The run closed May 13, 2012
- Opened
- April 26, 2012
- Closed
- May 13, 2012
- Performances
- 20
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- St. James Theatre
Of the 426 productions we hold that opened in the 2010s and record a performance count, this is the 389th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it31 named
Kendra Kassebaum
Hettie Vyrine Barnhill
Michelle Duffy
Lynorris Evans
Dierdre Friel
Bob Gaynor
Angela Grovey
Tiffany Janene Howard
Grasan Kingsberry
Fletcher Mctaggart
Maurice Murphy
Terita Redd
Eliseo Roman
Ann Sanders
C E Smith
Danny Stiles
Dennis Stowe
Betsy Struxness
Roberta B Wall
Virginia Ann Woodruff
11 of these 31 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 20 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters7 roles recorded
Raúl Esparza Jonas Nightingale
Jessica Phillips Marla McGowan
Kendra Kassebaum Sam Nightingale
Kecia Lewis Ida Mae Sturdevant
Leslie Odom Jr. Isiaiah Sturdevant
Krystal Joy Brown Ornella Sturdevant
Talon Ackerman Jake
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Creative team
- Director
- Christopher Ashley
- Choreographer
- Sergio Trujillo
- Orchestrations
- Michael Staro
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Tony Awards 0 from 0 nominations
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
Leap of Faith is a stage musical based on the 1992 American movie of the same name, which starred Steve Martin. The music is by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Janus Cercone and Warren Leight about a con man posing as a man of faith, who is redeemed by the love of a good woman. The musical premiered in September 2010 in Los Angeles for a limited run through October, directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. The musical opened on Broadway in April 2012.
A Broadway musical can never go wrong by starting with a gospel-inspired rave-up. Sergio Trujillo provided enough voltage to make the title truth in advertising.
Speaker not recorded. The Book of Broadway Musical Debates Disputes and Peter Filichia Rowman Littlefi, p. 216- he had the leading role of con man Jonas Nightingale in the 2012 Broadway musical Leap of Faith. The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia Rick Pender Rowman Littlefield Publishing Lanh, p. 203
- Given its sheer volume of flops with spiritual themes—not just the two Jesus musicals but also Ghost, Leap of Faith, and On a Clear Day—2011-12 may go down in history as the season when Broadway found religion, and promptly lost it again. Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 30
- Best Musical: Once Produced by Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart, Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf, The Shubert Organization, Robert Cole, New York Theatre Workshop Nominees: Leap of Faith Produced by Michael Manheim, James D. Stern, Douglas L. Meyer, Marc Routh, Ric… Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 426
- 2011: Leap of Faith; Leap of Faith was nominated for Outstanding Musical at the Drama Desk Awards in 2012. Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 428
- The cast of Leap of Faith, Judy Kaye and Michael McGrath from Mice Work If You Can Get It and Dee Roscioli and Andrew Samonsky of Murder Ballad, a new musical in development at MTC, provided the entertainment for the evening. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2011 To May 2012 Viagas Robert 8th Annual Ed, p. 426
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What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Leap of Faith at all.
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