Richard Schiff Among Cast Added To Broadway’s ‘Awake And Sing!’ Revival
UPDATE, Nov. 10: Additional cast has been announced for Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming Broadway production of Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing! New to the revival are: Michael Aronov as Moe Axelrod; Benjamin Pelteson as Sam Feinschreiber; The West Wing ‘s Richard Schiff; and Stephen Schnetzer. 'Purple Rain' Musical: Jordan Fisher Is New Prince Of Broadway PREVIOUS, July 30: Micaela Diamond (Broadway’s Parade , TV’s Grotesquerie ) and Will Pullen (Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird , Netflix’s The Unforgivable ) have been added to the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming Broadway revival of Clifford Odets’ landmark 1935 American drama Awake and Sing! Diamond and Pullen join the previously announced Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos. Additional casting will be announced later. The new production, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, will begin previews on Tuesday, December 15, at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, with opening night on Thursday, January 7, 2027. MTC announced the new cast members today. The synopsis: “It’s the 1930s, and the Bronx is a furnace. New ideas clash with the old amidst the poverty and shattered promises of the Great Depression. And three generations of the Berger family, trapped inside their cramped tenement, struggle to hold different
