The run dates incomplete
- Opened
- February 1, 2022
- Closed
- —
- Performances
- 1,036
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Neil Simon Theatre
Of the 175 productions we hold that opened in the 2020s and record a performance count, this is the 2nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
No closing date. 5,632 of 13,459 productions have none, and at this distance that means the ending was never recorded rather than that the run went on.
Who was in it31 named
Devin Trey Campbell
John Edwards
Kali May Grinder
Michelle Mercedes
Antoine L Smith
Joey Sorge
Zelig Williams
Matte Martinez
Bailey Mccall
Lloyd A Boyd Iii
Kellie Drobnick
Aydin Eyikan
Matthew Frederick Harris
Chelsea Mitchell Bonsu
Sarah Sigman
Brion Marquis Watson
Ilario Grant
Bane Griffith
Brandon Lee Harris
Corey J
Sage Lee
Jovan Dansberry
Ayana Jackson
Janaye Mcalpine
7 of these 31 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 24 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.
Characters15 roles recorded
Myles Frost Michael Jackson
Tavon Olds-Sample Teenage Michael / Young Adult Michael
Christian Wilson Little Michael
John Edwards Jackie Jackson
Apollo Levine Tito Jackson / Quincy Jones
Lamont Walker II Jermaine Jackson
Devin Trey Campbell Little Marlon
Zelig Williams Marlon Jackson
Raymond Baynard Randy Jackson
Quentin Earl Darrington Joe Jackson / Rob
Ayana George Katherine Jackson
Antoine L. Smith Berry Gordy / Nick
Whitney Bashor Rachel
Gabriel Ruíz Alejandro
Joey Sorge Dave
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Christopher Wheeldon
- Choreographer
- Christopher Wheeldon
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awardscategories not held
4 wins from 10 nominations. Which categories is not on this record.
Around this production
MJ the Musical is a jukebox musical based on the life of the American entertainer Michael Jackson, focusing on his creative process prior to the Dangerous World Tour. It features Jackson's music, with a book by Lynn Nottage, and direction & choreography by Christopher Wheeldon. MJ was scheduled to premiere on Broadway in mid-2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. In November 2019, Ephraim Sykes was cast as Jackson, but in June 2021 it was announced that he had been replaced by Myles Frost. The production began previews at the Neil Simon Theatre on December 6, 2021, and officially opened on February 1, 2022. It opened in the London West End on March 27, 2024 an…
- MJ The Musical, the Michael Jackson musical, which, with any luck, will bring an end to it all. Singular Sensation the Triumph of Broadway the Triumph of Michael Riedel First A, p. 275
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for MJ The Musical at all.
- When it closed.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.