Monte Cristo

Two erstwhile juvenile leads from Disney musicals on Broadway, Adam Jacobs (the original Aladdin!) and Sierra Boggess (the original Little Mermaid!), play the trouble-tossed romantic couple at the heart of this new musical adaptation of Alexandre Dumas père's epic 1846 novel about a swashbuckler who reinvents himself to avenge a terrible betrayal. Musical-theater stalwarts Norm Lewis and Karen Ziemba grace the supporting cast in the show's world premiere, directed by Peter Flynn for that reliable new-musical incubator the York Theatre. The book and lyrics are by Peter Kellogg (Desperate Measures) and the music is by Stephen Weiner.