon, Ethen Green-Younger, Jeff Kready, Jenny Laroche, Devin Miles Lugo, Morgan Marcell, Lindsay Roberts, Eliseo Roman, Michael Cash Savio, and Jacob Keith Watson.

20 public school students will also be featured in one number in the production. Further details have yet to be announced.

Lionel Bart's Oliver! is set to run May 3 - 14, 2023. The musical is directed by Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet with choreography by Lorin Latarro, and new Encores! Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell leading The Encores! Orchestra. Deborah Stein joins the team as Concert Adaptor and Alisa Solomon will support as a consultant for the production.

Congratulations...and Break a Leg, Benjamin!


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Oliver!
Musical
Writers:

SONGS
Act One

Prologue / Overture – Orchestra
Food, Glorious Food– Workhouse Boys
Oliver!– Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney
I Shall Scream – Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney
Boy for Sale – Mr. Bumble
That's Your Funeral – Mr. Sowerberry, Mrs. Sowerberry, and Mr. Bumble
Coffin Music – Orchestra
Where is Love? – Oliver
The Fight - Orchestra
Oliver's Escape – Orchestra
Consider Yourself – The Artful Dodger, Oliver, and Chorus
You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two – Fagin and Fagin's Gang
It's a Fine Life – Nancy, Bet, and Fagin's Gang
I’d Do Anything– The Artful Dodger, Nancy, Oliver, Bet, Fagin, and Fagin's Gang
Be Back Soon – Fagin, The Artful Dodger, Oliver and Fagin's Gang
Capture of Oliver – Orchestra



Act Two

Oom-Pah-Pah – Nancy and Chorus
My Name – Bill Sikes
As Long as He Needs Me – Nancy
Where Is Love? (Reprise) – Mrs. Bedwin
Who Will Buy? – Oliver, Vendors, and Chorus
It's a Fine Life (Reprise) – Bill Sikes, Nancy, Fagin, and The Artful Dodger
Reviewing the Situation – Fagin
Oliver! (Reprise) – Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney
As Long As He Needs Me (Reprise) – Nancy
London Bridge – Orchestra
Reviewing the Situation (Reprise) – Fagin
Finale – Company

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The first time he wore the shirt was for the event celebrating the Tony 2022 nominees ( of which Hugh Jackman was one, for The Music Man).

The second instance is when he went to see OLIVER! and met Benjamin Pajak (Winthrop in The Music Man).

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