Robyn Hurder to Star in High Society at Ogunquit Playhouse

Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder (Smash, Moulin Rouge!) will star as Tracy Lord in High Society at Ogunquit Playhouse, running July 24-August 23. She joins previously announced star Max Clayton (The Music Man) in this this reimagining of the Cole Porter musical directed by Matt Lenz.

Based on Philip Barry’s play The Philadelphia Story and the Turner Entertainment Co. motion picture High Society starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby, High Society follows socialite Tracy Lord on the eve of her wedding when her still-smitten ex-husband, C.K. Dexter Haven, shows up, and so does a magazine reporter covering the event, who also falls for Tracy.

The musical features music and lyrics by Cole Porter, a book by Arthur Kopit, with a new book adaptation by B.T. McNicholl, and additional lyrics by Susan Birkenhead.

Update, July 7: The full cast includes Andrew Durand as Mike Connor, Ari Groover as Cholly Knickerbocker, Sydney Morton as Liz Imbrie, Charlie Franklin as George Kittredge, Sara Gettelfinger as Margaret Lord,  Mike McGowan as Seth Lord, Bryan Batt as Uncle Willie, Charlotte Van Ledtje as Dinah Lord, and Joshua Burrage, Jaclyn De Nicola, ZaKeyia Lacey, Christian Probst, Troy Vajean Rucker, Harrison Asher Smith, Corinne Sweeney, Jesse Swimm, Rachel Tata, Alysia Vastardis, Jessica Wockenfuss, and Katrina Yaukey.