On Stage: Another Idol Pays Her Rent, and More
American Idol
Season 1 finalist
Tamyra Gray will join the cast of Broadway's
Rent on May 29. During her run, she'll share the stage with original players Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, who, despite middle age, return to their humble roots July 30....
Nathan Lane and Luke Duke himself,
Tom Wopat, have been invited to appear in a workshop of
Catch Me If You Can, a musicalization of the Steven Spielberg film. The same team that turned
Hairspray into a Broadway blockbuster hope to cast Lane in the Tom Hanks role and Wopat as the juvenile con's dad. No word on who will fill Leonardo DiCaprio's disguises....
Weeds scribe Rinne Groff and others are turning
Saved! into an off-Broadway musical to premiere next spring. -
Reporting by Raven Snook
