Once Lost, Now Found & on Broadway: Amazing Grace, Starring Josh Young, Opens Officially

Amazing Grace opens officially at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre on July 16. The show, which tells the origin story of a certain familiar tune, stars Josh Young as John Newton, Erin Mackey as Mary Catlett, Tom Hewitt as Captain Newton and Chuck Cooper as Pakuteh. Gabriel Barre directs the new tuner by Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron.

In honor of the musical’s big night, Broadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson created this sketch. In addition to Young, Mackey, Hewitt and Cooper, the portrait includes Chris Hoch as Major Gray, Stanley Bahorek as Robert Haweis, Harriett D. Foy as Princess Peyai, Laiona Michelle as Nanna, Rachael Ferrera as Yema and Elizabeth Ward Land as Mrs. Catlett.

Broadway.com wishes the cast of Amazing Grace a happy opening. We’ll be over here studying up on those lyrics (all six verses).



About the Artist: With a desire to celebrate the magic of live theater and those who create it, and with a deep reverence for such touchstones as the work of Al Hirschfeld and the wall at Sardi’s, Squigs is happy and grateful to be among those carrying on the traditions where theater and caricature meet. He was born and raised in Oregon, lived in Los Angeles for quite a long time and now calls New York City his home.