Opening Night

The Fortress of Solitude, Starring Adam Chanler-Berat and Rebecca Naomi Jones, Set to Open

The new musical at the Public Theater is written by Itamar Moses and Michael Friedman.

Editorial Staff
New York City
Adam Chanler-Berat and Kyle Beltran in The Fortress of Solitude at the Public Theater.
Adam Chanler-Berat and Kyle Beltran in The Fortress of Solitude at the Public Theater.
(© Doug Hamilton)

The Public Theater opens the new musical, The Fortress of Solitude, tonight, October 22. With a book by Itamar Moses and music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, the Daniel Aukin-directed production began performances September 30.

The complete cast of The Fortress of Solitude includes Ken Barnett (Abraham Ebdus), Kyle Beltran (Mingus), Adam Chanler-Berat (Dylan), André de Shields (Senior), Carla Duren (Marilla), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Lala, Abby), Jahi Kearse (Raf, Henry, Desmond, Jared), Kevin Mambo (Junior), Malaiyka Reid (Swing), Noah Ricketts (Swing), David Rossmer (Arthur), Conor Ryan (Radio Guy, Mike, Gabe), Kristen Sieh (Rachel Ebdus), Britton Smith (Subtle Distinction), Brian Tyree Henry (Robert), Akron Watson (Subtle Distinction), Alison Whitehurst (Skater Girl, Liza), and Juson Williams (Subtle Distinction).

Based on the nationally best-selling novel of the same name by 2005 MacArthur Fellow Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude is a coming-of-age story that takes place in 1970s Brooklyn and beyond. The Fortress of Solitude at the Public is a coproduction with Dallas Theater Center.

A scene from the new Itamar Moses-Michael Friedman musical, The Fortress of Solitude.
A scene from the new Itamar Moses-Michael Friedman musical, The Fortress of Solitude.
(© Joan Marcus)

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