European producer Werner Signer announced the workshop of "The Count Of Monte Cristo," the latest Wildhorn/Murphy collaboration, which opens in St. Gallen, Switzerland on March 24, 2009.
The American workshop begins Sunday, November 9, 2008, with James Barbour as Edmund Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo and Brandi Burkhardt as Mercedes. Joining them will be Gregg Edelman as Abbe Faria, Michael Shawn Lewis as Mondego, Natalie Toro as Louisa the Pirate Queen, Craig Bennett as Danglars, Kevin Earley as Villefort, Chelsea Stock as Valentine, and Kevin Greene as Albert. Also in the cast are Alison Cimmet, William Thomas Evans, Dan Petrotta, Tim Shew, Anne Tolpegin, & Alison Walla.
The workshop will be directed by European Andreas Gergen (euro premiere Urinetown in Berlin, Germany), orchestrated by Kim Scharnberg, with arrangements and musical direction Koen Schoots. Broadwayworld Wikipedia