Rodd Cyrus News Today

Award-winning memoir Never Once a Girl, Always a Boy by Jo Ivester has been adapted for the stage and will have industry presentations on Friday, October 13, 2023.

The award winning gender queer memoir is being adapted by Jo and Jeremy Ivester.

Brian Belding penned the book and lyrics with music by Natalie Brice and additional material by Vaibu Mohan.

A meet-cute on an Italian excursion sends a mother and daughter on parallel journeys of self-discovery in an Encores! staging of the 2005 musical.

New York City Center has announced additional casting for Encores! The Light in the Piazza. Joining Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles are Shereen Ahmed as Franca Naccarelli, Andréa Burns as Signora Naccarelli, Rodd Cyrus as Giuseppe Naccarelli, James D. Gish as Fabrizio Naccarelli, Ivan Hernandez as Signor Naccarelli, and introducing Anna Zavelson as Clara Johnson.

The new work is by Jaime Lozano and Nancy Nachama Cheser.