Even more theatre stars will be featured in the forthcoming third season of the HBO drama The Gilded Age. Created by Julian Fellowes, the series takes place in turn-of-the-century New York and follows new money socialite Bertha Russell as she navigates high society.
Newcomers to the company will include Tony winner Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun, Skeleton Crew) and Tony nominee Jordan Donica (Camelot) in recurring roles plus Tony winners Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate; Ragtime) and Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza, Kimberly Akimbo) in guest-starring roles.
Rashad, Donica, and Mitchell will play members of the Kirkland family with Mitchell as the patriarch Frederick, husband to Eilzabeth
(Rashad) and father of Dr. William Kirkland (Donica). Frederick is the pastor of a prominent Black church and a leader in
the Newport community.
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Clark will play Joan Carlton, a kind woman from the old money side of New York high society who is supportive of her son but surprised to find herself in a complicated situation.
The season two cast included Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Ben Ahlers, Michael Cerveris, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, Jack Gilpin, Simon Jones, Sullivan Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Debra Monk, Donna Murphy, Kristine Nielsen, Kelli O’Hara, Patrick Page, Harry Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Blake Ritson, Douglas Sills, Erin Wilhelmi, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, John Douglas Thompson, Ashlie Atkinson, Laura Benanti, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Christopher Denham, David Furr, Ward Horton, Matilda Lawler, and Robert Sean Leonard.
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Created, written, and executive-produced by Fellowes, the creative and producing team also includes writer and executive producer Sonja Warfield, executive producer Gareth Neame, executive producer David Crockett, director and executive producer Michael Engler, director and executive producer Salli Richardson-Whitfield, executive producer Bob Greenblatt, and historical consultant and co-executive producer Erica Dunbar.
Casting for the series is by Bernie Telsey and Adam Caldwell from the Telsey Office.
The Gilded Age is a co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
A premiere date for the new season has yet to be announced.
See photos from the series' second season below:
Taissa Farmiga, Carrie Coon, and Donna Murphy in The Gilded Age
Cynthia Nixon and Robert Sean Leonard in The Gilded Age
Celia Keenan-Bolger in The Gilded Age
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector in The Gilded Age
Deneé Benton and Sullivan Jones in The Gilded Age
Patrick Page and Morgan Spector in The Gilded Age
Linda Emond in The Gilded Age
Deneé Benton and Kelley Curren in The Gilded Age
Louisa Jacobson, Nathan Lane, and Kelli O'Hara in The Gilded Age
David Furr and Louisa Jacobson in The Gilded Age
Deneé Benton and Debra Monk in The Gilded Age
Christine Baranski in The Gilded Age
Kelli O'Hara in The Gilded Age
Carrie Coon and Nathan Lane
Sullivan Jones, Amber Gray, and Deneé Benton
Morgan Spector and Michael Cerveris in The Gilded Age
Laura Benanti in The Gilded Age
Deneé Benton and John Douglas Thompson in The Gilded Age
Audra McDonald and Deneé Benton in The Gilded Age
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Michael Cerveris, Douglass Sills and Jack Gilpin in The Gilded Age
Morgan Spector and Patrick Page in The Gilded Age
