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NEW YORK, June 22 (UPI) -- Raul Esparza and Brooke Shields have signed on to star in the world premiere of the Broadway musical "Leap of Faith," the show's producers said Tuesday.
Based on the Steve Martin movie of the same name and featuring a score by Alan Menken, the musical is scheduled to begin performances at Manhattan's Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in September.
Esparza is to play the Rev. Jonas Nightengale, the consummate flim-flam man, while Shields has been cast as Marva, the beautiful small-town woman and single mother who challenges everything Jonas believes in, the producers said in a news release.
Rob Ashford is the show's director and choreographer.
"Leap of Faith" is to be presented Sept. 11 through Oct. 24, with the opening scheduled for Oct. 3.
Esparza's Broadway credits include "Speed the Plow," "The Homecoming" and "Taboo."
Shields has starred in Broadway productions of "Cabaret," "Grease," "Chicago," "Love Letters," "The Vagina Monologues" and "Love, Loss and What I Wore."
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When he bowed out of actively campaigning to capture the Republican presidential nomination, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul said he wasn't interested in disrupting the party's national convention in Tampa, Fla., in August.
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