China Anne McClain (Descendants franchise, “Black Lightning”, “A.N.T. Farm”) will make her musical stage debut this summer as Daisy Buchanan, beginning Monday, August 3, 2026. She will star in the Broadway production opposite returning star Ryan McCartan (Heathers The Musical, Wicked, “Liv & Maddie”) in the titular role of Jay Gatsby, who rejoins the company on Monday, July 27, 2026.

The musical’s original star, two-time Tony nominee Eva Noblezada (Hadestown, Miss Saigon) and Grammy-winning Broadway favorite Reeve Carney (Hadestown, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) will play their final performances as Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby on Sunday, July 26, 2026. In the interim week, The Great Gatsby national tour star Senzel Ahmady will make her Broadway debut in the role of Daisy from July 27 – August 2.

The hit Broadway musical is ‘roaring on’ in its third year at The Broadway Theatre (53^rd & Broadway). Rounding out the current principal cast are Olivier Award nominee Corbin Bleu (High School Musical franchise, Kiss Me Kate) as Nick Carraway, John Behlmann (Tootsie, Shucked) as Tom Buchanan, Linedy Genao (Bad Cinderella, On Your Feet!) as Myrtle Wilson, Charlie Pollock (Urinetown, “The Good Wife”) as George Wilson, and Matthew Saldívar (Bernhardt/Hamlet, Saint Joan, Grease) as Meyer Wolfsheim.

Through an electrifying jazz and pop-infused score, featuring music & lyrics by Tony Award nominees Jason Howland (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Little Women) and Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square), The Great Gatsby was adapted for the Broadway stage by Jonathan Larson Grant-winning playwright Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones), award-winning director Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and choreographer Dominique Kelley (“Mariah’s Magical Christmas Special”, “Dancing with the Stars”).

The production’s standout ensemble features Alexis Hasbrouck (Moulin Rouge Nat’l Tour), Curtis Holland (Mean Girls), Nathaniel Hunt (Moulin Rouge Nat’l Tour), Traci Elaine Lee (Shucked), Alicia Lundgren (Funny Girl), Dariana Mullen (The Great Gatsby at Paper Mill), Chase Peacock (American Idiot), Dan Rosales (Trevor: The Musical), Dave Schoonover (Bad Cinderella), Tess Soltau (Once Upon A One More Time), Kyla Stone (Harmony), Preston Taylor (Moulin Rouge Nat’l Tour), Damani Van Rensalier (Hamilton), Matt Wiercinski (Anastasia), and Jonathan Young (Les Misérables Nat’l Tour). Kurt Csolak (Funny Girl), Haley Fish (Cats), Morgan Harrison (Beetlejuice), Justin Keats (Moulin Rouge Nat’l Tour), Drew Lake (The Great Gatsby in Korea), Brandon J. Large (Aladdin Nat’l Tour), Emily Anne Nester (The Great Gatsby Korea), Alex Prakken (New York, New York), and Elena Ricardo (Water for Elephants) round out the cast as swings.