Jessie Mueller and David Turner to Join Harry Connick Jr. in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Chicago-based actress Jessie Mueller and Broadway vet David Turner will play leading roles opposite previously announced star Harry Connick Jr. in the forthcoming Broadway revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, according to The New York Times. Michael Mayer’s re-imagined version of the 1965 musical will begin performances on November 12 and open on December 11 at the St. James Theatre.

Turner, who has participated in readings of the show, is cast as David Gamble, a quirky gay florist who seeks out psychiatrist Mark Bruckner (Connick) to quit smoking, and morphs under hypnosis into a 1940s jazz singer named Melinda Wells (Mueller). Dr. Bruckner then pursues a romance with a woman who may never have existed.

The Broadway production of On a Clear Day will pair Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner's score with a revised book by Peter Parnell. In the original musical, David was named Daisy Gamble and was played by Barbara Harris, who doubled as Melinda. Barbra Streisand played the roles in the 1970 film adaptation.

A native of Evanston, Illinois, Mueller has starred in Chicago productions of Shenandoah (Jenny), Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), Fiddler on the Roof (Tzeital), All Shook Up (Natalie), Merrily We Roll Along (Mary), She Loves Me (Amalia), Curtains, Meet Me in St. Louis, Carousel (winning a Jeff Award as Carrie Pipperidge) and Once Upon a Mattress as well as in Henry IV Parts I and 2.

Turner has appeared on Broadway in Arcadia, Sunday in the Park With George, The Ritz, In My Life and The Invention of Love. He wrote and starred in the feature film The Debut and has performed at Feinstein's at Loews Regency and Birdland.