“SUNSET BLVD.” ANNOUNCES JORDAN DONICA TO PLAY THE ROLE OF ‘MAX VON MAYERLING’ ON BROADWAY STARTING TUESDAY, JUNE 10
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON THURSDAY, MAY 29, PLEASE
THE MOST HONORED REVIVAL OF THE BROADWAY SEASON
“SUNSET BLVD.”
TO WELCOME TONY AWARD® NOMINEE
JORDAN DONICA
AS ‘MAX VON MAYERLING’
STARTING TUESDAY, JUNE 10
HEADSHOT OF DONICA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE
New York, NY (May 29, 2025) – Tony Award nominee Jamie Lloyd’s thrilling new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd., the most honored revival of the Broadway season with seven Tony Award nominations including Best Revival, will welcome Jordan Donica as ‘Max Von Mayerling’ starting Tuesday, June 10 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street).
Donica returns to Broadway after his acclaimed, Tony Award nominated turn in Camelot. Jesse Green of the New York Times compared his ‘Lancelot’ to “a lion ripping huge bites of dramatic flesh with his teeth.” And Jackson McHenry of New York Magazine said he is gifted with a “especially gorgeous and powerful baritone.” In addition to Camelot, Donica has also starred on Broadway in My Fair Lady, The Phantom of the Opera, and regional and touring productions of Hamilton, Les Misérables, and Jesus Christ Superstar. He will also appear in the upcoming third season of HBO Max’s “The Gilded Age.”
Olivier Award winner David Thaxton will play his final Broadway performance in Sunset Blvd. on Sunday, June 8. Thaxton has been with the production since rehearsals began in London’s West End in August 2023. For his portrayal of ‘Max Von Mayerling,’ Thaxton received an Olivier Award nomination.
Sunset Blvd. also stars Tony Award nominee, Drama Desk Award nominee, and Drama League Award winner Nicole Scherzinger as ‘Norma Desmond,’ Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award nominee Tom Francis as ‘Joe Gillis,’ and Olivier Award nominee Grace Hodgett Young as ‘Betty Schaefer.’
Jamie Lloyd’s extraordinary reimagination of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical, which is based on the classic Paramount Pictures film directed by Billy Wilder, has become the must-see hit of the Broadway season. When it opened in October, this production was called “a solar flare that dazzles” (New York Magazine) and “a brilliant, red-hot revival of Lloyd Webber’s best score” (Chicago Tribune).
The creative team for Sunset Blvd. includes Soutra Gilmour (set and costume design), Fabian Aloise (choreography), Alan Williams (music supervisor and music director), 2025 Tony Award nominee Jack Knowles (lighting design), 2025 Tony Award nominee Adam Fisher (sound design), Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom (video design and cinematography), Cheryl Thomas (hair and makeup design), Ann James (intimacy coordinator), Jim Carnahan CSA and Jason Thinger CSA (U.S. casting director), and Stuart Burt CDG (U.K. casting director).
Sunset Blvd. is produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company, ATG Productions, Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals, and Gavin Kalin Productions by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd and based on the Paramount Pictures film directed by Billy Wilder.
Sunset Blvd. is playing an extended limited engagement on Broadway at the St. James Theatre through Sunday, July 13 only. Tickets for Sunset Blvd. are on sale at www.sunsetblvdbroadway.com.
SUNSET BLVD: THE ALBUM is available on The Other Songs label. For more information, visit: www.sunsetblvdalbum.com/
BIOGRAPHY
Jordan Donica (Max Von Mayerling). Selected credits: Lancelot Du Lac in Camelot (Tony Award nomination), Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady (Original Revival Cast), Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway), Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods (City Center Encores!), Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton (Original Angelica Co.), Javert in Les Misérables (The Muny), Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (Weathervane Playhouse), South Pacific (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Noblesville Shakespeare in the Park). Selected Concerts: WNO Gala at the Kennedy Center, Pasadena Pops, Houston Symphony, Ravinia Festival, Toronto Symphony, Carnegie Hall. Selected Film and television: Jordan Chase on “Charmed” (CW) and Miles on “Blue Bloods” (CBS). Donica can be seen in the upcoming season 3 of “The Gilded Age” on HBOMAX as Dr. William Kirkland. Education: BFA Musical Theatre, Otterbein University.
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