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Mathew Knowles and Carly Rae Jepsen both recently paid a visit to A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Knowles serves as a member of the producing team for the musical.
Jepsen and Knowles both posed with the cast after the show, and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out photos below!
A Wonderful World stars Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart as Louis Armstrong. Playing the roles of Armstrong’s four wives are Darlesia Cearcy as Lucille Wilson, Kim Exum as Alpha Smith, Dionne Figgins as Daisy Parker, and Jennie Harney-Fleming as Lil Hardin.
The 26-member cast includes Trista Dollison as Standby for the roles of Daisy Parker, Lil Hardin, Alpha Smith and Lucille Wilson; DeWitt Fleming Jr. as Fate Marable/Lincoln Perry; Jason Forbach as Crooner & Others; Gavin Gregory as King Joe Oliver; and Jimmy Smagula as Joe Glaser. Award-winning Broadway actor James T. Lane will portray Armstrong on Wednesday evenings and Thursday matinees.
The ensemble features Brandon Louis Armstrong, Wesley J. Barnes, Willie Clyde Beaton II, Ronnie S. Bowman, Jr., Eean S. Cochran, Kate Louissaint, Matt Magnusson, Jodeci Milhouse, Alysha Morgan, Khadijah Rolle, Tally Sessions, Brett Sturgis, Renell Taylor, Meridien Terrell, and Dori Waymer.
A Wonderful World features a book by Aurin Squire, and was co-conceived by Andrew Delaplaine and Christopher Renshaw. Renshaw also serves as Director of the production with James Monroe Iglehart and Christina Sajous as co-directors. Choreography and Musical Staging is by Rickey Tripp. Tap Choreography is by DeWitt Fleming Jr.
Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas
Producers Gena Avery Knowles, Matthew Knowles, Tonya Lewis Lee, Les Coney and Liz Curtis
Producers Gena Avery Knowles, Matthew Knowles, Tonya Lewis Lee and Les Coney
Jimmy Smagula and Carly Rae Jepsen
Producer Tonya Lewis Lee and James Monroe Iglehart
Producer Matthew Knowles and James Monroe Iglehart
Gavin Gregory and Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen and James Monroe Iglehart
Brett Sturgis, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Producer Gena Avery Knowles, Producer Matthew Knowles, Dionne Figgins and James Monroe Iglehart
Jennie Harney-Fleming, Dionne Figgins, Producer Gena Avery Knowles, Producer Mathew Knowles, James Monroe Iglehart, Darlesia Cearcy and Kim Exum
Producers Matthew Knowles, Gena Avery Knowles, Tonya Lewis Lee, Les Coney pose with the cast backstage at “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical”
Producers Matthew Knowles, Brandon Louis Armstrong and Gena Avery Knowles
Producers Matthew Knowles and Gena Avery Knowles
Producers Matthew Knowles and Gena Avery Knowles
Producers Matthew Knowles and Gena Avery Knowles
Producer Matthew Knowles
James Monroe Iglehart and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph aka “Abby Cadabby”
Producers Gena Avery Knowles, Liz Curtis, Matthew Knowles, Tonya Lewis Lee, Associate Director Christina Sajous and Producer Les Coney
