The Great Gatsby cast announcement

Jamie Muscato and Frances Mayli McCann will lead the cast

The Great Gatsby is produced by Chunsoo Shin, an acclaimed Korean musical producer, five-time winner of Korea’s most prestigious theatrical award, and president of OD Company. It is a brand new musical based on the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, New York.

It’s the Roaring 20s. Meet mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby. He entertains the rich and famous with riotous parties at his Long Island mansion yet never joins in. Gatsby longs instead to reunite with his former flame Daisy Buchanan, but Daisy comes from another lifetime, long before the money…

Jamie Muscato will lead the show as Jay Gatsby joined by Frances Mayli McCann as  Daisy Buchanan. Muscato said that Gatsby was “a character so full of mystery, passion, and longing. Bringing this iconic role to life on the West End is an incredible honour, and I can’t wait to share this production with audiences.”

The all-new musical directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), choreographed by Dominique Kelley, costume design by Linda, projection design by Paul Tate de Poo III, lighting design by Cory Pattak, sound design by Brian Ronan, hair and wig designers are Charles G LaPointe and Rachael Geier, arrangements are by Jason Howland, orchestrations are by Howland and Kim Scharnberg, the music producer is Billy Jay Stein for Strike Audio, UK casting is by Jill Green Casting.

Watch the trailer here: