PRINCIPAL ROLES
MICKEY MANTLE
Mid-20s. Tenor. Charismatic Yankee center fielder and all-American icon. A country boy-turned-celebrity, wrestling with fame, temptation, and identity.
MARILYN MONROE
20s to 30s. Mezzo-soprano or Alto. The most famous woman in the world. Deeply vulnerable beneath her allure. Longs to be truly seen.
JOE DiMAGGIO
Late 30s. Baritone. A legend fading into memory. Rigid, proud, and full of repressed emotion. Haunts the edges of the story.
BILLY MARTIN
Late 20s to 30s. Tenor or Baritenor. Mickey’s best friend and fellow Yankee. Fiery, witty, full of bravado masking deep insecurities.
FRANK SINATRA
40s to 50s. Baritone. Functions as narrator, host, and phantom voice of the city. Charms, critiques, and croons.
AVA GARDNER
30s to 40s. Mezzo. A torch singer with sharp edges. World-weary but luminous. Wields wit like a cigarette holder.
UNCLE FRANK COSTELLO
50s to 60s. Baritone. The mob’s shadowy maestro. Understated power. Polite menace. Owns the room without raising his voice.
SUPPORTING ROLES
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
30s. Tenor. A crowd-pleaser with aching depth. Performs at the Copa with soul and sparkle. Mantle’s guide to the underclass of the city.
HOLLY BROOKE
20s. Soprano or Mezzo. Mickey’s early New York love interest and former Miss New Jersey. Grounded and warm, with a bittersweet presence.
MATTY THE HORSE
40s to 50s. Baritone. Uncle Frank Costello’s enforcer. Smooth, calculating, always lurking with a drink in hand.
JOEY THE FIXER
30s to 50s. Non-singing or limited vocal. A suited go-between and Copa bouncer who glides between mob, money, and media.
VITO SPARATORE
30s. Tenor. A flashy, dangerous up-and-comer in the mob ranks. Hungry for power and attention.
EDWARD R. MURROW
50s. Tenor. A crusasding CBS broadcast journalist investigating the connection between organized crime and major league baseball.
DAN TOPPING
40s to 50s. Spoken role. Nervous Yankee co-owner on wife No. 6 who’s in over his head.
DEL WEBB
40s to 50s. Yankees co-owner as well as silent co-owner of several Vegas mob properties.
GEORGE WEISS
50s. Spoken or character baritone. Yankees’ GM. A rules-and-numbers man who hates Billy Martin. Pragmatic to a fault.
CASEY STENGEL
60s. Comic baritone. Yankees manager. A blend of wisdom, confusion, and baseball folklore.
JACKIE ROBINSON
30ish. Dodgers’ baseball ground-breaker. Conscience of 1950s New York.
WILLIE MAYS
20s. Mickey Mantle’s counterpart on the New York Giants.
TED WILLIAMS
40s. Baritone. Boston Red Sox legend. Appears in a comic monologue — part rage, part genius, all swagger.
ENSEMBLE
ENSEMBLE
All ages. Strong singers and dancers of diverse backgrounds. Includes showgirls, sportswriters, mobsters, ballplayers, paparazzi, club patrons, and Harlem teenagers. Some may understudy principal roles. Ensemble serves as the living rhythm of New York — swirling, seductive, and ever-present.
MICKEY MANTLE – The Yankee slugger turned New York icon. Charismatic, conflicted, caught between legend and boyhood.
MARILYN MONROE – Hollywood’s brightest star. Vulnerable and powerful, seeking something real beneath the glitter.
JOE DiMAGGIO – The stoic Yankee Clipper. A man of dignity, shadows, and lingering heartbreak.
BILLY MARTIN – Mickey’s fiery best friend and Yankee teammate. Mischievous, loyal, and combustible.
FRANK SINATRA – The voice of the city. Appears as narrator, crooner, and master of ceremonies across the worlds of sport and showbiz.
AVA GARDNER – Hollywood royalty, sharp-tongued and seductive. A contrast and mirror to Marilyn.
SAMMY DAVIS JR. – The ultimate showman. Charms and croons with a bittersweet edge.
HOLLY BROOKE – Mickey’s first love in New York. Grounded, tender, and quietly heartbroken.
UNCLE FRANK COSTELLO – Mob powerbroker and shadowy owner of the Copacabana. Inspired by Frank Costello.
MATTY THE HORSE – Uncle Frank’s right-hand man. Smooth, menacing, a creature of smoke-filled rooms.
JOEY THE FIXER – A mysterious, well-dressed emissary who moves between worlds with dangerous intent.
VITO SPARATORE – Rising mobster with big ambitions. Ruthless and theatrical.
DAN TOPPING – Yankees co-owner. Nervous, image-conscious, out of his league.
GEORGE WEISS – Yankees general manager. Rigid, strategic, a company man.
CASEY STENGEL – Eccentric, wise-cracking Yankees manager. A vaudevillian philosopher of baseball.
NANCY SINATRA – Frank’s spunky, 15-year-old daughter and soon to be a singer in her own, right. Sings “The Man I Dream About.” Bright, energetic, fangirl-turned-phenom.
TED WILLIAMS – Boston Red Sox legend. Larger-than-life, brash, and brilliant. A musical monologue of ego.
ENSEMBLE – Showgirls, sportswriters, mobsters, ballplayers, reporters, and nightclub patrons. They serve as the living pulse of 1950s New York.