Conor Ryan joins Kate Baldwin in John & Jen

It has been announced that Conor Ryan will join Kate Baldwin and star in The Keen Company's upcoming production of John & Jen by Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald at at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre, off-Broadway, beginning previews on 10 February 2015, with an official opening on 26 February, and a limited run through to 22 March 2015.

The production will mark the 20th anniversary of the two-hander musical and will include the premiere of a new song, "Trouble with Men", written by Andrew Lippa.

The musical is an early work from composer Andrew Lippa, whose credits include 'The Wild Party', 'The Addams Family', 'I Am Harvey Milk' and 'Big Fish' and features lyrics by Tom Greenwald. Using just two actors, it tells an intimate story about connections, commitments and the healing of the human heart. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1995.

Kate Baldwin's Broadway credits include Lippa's 'Big Fish', 'Finian's Rainbow' (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), 'Wonderful Town', 'Thoroughly Modern Millie', and 'The Full Monty'. Her off-Broadway credits include 'Giant' at the Public Theatre.

Conor Ryan recently made his Broadway debut in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella.' He has also appeared off-Broadway in 'The Fortress of Solitude' at The Public Theater.

- by Tom Millward