Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren will staff up for the first-ever Broadway manufacturing of Jason Robert Brown’s “The Final 5 Years.” The musical, a take a look at the flowering and dissolution of a romantic relationship, was first produced at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2001. It later mounted an Off Broadway present and impressed a 2014 movie with Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.
Within the new manufacturing, Jonas will painting an up-and-coming writer named Jamie, whereas Warren will play an aspiring actress named Cathy. The 2-person present follows them as they fall out and in of affection over the course of 5 years.
Jonas is not any stranger to the Nice White Manner, having appeared within the 2012 revival of “How one can Reach Enterprise With out Actually Making an attempt” and, extra just lately, a residency with the Jonas Brothers in 2023. Warren received a Tony for her galvanic efficiency as Tina Turner in “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.” She was additionally nominated for a Tony for her supporting position in “Shuffle Alongside.”
Brown, who wrote the music, the lyrics and the e-book for “The Final 5 Years,” is a Tony winner whose work consists of “Parade” and “The Bridges of Madison County.”
“The Final 5 Years” shall be directed by Whitney White, who just lately oversaw the acclaimed manufacturing of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” It’ll open on Broadway within the spring of 2025.
“’The Final 5 Years’ is likely one of the biggest unique American musicals within the canon. I couldn’t be extra excited to deliver it to Broadway for the primary time with Nick and Adrienne, two powerhouse performers and lovers of theatre,” mentioned White.