Casting Complete for New York Philharmonic Camelot Concerts

Casting is complete for the New York Philharmonic's upcoming series of five semi-staged performances of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot starring the previously announced Gabriel Byrne King Arthur, Marin Mazzie Guenevere, Nathan Gunn Lancelot, Christopher Lloyd Pellinore, Fran Drescher Morgan le Fey, Stacy Keach Merlyn, Bobby Steggert Mordred, Christopher Sieber Dinadan, Will Swenson Sagramore, Marc Kudisch Lionel and Erin Morley Nimue. The performances will take place May 7 through May 10, directed by Lonny Price, with choreography by Josh Prince and music supervision and conducting by Paul Gemingnani.

Newcomers to the cast include Justin Stein Page, Weston Wells Olson Squire Dap, Jane Brockman Lady Anne and Rishi Mutalik Tom of Warwick. The ensemble will include Joel Abels, Derin Altay, Terence Archie, Maxime de Toldeo, Ryan Thomas Dunn, Ivan Hernandez, Sydney James, Catherine Cheng Jones, Catherine LaValle, Valisia Lekae, Amy Mahoney, Frank Mastrone, Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, Paolo Montalban, Devin Richards, Brian Charles Rooney, Idara Victor, Alison Walla, Betsy Wolfe. Dancers will include Kristine Bendul, Kathryn Eleni Fraggos, Nick Kepley, Sabra Lewis, Michael Mindlin, Denny Paschall, Jermaine Rembert, Krista Saab, Michael Scirrotto and Alison Soloman.

Camelot first appeared on Broadway at the Majestic Theater on December 3, 1960. Based on T.H. White's novel, The Once and Future King, about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the musical - about the idealized kingdom of Camelot, the love triangle among King Arthur, Queen Guenevere, and Lancelot, and the treachery of the king's illegitimate son, Mordred - features a book and lyrics by Alan Lerner and music by Frederick Lowe. Its songs include "I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight," "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood," "Camelot," "The Lusty Month of May," "How to Handle a Woman," "If Ever I Would Leave You," and "What Do the Simple Folk Do?"

The original cast starred Julie Andrews as Guenevere, Richard Burton as King Arthur, Robert Goulet as Lancelot, and Roddy McDowall as Mordred and ran for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards. The film version was made in 1967 that starred Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings, and Lionel Jeffries. It won three Academy Awards.