Here’s Your First Look at the Broadway Cast of ‘Paddington: The Musical’

Hold on to your hats (and your little blue toggle coats): Paddington is New York City-bound.

Next year, the multiple-Olivier Award-winning theatrical sensation that is Paddington: The Musical opens at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway—bringing with it, yes, the four-foot-tall puppet that is Paddington Bear himself, but also a wonderfully star-studded cast.

Performers in the New York production will include Kelvin Dukes as Tony, Drew Gehling (Waitress) as Mr. Brown, Allison Guinn (Operation Mincemeat) as Lady Sloane, Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development) as Mr. Curry, J. Quinton Johnson (Hamilton) as Grant, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer (The Fantasticks) as Millicent Clyde, Zonya Love (The Color Purple) as Tanya, Serena Parrish (Don’t Say Good Luck) as Judy Brown, Karen Ziemba (Contact) as Mrs. Bird, Chip Zien (Into the Woods) as Mr. Gruber, and, as Mrs. Brown, one Jessie Mueller (Waitress, Carousel), making her first appearance on Broadway since starring in Tracy Letts’s The Minutes in 2022.

Additionally, Arti Shah and James Hameed, who brought Paddington Bear to life onstage in the West End, will reprise their joint role at the Hirschfeld.