Tickets
View on map
Louis Armstrong is coming to Broadway! A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical is the new musical about the life and loves of Louis Armstrong, starring Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart as the legendary American icon. A Wonderful World charts Armstrong’s incredible journey from the birth of jazz in his native New Orleans through his international stardom. It features beloved songs recorded and made popular by Armstrong, including favorites like “What a Wonderful World” and “When You’re Smiling,” among many other standard favorites.
Conceived by Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Christopher Renshaw (Broadway’s The King and I, Taboo) and novelist Andrew Delaplaine. Book by Aurin Squire (This is Us, The Good Fight). Directed by Renshaw with choreography by Rickey Tripp (Associate Choreographer for Broadway’s Hell’s Kitchen, Once on This Island and Choir Boy). Featuring classic songs from Armstrong’s catalogue.
Conceived by Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Christopher Renshaw (Broadway’s The King and I, Taboo) and novelist Andrew Delaplaine. Book by Aurin Squire (This is Us, The Good Fight). Directed by Renshaw with choreography by Rickey Tripp (Associate Choreographer for Broadway’s Hell’s Kitchen, Once on This Island and Choir Boy). Featuring classic songs from Armstrong’s catalogue.
Show Notes: 1 intermission
Performance Schedule:
Visit criterionticketing.com for full schedule.
Cast
James Monroe Iglehart
Darlesia Cearcy
Dionne Figgins
Kim Exum
Jennie Harney-Fleming
Book
Aurin Squire
Director
Christopher Renshaw, Christina Sajous & James Monroe Iglehart
Choreography
Rickey Tripp
