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# ‘MJ’ musical to host nationwide casting search
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/mj-musical-to-host-nationwide-casting-search/
- Published: 2020-01-06T21:01:29.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-05T19:53:04.000Z
- Description: “MJ,” the Michael Jackson musical, is hosting nationwide auditions to cast a young Michael Jackson and an understudy for star Ephraim Sykes. The production will hold auditions for Michael Jackson, aged late teens to 30, as well as a 10-year-old Michael Jackson. The auditions will be held in Janua...
- Author: Caitlin Huston
- Tags: Casting, #caitlin, MJ, Lynn Nottage, Michael Jackson, Christopher Wheeldon, Ephraim Sykes, News

“MJ,” the Michael Jackson musical, is hosting nationwide auditions to cast a young Michael Jackson and an understudy for [star Ephraim Sykes](https://broadwaynews.com/2019/11/21/ephraim-sykes-to-play-michael-jackson-in-the-broadway-musical/?ref=broadwaynews.com).

The production will hold auditions for Michael Jackson, aged late teens to 30, as well as a 10-year-old Michael Jackson. The auditions will be held in January in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York City and Los Angeles.

The musical, which features a book by Lynn Nottage and direction by Christopher Wheeldon, is slated to begin previews at the Neil Simon Theatre on July 6, 2020, with an opening night on Aug. 13.