Something More–MacKenzie Mauzy Fansite

Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow producers for the provocative new rock musical White Noise, officially announce casting for the Chicago premiere at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street. Directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Sergio Trujillo, White Noise began rehearsals today for its eight-week limited run beginning on April 1, 2011 and official opening on Saturday, April 9, 2011.

White Noise is a provocative new rock musical that follows a pair of sisters who are discovered by a powerful record producer, and groomed into a well-packaged rock/pop band, which mixes irresistible harmonies with coded rhetoric into chart-blazing hits. Inspired by real life, White Noise fuses today’s headlines and blogs into a cautionary tale that challenges conventional notions of free speech, media and the power of pop culture.

Mackenzie Mauzy (next to normal, Guiding Light, The Bold and the Beautiful) as Eva, Emily Padgett (Rock of Ages, Grease, Legally Blonde) as Eden, Patrick Murney (The Abingdon Theater, Edinburgh Fringe Festival) as Duke and Eric Morris (Mama Mia!, Coram Boy, As The World Turns) as Jake lead the “White Noise” band. The “Bloodbrothas” rap duo is played by Wallace Smith (American Idiot, Hair, Lion King) as Dion and Rodney Hicks (The Scottsboro Boys, Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar) as Tyler. Also featured are John Hickok (Little Women, Aida) as Max, Luba Mason (How to Succeed…, Chicago) as Laurel and Michael Buchanan (Cry Baby, Urinetown at The Mercury Theatre) as Teal Waters. The cast of 21 also includes Joseph Anthony Byrd, Kelli Eileen LaValle, Tess Soltau, Ashley Adamek, Erin McGrath, John Arthur Greene, and Constantine Rousouli. The musicians featured in White Noise include Jesse Vargas (Musical Director, keyboard), Matt Hinkley (keyboard), Hannah Ford (drums), Ben Mason (bass) and guitarist TBA.

Tickets are currently on sale for the 8-week limited engagement, April 1-June 5, 2011, at the Royal George box office, 1641 N. Halsted Street, by phone (312) 988-9000, through TicketMaster or www.whitenoisetickets.com.

Tickets for preview performances, April 1-8, 2011, are $49.50-$59.50. Student tickets are available through the Royal George box office for $25.

The preview performance schedule follows:

Friday, April 1 8:00pm
Saturday, April 2 8:00pm
Sunday, April 3 2:00pm
Tuesday, April 5 7:30pm
Wednesday, April 6 7:30pm
Thursday, April 7 7:30pm
Friday, April 8 8:00pm

Tickets for the regular run, on sale through June 5, 2011, are $54.50-$64.50. Student tickets are available through the Royal George box office for $25.

The performance schedule for the regular run is:
Tuesdays 7:30pm
Wednesdays 7:30pm
Thursdays 7:30pm
Fridays 8:00pm
Saturdays 5:00pm and 8:00pm
Sundays 2:00pm and 5:00pm,

Note: There will be added matinee performances on Wednesday, April 22 and May 18 at 2:00pm. There will be no evening performance on Tuesday April 21 or May 17 and no matinee performance on Sunday, April 10.

the Broadway-bound White Noise will receive a private industry reading on Friday, October 1, 2010. As BroadwayWorld has previously speculated, Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Leonardis have joined producers Holly Way and Jay Strommen with the intention of bringing the production to Broadway as early as next season. No official announcement has been made. Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis, Next To Normal, Addams Family) directs.

The reading stars Marc Kudisch (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Assassins) Mackenzie Mauzy (A Tale of Two Cities), Emily Padgett (Rock of Ages, Grease, Legally Blonde), Patrick Murney, Patrick Heusinger (Next Fall, Fiddler on the Roof), Luba Mason (The Capeman, Jekyll & Hyde, How to Succeed…), Rodney Hicks (Scottsboro Boys, Rent), and Antwayn Hopper (Hair).