Grant Gustin, the star of the CW’s long-running The Flash, will make his Broadway debut in the new musical Water For Elephants. Gustin, who also appeared in the TV series Glee, will portray main character Jacob Jankowski in a cast that also includes Isabelle McCalla (The Prom, Shucked), Gregg Edelman (City of Angels), Paul Alexander Nolan (Slave Play), Stan Brown (Homicide: Life in the Streets), Joe De Paul (Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion), Sara Gettelfinger (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Wade McCollum (Wicked).

The musical, based on the Sara Gruen 2006 novel that was made into a 2011 film that starred Robert Pattinson in the Jacob role, begins previews on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, with an opening night on Thursday, March 21.

Water For Elephants features a book by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher) and a score by PigPen Theatre Co. (The Tale of Despereaux). Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo) directs.