Cast Announced for Bucks County Playhouse’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!”

NEW HOPE, PA — Andy Mientus (“Spring Awakening”), Krystina Alabado (“Mean Girls”) and Noah J. Ricketts (“Disney’s Frozen”) will star in a new production of Jonathan Larson’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” as part of Bucks County Playhouse’s 2023 Season. The production will run at the historic New Hope venue June 23 to July 15.

The Playhouse’s Executive Producer Robyn Goodman, Producing Director Alexander Fraser, and producer Josh Fiedler recently announced details of the production, which will be directed by Eric Rosen (BCP’s “American Jade”) and choreographed by Paul McGill (“Bullets Over Broadway”). In addition to his Playhouse directorial debut in 2022 with “American Jade,” Rosen was co-founder of Chicago’s About Face Theatre and is the former Artistic Director of KCRep.

Bucks County Playhouse Executive Producer, Robyn Goodman was one of the original producers of “Tick … Tick… Boom!” Off-Broadway in 2001.

“Before ‘Rent’ I gave Jonathan Larson his very first reading of ‘Boho Days’ which later became ‘Tick… Tick… Boom!’,” says Goodman. “I have always loved his music and how he captured that moment when a brilliant artist turns 30 and still waiting for his real life to begin.”

“Tick, Tick … Boom!” is a high-octane rock musical that follows the life of a young composer facing 30 with little to show for it. Based on his life before he wrote “Rent,” Jonathan Larson’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” is a youthful, vibrant, and moving rock musical reminding us that sometimes dreams can come true.

“Tick, Tick … Boom is a celebration of Larson’s brilliance, an evocation of the bohemian life of the late 1980s in New York, and, with this powerhouse cast, a personal and deeply felt statement about the necessity of art in challenging times” says Rosen.

“Jonathan Larson has been my idol since my days as a teenage ‘Renthead’, so to embody the man himself, in ‘Tick, Tick … Boom’, is a dream come true and a challenge I've been eager to tackle for my entire career,” says Mientus, who will star in the role of Jonathan. “I can't imagine better teammates for this adventure than Krystina and Noah, who are first class talents and dear friends. And I'm especially excited to finally take the stage in person at the Playhouse, having made a digital debut there during the pandemic in ‘Ladies of the Canyon.’ Guided by this stellar creative team, our ‘Tick, Tick … Boom’ is going to be a total labor of love and, I hope, a real treat for audiences at the Playhouse.”

Tickets can be purchased at BucksCountyPlayhouse.org or by calling 215-862-2121.