Three-time Tony Award nominee Andy Karl, last seen on Broadway in Groundhog Day, has been cast as the male lead in the upcoming Pretty Woman: The Musical. He’ll play Edward Lewis (Richard Gere in the 1990 movie) opposite Samantha Barks’ Vivian (the role that made a superstar of Julia Roberts).
Karl, who won an Olivier Award for the London production of Groundhog Day and also starred in Broadway’s Saturday Night Fever, replaces Steve Kazee, who left the Pretty Woman production for family reasons, according to producers.
The new musical, which begins performances July 20 at the Nederlander Theatre, also stars Karl’s real-life wife Orfeh, a Tony nominee for Legally Blonde. Karl had seen the show in pre-Broadway workshops and the Chicago run.
“I always figured I’d be playing the part of ‘audience member’ for Pretty Woman,” Karl said. “When Paula Wagner and my longtime friend, Jerry Mitchell, asked...
Karl, who won an Olivier Award for the London production of Groundhog Day and also starred in Broadway’s Saturday Night Fever, replaces Steve Kazee, who left the Pretty Woman production for family reasons, according to producers.
The new musical, which begins performances July 20 at the Nederlander Theatre, also stars Karl’s real-life wife Orfeh, a Tony nominee for Legally Blonde. Karl had seen the show in pre-Broadway workshops and the Chicago run.
“I always figured I’d be playing the part of ‘audience member’ for Pretty Woman,” Karl said. “When Paula Wagner and my longtime friend, Jerry Mitchell, asked...
- 5/23/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
New Person Of Interest season 3,episode 17 official spoilers,plotline revealed by CBS. Recently,CBS released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Person Of Interest" episode 17 of season 3. The episode is entitled, "/," and that's not a typo. That's really what they've titled it,lol!! It sounds like things will get quite interesting as Finch and Root are sent after the same damn person, and more. In the new,17th episode press release: Finch and Root are going to clash when the machine sends them after the same person. Press release number 2: The Machine will assign Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch is going to also receive his number. Cheat Tweet: When The Machine sends Root & Finch after the same person, whose goals come first? #PersonOfInterest 3/18 10:01pm http://bit.ly/1kPzEK4. Guest stars...
- 3/5/2014
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
On Monday, January 26, the Broadway at Birdland concert series hosted another evening of Jamie deRoy amp Friends on the historic stage. Jamie and her guests Dee Snider, Beth Leavel, Isabel Keating, Patrick Paige, Kevin Meaney, Clint Holmes, Michele Brourman, Matthew Stocke, Jeff Kready and Lauren Worsham sang, laughed, cavorted and dazzled the sold-out house. Barry Kleinbort directed and Ron Abel served as musical director. Check out a look back below...
- 1/29/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Matthew Stocke returns to the cast of the five-time Tony nominated hit musical Rock Of Ages tonight, February 7, 2013, at the Helen Hayes Theatre 240 West 44th Street for four weeks. Stocke is stepping in for Paul Schoeffler as Hertz, the German developer looking to renovate the Sunset Strip, while Schoeffler is on leave to play Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha at Houston's Theatre Under The Stars from February 26-March 10. Schoeffler returns to Rock Of Ages on March 11, 2013.
- 2/7/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Emmy winner Michael Imperioli, Sex and the Citys Mario Cantone, Tony Award winner Alice Ripley and the cast of Million Dollar Quartet will join the previously announced Shoshana Bean Wicked, Bryce Ryness Hair, Legally Blonde, Kristen Beth Williams Anything Goes, Tiffany Engen Hairspray, Heather Parcells A Chorus Line, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Matthew Stocke Rock of Ages, The Wedding Singer, Amy Spanger Elf, Rock of Ages, and Andrew Kober Hair on Tuesday March 6th when the Broadway community and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital come together for the first time for Spotlight on St. Jude, an unforgettable fundraising concert strictly for the kids at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street.
- 3/2/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, Julia Murney, and the cast of Million Dollar Quartet will join the previously announced, Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde, Wicked, Bryce Ryness Hair, Legally Blonde, Kristen Beth Williams Anything Goes, Emmy Winner Michael Imperioli, Shoshana Bean Wicked, Mario Cantone, Tiffany Engen Hairspray, Heather Parcells A Chorus Line, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Matthew Stocke Rock of Ages, The Wedding Singer, Amy Spanger Elf, Rock of Ages, and Andrew Kober Hair for Broadway's Spotlight on St. Jude, March 6.
- 2/14/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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