Lauren Kennedy and More Join Cast of Lone Star Love

Complete casting has been announced for the forthcoming Broadway production of Lone Star Love, which will begin previews at the Belasco Theatre on November 1 and open on December 3. The new musical, featuring a book by Robert Horn and John L. Haber and a score by Jack Herrick, will be directed and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with "creative supervision" by John Rando.

Joining the previously announced Randy Quaid as Colonel John Falstaff, Robert Cuccioli as Frank Ford and Dee Hoty as Margaret Anne Page will be Lauren Kennedy as Agnes Ford, Clarke Thorell as Fenton, Ramona Keller as Miss Quickly, Drew McVety as Doctor Caius, Dan Sharkey as George Page, Kara Lindsay as Miss Anne Page, Nick Sullivan as Sheriff Bob Shallow and Brandon Williams as Abraham Slender. The ensemble includes Stacey Harris, Amanda Lea LaVergne, Ryan Murray, Monica Patton, Miguel A. Romero, Chad Seib, Jeremy Benton, Anne Horak, Kristie Dale Sanders and Tony Lawson.

Lone Star Love is inspired by Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor transplanted to the Wild West shortly after the Civil War. The Broadway production will follow a limited engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle from September 8 to 30. An earlier version was produced at off-Broadway's John Houseman Theatre during the 2004-05 season starring Jay O. Sanders, Gary Sandy, Stacia Fernandez and Beth Leavel. Thorell, McVety, Sharkey, Sullivan and Williams appeared in the earlier production and will reprise their roles on Broadway.

Kennedy most recently starred as the Lady of the Lake in Spamalot and has appeared on Broadway in Sunset Boulevard, Side Show and Les Miserables. She played Nellie Forbush in Trevor Nunn's RNT revival of South Pacific. Thorell created the role of Corny Collins in Hairspray and appeared in Titanic and The Who's Tommy. McVety's Broadway credits include Spamalot, Frozen, Big River, Titanic and The Heidi Chronicles. Sharkey's Broadway credits include The Music Man and Showboat. Sullivan has appeared on Broadway in Footloose, White Liars/Black Comedy and The Moliere Comedies. Keller, Lindsay and Williams are making their Broadway debuts.

Lone Star Love's creative team includes Derek McLane sets, Jane Greenwood costumes, Ken Billington & Paul Miller lighting and Tom Morse sound. Jack Herrick is Musical Director. The show will be produced on Broadway by Avenue A Productions, Roger Berlind, Robert Boyett Theatricals, Edmund and Eleanor Burke, Rusty and Susan Carter, Jon and Jeanne Cutler, Daisy Theatricals, and Michael Speyer/Bernard Abrams. Executive Producer is Mary Ann Anderson, and Linda Wright and the late Frederic B. Vogel are Associate Producers.