Recent Tony Award winner Joshua Henry and Julia Harriman will star in The Conversation this fall, an original musical the duo co-wrote about long-term relationships.
This marks Henry’s next project, after he completes his run in Ragtime this August. He won a Tony Award Sunday for his lead role in the musical. The production, which features a book by Nick Green and direction by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun), will begin previews on Nov. 17, ahead of a Dec. 7 opening night for a 10-week engagement at the Off-Broadway Astor Place Theatre.
Harriman and Henry began working on the musical about four years ago, after meeting on the first national tour of Hamilton, with Henry as Aaron Burr and Harriman as Eliza Hamilton. The story follows Elle (Harriman) and Marcus (Henry) through the highs and lows of a seven-year romantic relationship.
For Henry, the project marks a return to his roots in soul music and R&B, with influences from the artists he grew up listening to, including Marvin Gaye, John Legend and Ella Fitzgerald. Additionally, before joining the revival of Ragtime, Henry had starred in a string of other Broadway revivals, Violet, Into the Woods and Carousel, and had expressed a desire to be involved in new work.
