Tony Award® – winning producers David Garfinkle and Dr. Ron Simons announced the complete cast for the world premiere of Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker which will play New York City Center November 17 through November 26, 2023 before moving to Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre December 19 through December 30, 2023.

The production. directed by Tony Winner Joshua Bergasse,  will star Jinhao Zhang and Josué Gomez as Nutcracker, Alicia Mae Holloway as Lena, Shavey Brown as Sweet Pea, Jennifer Jade Ledesna as The Angel, Kenneth Darryl Ard as Uncle Dross, and Brenda Braxton as Mother Sugar/Mama Stall. Additional cast includes Nikolas Danilovich-Eugene GaifullinLarissa GerszkeNayara LopesNatascha Mair, Tatiana Nuñez and Scott WeberAudrey Borst, Joshua Dawson, Nathan FisterJohnathon Darcelle HartAyaka KameiLaura Katherine KaufmanAmarachi Valentina Korie, Muata Ayodele LangleyJames LucChase MaxwellCharlotte McKinleyDario NatarelliMegan ProutJocelyn Iris RaykumarAnge ‘Gregg’ SainvilusTyler D. SingletaryOlivia Tang-Mifsud and Matt Wiercinski will complete the SUGAR HILL cast.

Tickets are on sale now, and available for purchase at nycitycenter.org and auditoriumtheatre.org.