Khalil Madovi joins Josh Radnor, Noah Galvin in 'Hit Machine' at Soho Theatre

The award-winning actor/musician completes the cast of Jonathan Caren's play, for which he is also the sound designer.

Summary

• Khalil Madovi completes the cast of Hit Machine at Soho Theatre
• Performances run 8 July to 15 August
• The play follows two estranged brothers and a hip-hop artist whose personal conflicts intersect with their music careers

Khalil Madovi completes the cast of the world-premiere play Hit Machine, written by Jonathan Caren and also starring the previously announced Josh Radnor and Noah Galvin in their London stage debuts. Performances run at Soho Theatre from 8 July to 15 August.

Radnor and Galvin play estranged brothers for whom music is a battleground for everything they've never been able to say to each other. Madovi plays Defy the Leader, a hip-hop musician who's trying to balance commercial success with the sound that launched him.

The play also has original music by three-time Grammy Award winner Ben Harper and the newly announced CJ Harper, direction by Daniel Bailey, set and costume design by Amelia Jane Hankin, lighting design by Laura Howard, and sound design by Madovi.

“I always wanted Defy The Leader to be played by a real musician — someone who has lived the artistic life of the character. Khalil brings that from the inside," Caren said in a statement. "He moves seamlessly across genres and mediums, and because he’s playing a musician and designing the sound of the production, his presence will be woven into the entire piece in a fresh way. It’s exactly what the play is about: art as collaboration. You’ll feel his imprint everywhere.”

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