‘The Great Gatsby’ Comes to Benedum as Part of PNC Broadway (Tues., 5/26/26)

THE GREAT GATSBY (musical), adapted from the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Book by Kait Kerrigan with original score by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen. National touring production. May 26 – 31.

Often considered the quintessential novel about the “haves” and the “hopefuls” in America’s Roaring Twenties, The Great Gatsby—once turned out by Baz Luhrmann as an extravagant film musical featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and Tobey Maguire—is again a musical that opened on Broadway in 2024. This version promises to be no less energetic albeit attuned to a more jazz and pop-influenced score. Linda Cho won a 2024 Tony for Best Costume Design of a Musical, and Paul Tate DePoo III won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design, but other nominations went unrecognized. That’s not to denigrate the original cast nor the talent of the touring ensemble, but to suggest that the set, costumes, and musical energy of this PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh show are the stars of this extravaganza. Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Cultural District. (C.P.O.)

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