Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren will star in The Final 5 Years on Broadway in spring 2025.
The revival of the musical, which incorporates a rating and ebook by Jason Robert Brown, will probably be directed by Whitney White, a Tony Award nominee for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.
Whereas The Final 5 Years premiered in 2001, had Off-Broadway runs in 2002 and 2013 and a movie adaptation, this would be the first time the musical has appeared on Broadway. The theater and precise dates will probably be introduced at a later time.
The Final 5 Years follows two New Yorkers, aspiring creator Jamie and aspiring actress Cathy, as they every narrate the ups and downs for his or her romantic relationship over the previous 5 years, beginning on reverse sides of the timeline.
“I’ve at all times believed that when the time was proper, The Final 5 Years would make its technique to Broadway. To have Nick and Adrienne taking up these roles is a composer’s dream come true, and to have Whitney’s extraordinary steerage and imaginative and prescient is the hope of each playwright. It has taken twenty-five years, however the time is true,” Brown stated.
Along with his profession with the Jonas Brothers, Jonas has appeared on Broadway in Easy methods to Reach Enterprise With out Actually Making an attempt, changing Daniel Radcliffe for a run in 2012. He additionally carried out on Broadway as a toddler, showing in Les Misérables, Magnificence and the Beast and Annie Get Your Gun. The Jonas Brothers launched a brand new tour in 2023, which included stops on Broadway, and is about to proceed by means of 2024.
Warren is a Tony Award winner for her portrayal of Tina Turner in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. She was Tony-nominated for her position within the 2016 musical Shuffle Alongside, reverse Audra McDonald, and made her Broadway debut within the 2012 musical Convey It On. She has additionally appeared in a number of movie and TV tasks, together with Rustin and The Girl King, the Hulu restricted sequence Black Cake and the ABC restricted sequence Girls of the Motion.
The revival is produced by Seaview, Ambassador Theatre Group and the Season.