Deaf West to Stage Pippin to Hearing and Non-Hearing Actors
Could the Deaf West revival of PIPPIN transfer to Broadway? After all, Broadway has yet to have any revival of PIPPIN. Deaf West is the company that brought us the incredible production of BIG RIVER five years ago that combined hearing and non-hearing actors. PIPPIN will be staged in the same manner and by the same director, Jeff Calhoun. Michael Arden will share the role of Pippin with Tyrone Giordano, the deaf actor who played Huck Finn in BIG RIVER. The cast also includes Ty Taylor as The Leading Player, Troy Kotsur as Charles, Sara Gettelfinger as Fastrada, Harriet Harris as Berthe, Melissa van der Schyff as Catherine, and James Royce Edwards as Lewis.
