Sean Cullen, Mike McGowan & Gregg Edelman Will Play First Husbands in Broadway-Bound First Wives Club
The first wives now have their first husbands! Sean Cullen, Mike McGowan and Gregg Edelman have been tapped for the Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club. The production, starring the previously announced Tony winner Faith Prince, Christine Sherrill and Carmen Cusack, will begin previews on February 17 and play through March 29. Directed by Simon Phillips and choreographed by David Connolly, the tuner has a book by Linda Bloodworth Thomason and songs by Motown’s Holland-Dozier-Holland. Opening night is scheduled for March 11.
Cullen will play Morty. A Canadian voice actor and comedian, he is best known for his work on Almost Naked Animals, Seven Little Monsters and Best Ed. McGowan is set to take on the role of Bill. He has been seen on the Great White Way in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Ragtime, Grease, The Apple Tree and The Producers. Edelman will play Aaron. Tony nominated for Into the Woods, 1776, Anna Karenina and City of Angels, his most recent Broadway credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Tale of Two Cities and Wonderful Town.
Rounding out the company will be Cameron Clifford, Ethan Khusidman, Patrick Richwood, Lindsey Alley, Jim Borstelmann, Terron Brooks, Patch David, Michelle Duffy, Emilee Dupré, Rachel Fairbanks, Aaron Gordon, Tessa Grady, Dan Horn, Patrick Oliver Jones, Amy Hillner Larsen, Tara Macri, Paul Nygro, Jeffrey Pew, Rebecca Poff, Brett Thiele, Kara Tremel, Morgan Weed and Alison Woods. H.B. Barnum has joined the First Wives Club creative team as arranger and orchestrator while Kenny Seymour will serve as musical director.
First Wives Club is based on both the hit 1996 film and the original best-selling novel by Olivia Goldsmith, and adapted from an earlier version of the musical by Rupert Holmes, with additional material by Phillips. Three former college friends reunite to find that they have more in common than their alma mater. Ditched by their respective husbands for younger women, they band together to settle scores with the men who did them wrong. First Wives Club will feature new songs and classic hits like "Reach Out…I'll Be There," "Stop in the Name of Love" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).