Happy first day of summer all of you CBers! This past week held some very exciting news in the Broadway world, so let’s get to it!
Not even a week after hosting this years Tony Awards, it was announced that How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris will be heading to Broadway next year. Harris will be starring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch said to hit Broadway in spring of 2014. It was also reported this week that a revival of Miss Saigon is in the horizon for the West End and possibly on Broadway starting in 2014. No word on casting at this point, but I will be keeping my eye out for this one!
The iconic Hollywood Bowl is back with another hit Broadway production this summer featuring one of West End’s favorite divas. The Bowl will be showing Chicago starring Les Miserables and Oliver! star Samantha Barks as Velma Kelly (best known for playing Eponine, reviving the role played by Barks both on stage and on screen in the Les Mis movie.) The production will be directed by Brooke Shields, last seen on Broadway as Morticia in The Addams Family the musical, and the cast will include Stephen Moyer (True Blood) as Billy Flynn and Drew Carey (Price Is Right) as Amos. No word yet on who will be co-starring along side Barks as Roxie Hart.
This past week the cast of Broadway’s Wicked celebrated the shows 4000th performance, making Wicked one of the longest running shows on Broadway. It was announced that The Glee Project and Glee’s Lindsay Pearce (Over The Moon Production’s Spring Awakening) will be starring in a Los Angeles production of Bare. It was reported that this production will not be following the revised production of Bare last seen off-Broadway at New World Stages, but will be following the original storyline and book. Bare-LA will also be starring Payson Lewis (Over The Moon’s Spring Awakening) and Jonah Platt (The Office).
Earlier this week teen Newsies Andy Richardson, Hogan Fulton, Jacob Guzman and David Guzman celebrated graduating high school, but not like most high-schoolers. The boys celebrated in their cap and gowns after curtain call of one of their shows this past week. How cool is that?
In other news Annie will be welcoming a new Miss Hannigan to the cast after Jane Lynch finishes her run on July fourteenth. Faith Prince will be stepping in for Lynch, and there is no word yet on how long Prince will be with the show. The Last Five Years started filming this week, and production shots are everywhere! There have been many sneak peeks at Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) and Jeremy Jordan (Broadway’s Newsies, Smash) playing the roles of Kathy and Jamie. Check out Anna’s instagram pic of the two on set – how cute are they? No word yet on when the film could be released, so stay tuned for more info!
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