Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo announce world premiere of ‘Invincible’ Musical

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts’ will have the world premiere production of INVINCIBLE – THE MUSICAL, featuring the songs of PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO, from November 26 to December 18, 2022, in The Wallis’ Bram Goldsmith Theater. This production features the work of the four-time GRAMMY® Award and 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees’ legendary catalogue and inspired new songs throughout a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for the 21st century. 

Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene (resident director of Hamilton), with a book by Bradley Bredeweg (creator of “Good Trouble” and GLAAD Award-winning “The Fosters” TV series), music direction and vocal arrangements by Jesse Vargas, arrangements by Jesse Vargas and Neil Giraldo, orchestrations by Neil Giraldo and Jesse Vargas, casting by The Telsey Office, Ryan Bernard Tymensky, CSA, and choreography by Galen Hooks.

Invincible – The Musical is presented by special arrangement with Jamie Cesa/Cody Lassen/Bel Chiasso Entertainment. The cast features Khamary Rose as Romeo (Next to Normal at The Kennedy Center), Kay Sibal as Juliet (original INVINCIBLE staged reading), Sharon Leal as Madame Capulet (Dreamgirls) , Dionne Gipson as Madame Montague (The Wallis & For The Record’s Scorsese: American Crime Requiem), Brennin Hunt as Paris (Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway), Ari Notartomaso as Benvolio (Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin), Julia Harriman as Nura (Hamilton), Jon Patrick Walker as Friar (Peter & The Starcatcher on Broadway), Aaron Alcaraz as Mercutio/Ensemble/Romeo Understudy (Rent – 20th Anniversary National Tour) and Josh Strobl as Tybalt/Ensemble/Romeo Understudy (Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway). 

Invincible – The Musical is set in the modern, war-torn metropolis of Verona where the newly elected Chancellor Paris vows to destroy the progressive resistance and return the city to its traditional roots. The rock hits include “We Belong,” “Invincible,” “Love Is A Battlefield,” “Promises In The Dark,” “We Live For Love,” “Heartbreaker” and “Hell Is For Children.” Together, Benatar and Giraldo created two multi platinum, five platinum, and three gold albums as well as 19 Top 40 hits. They have sold over 36 million records worldwide and have won four consecutive GRAMMY® awards. 

Tickets for Invincible ($39-$125, with previews $29-$105) are on sale now, as are single tickets and subscriptions to all performances in The Wallis’ 2022/2023 Season. TheWallis.org/Invincible