Euan Morton to Headline Reading of Rock Musical Caligula

Tony Award nominee Euan Morton will headline an invitation-only reading of the new musical Caligula on July 13 and 14 at New World Stages, directed by Chris Presley. Morton played the title role in a 2004 presentation of the show at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Joining Morton in the cast of the reading will be Autumn Hurlbert (MTV’s Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods), Matt Bogart (Jersey Boys, Aida) and Anastasia Barzee (White Christmas, Urinetown). Rounding out the cast are Nehal Joshi, David Edwards, Tiffani Barbour, Darrel Blackburn, Christina DeCicco, Christy Faber, Lucia Giannetta, Brian Golub, Kyle Harris, Todd Alan Johnson, Andrew Kober, John Eric Parker, Steve Routman, Sheri Sanders, Molly Sorohan and Mathenee Treco.

Written and composed by Eric Svejcar, Caligula is set in an ancient rock-and-roll theater somewhere between the years 41 and 1973 (or perhaps both simultaneously). This theater just happens to somehow have electricity, a bitchin’ sound system, a light show, a rock band, and costumes more in the world of Ziggy Stardust than Julius Caesar. History’s most notorious tyrant takes the audience on a musical journey of murder, sensuality, heartbreak, world domination, immortality, and absurdly unmitigated ego.

Morton was nominated for a Tony for playing Boy George in Taboo and has appeared on Broadway in Cyrano de Bergerac and off-Broadway in Howard Katz and Measure for Pleasure. He played the title role in Bay Street Theatre's production of The Who's Tommy.

The reading of Caligula is being presented by Rich Affannato in association with Meri Krassner. The musical director is David Andrews Rogers.