EXCLUSIVE: Tony-nominated composer Branford Marsalis (Fences) is joining a reimagined music team for the upcoming Broadway production of A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, creating new musical arrangements and orchestrations, producers announced today.
Miles Davis on Wynton Marsalis, 1987
The new team, which also includes music supervisor Daryl Waters, dance music arranger Zane Mark and music director Darryl G. Ivey, replaces Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell, who served in the roles during the show's pre-Broadway runs in New Orleans and Chicago last year.
A production spokesperson declined to comment on the reasons for the change.
The musical, starring Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (Disney's Aladdin) as the groundbreaking jazz great, will be performed at Studio 54 from Wednesday, October 16, prior to the premiere on Monday, November 11.
