Wonderful Town Tickets

Anika Noni Rose won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in Caroline, or Change (also receiving the Lucille Lortel, Theatre World, Obie and Clarence Derwent awards and a Drama Desk nomination). Her additional Broadway credits include A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Cat on A Hot Tin Roof directed by Debbie Allen and Footloose. Additional stage credits include Carmen Jones (Lucille Lortel and AUDELCO awards; Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations); and the New York Philharmonic's production of Company. Rose drew notice for her acclaimed performance as Regina in Netflix’s most-watched limited series to date, Maid (2022 NAACP Image Awards nomination, one of nine she has received).  Rose appeared in Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix), Lena Waithe’s “Them” (Amazon) and Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu). Additionally, Anika led the cast of BET’s series The Quad as Eva Fletcher, starred in the film Everything, Everything and in the History Channel’s adaptation of “Roots” as Kizzy (NAACP Image Award nomination).  Anika starred as Lorell Robinson in Dreamgirls (AFI Ensemble Award, SAG Award nomination, Grammy Award nomination). Additional TV and film credits include The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (HBO), For Colored Girls, Half of A Yellow Sun, Assassination Nation and recently, Showtime’s Let the Right One In.  Anika voiced Princess Tiana in Disney’s The Princess and The Frog, featuring the first African American Disney Princess. The film received three Oscar nominations and Anika became the youngest inductee to ever be honored as a Disney Legend.  

Aisha hails from College Park, Georgia, where she grew up singing with her family. She’s always yearned to use her God-given gifts to spread joy and inspiration. Shows that have allowed her to do so are Paradise Square (OBC), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Waitress (OBC), and Frozen (OBC), where she made history as the first Black woman to portray Anna on Broadway. She desires to continue creating roles for Black women to lead and shine bright on Broadway because representation matters! Voice-over: Central Park (Apple TV), Melon’s House Party (Wondery Kids). For Vaughn and Amy. Luke 1:37

Etain Benson is an Israeli-American actor based in NYC. On Broadway, he originated the role of Papi in the Tony Award-winning musical The Band’s Visit. Broadway/National Tour: Wicked (Boq); An American in Paris (Adam). TV: “God Friended Me.” Regional: The Fortress of Solitude (premiere, Dallas Theater Center), A Room with a View (premiere, The Old Globe), Next to Normal (Weston Playhouse), My Name is Asher Lev (GableStage). Workshops: The Band’s Visit (directed by Hal Prince), The Devil Wears Prada (directed by Anna Shapiro), Little Miss Sunshine (directed by James Lapine). Benson trained at the University of Michigan and the legendary Moscow Art Theatre. He is a Grammy Award winner as Principal Soloist on The Band’s Visit Original Broadway Cast Album.  

Off-Broadway: NY City Center’s The Tap Dance Kid (Daddy Bates), MCC’s The Lonely Few (u/s Paul),Pearl (Bill Bailey), Ductman (Clay), Orphan Train (Conductor). Regional: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas (Bojangles), After Midnight, The Scottsboro Boys (Ozie/Ruby), Jelly’s Last Jam (Jelly), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon). National Tours: Riverdance (Lead Tapper, Baritone Soloist). TV/Film: Boardwalk Empire, Limitless, How to be Single. DeWitt is a Capezio athlete and owner of DeW It Right Tap mics.

Javier Muñoz has been seen on Broadway in In The Heights (Usnavi) and Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton). Off-Broadway & Regional: Working at Encores!, The Porch (Ziad) at Altered Stages, Venice (Venice) at Center Theatre Group, Two Gentlemen of Verona (a rock opera) (Proteus) at Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Richard III (Dorset), and Into The Woods (The Baker) at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Film: The House That Jack Built (Hector), Papa’s Prince (Javier/Prince), Monuments (Howl). TV: Odd Mom Out, Quantico, Blindspot, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and can most recently be seen on Freeform in Shadowhunters as Lorenzo Rey. Muñoz currently resides in NYC.

LCT debut. Broadway: Hamilton (Mulligan/Madison). National Tour: Hamilton (Original Mulligan/Madison). Regional: Ragtime (Coalhouse, Playmaker’s Rep), Legally Blonde (Emmett Forrest, MUNY), Twelfth Night (Orsino, Arkansas Shakes), Parade (Conley, MGR Playhouse). TV/Film: The Good Fight, The Gilded Age, Law and Order: SVU, Space Cadet. Education: BFA, Elon University.

Broadway/Off-Broadway: Les Misérables, Between the Lines and Barrow Street Theatre’s immersive revival of Sweeney Todd. John originated the role of the D’Ysquith Family in the first national tour of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. Regional highlights: Grand Horizons (Asolo Rep), The Tale of Despereaux (Berkeley Rep), Oklahoma! (Broadway Sacramento), The Play That Goes Wrong (St. Louis Rep), The Drowsy Chaperone (Goodspeed) and Disney on Classic (The Orchestra Japan). John’s play, The Hollow, a one actor adaptation of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, received its regional premiere this past fall at Amphibian Stage. TV/Film: The Blacklist, A Christmas Carol. John is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Daniel Torres was last on Broadway in Beautiful and enjoyed its almost six year run, eventually assuming the role of Barry Mann. Other Broadway credits include The Pirate Queen, The Woman in White, and the revival of Evita, alternate Che to Ricky Martin. Other credits include Altar Boyz (Juan) at New World Stages, Evita at New York City Center, the national tour of Wicked, and the final two seasons of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden playing young Ebenezer Scrooge. A Proud Puerto Rico native, Daniel dedicates his performance to his kids, Teigen and Isla.

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