News 14 Interview

Josh Young (Tony) and Catherine Cheng Jones (Maria) were on News 14 this morning with Tracey Early promoting West Side Story! In case you missed it, watch below.

West Side Story Radio Interviews

Over the past week, I have taken Josh Young, who stars as Tony, and Freddy Ramirez, who stars as Bernardo, on a few radio interviews! Josh and Freddy were both on WPTF, La Ley and 93.9 KISS FM, and Josh called in to MIX 101.5 to talk with Bill & Lynda about the production as well.

Click here to listen to the MIX 101.5 interview!

Click here to listen to the WPTF interview!

Watch a short clip of the 93.9 & La Ley interviews below:

Stay tuned for other press videos - Josh Young & Catherine Jones (Maria) will be on News 14 tomorrow!

West Side Story Leads Announced

NC Theatre is thrilled to produce West Side Story! We held auditions in Raleigh and NYC and have assembled a very talented cast. Here are the leads in the show:

Josh Young - Tony

Josh was in the National and International Tours of Les Miserables and starred as Tony in West Side Story. He was also in the Off-Broadway productions of The Woman Upstairs, Alice and Heaven Knowns and has been in the regional productions ofHairspray, Les Miserables, A Chorus Line and Othello.

Catherine Cheng Jones - Maria

Catherine is known to NCT audiences from her experience in Miss Saigon (Mimi), Jesus Christ Superstar, Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast. She was also in Camelot at New York Philharmonic, The King & I in Broadway Asia.

Leo Ash Evens - Riff

Leo starred in The West End production of West Side Story as Riff. Off-Broadway, he was in Wanda's World, Signs of Life and I Prefer to Dream. He also starred as Riff in the National Tour of West Side Story and was in the National Tours of Disney's on the Record, 42nd Street and Casper The Musical.

Asmeret Ghebremichael - Anita

Asmeret was in the Broadway productions Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Wicked and Footloose. She was in the original company of In the Heights Off-Broadway and was in the World Premiere of A Little Princess.

Freddy Ramirez - Bernardo

Freddy was in Grease on Broadway, and in the National Tours of Grease, A Chorus Line, Peter Pan and Tangol. Regionally, he was in West Side Story (Bernardo/Action), Godspell (Lamar), Anything Goes (Billy), Cabaret (Victor) and others.

Rehesarsals start October 5th and the show runs October 17-25th in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Full cast list to be posted soon - stay tuned!