Bogart, de Benedet to Join Phillips on Camelot National Tour

Matt Bogart will play Lancelot and Rachel de Benedet will play Guenevere opposite the King Arthur of Lou Diamond Phillips in the national tour of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, which resumes September 11 at the Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles. The trio replaces James Barbour, Rachel York, and Michael York in the production, which is directed by Glenn Casale.

Bogart has starred on Broadway in Miss Saigon, The Civil War, Smokey Joe’s Café, and Aida; he previously played Lancelot in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Camelot. De Benedet appeared on Broadway in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and is currently appearing Off-Broadway in The Second Tosca. She received a Barrymore Award for her role in Adrift in Macao, in which she also starred Off-Broadway.

Phillips received a Tony Award nomination, a New York Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Theatre World Award for his performance as the King of Siam in the 1996 Broadway revival of The King and I. He is well known for his work in such films as La Bamba, Stand and Deliver, Young Guns, and Courage Under Fire.