Marius Gone Bad: Andy Mientus Will Play Gay Comic Book Villain on The Flash

Les Miserables star and Smash alum Andy Mientus will return to the small screen in The CW’s The Flash. According to TVLine, the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner will play Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper, an openly gay villain with hearing loss from the DC Comics universe. He is set to appear in the eleventh and twelfth episodes of the series, which premiered on October 7.

Mientus is currently making his Great White Way debut in Les Miz as Marius. His additional theater credits include the off-Broadway revival of Carrie and the national tour of Spring Awakening. In related Spring Awakening and deaf culture news, Mientus' fiancé, fellow Broadway fave Michael Arden, is currently directing a production of the Tony-winning tuner utilizing American Sign Language at Los Angeles' Deaf West Theatre.

The Flash follows Barry Allen, a Central City assistant police forensics investigator who arrives in Starling to look into a series of unexplained robberies that may connect to a tragic event from his past. Following a nine-month coma after being struck by lightning, he develops the ability to move at superhuman speed. The series stars Glee vet Grant Gustin and features Broadway alums Jesse L. Martin, Tom Cavanaugh and Carlos Valdes.