The Cast of Newsies Won't Grow Up, Josh Radnor Sounds Like a Drag Queen & More Lessons of the Week
Hey, stop caressing those prosthetic Bryan Cranston earlobes you scored at the Broadway Flea Market—it’s time for the Lessons of the Week! We’re bringing you ten of the weirdest things that happened in the last seven days, and we’ll give you a hint: They just might involve Michael C. Hall, Annaleigh Ashford, Jeremy Jordan, Aaron Tveit, Andy Mientus, Laura Benanti and Darren Criss. Well, what are you waiting for? Check 'em out!
Josh Radnor Was Born to Play Tootsie
We knew the Disgraced star, How I Met Your Mother alum, screenwriter and director was a multitalented guy, but we had no idea he could also do a dead-on Tootsie impression. Can he also tap dance in a red sequined dress? If so, checkmate, Will Swenson.
Aaron Tveit & Annaleigh Ashford Are in a Cult
No, they didn’t just get cast in season two of The Leftovers. Aaron Tveit and Annaleigh Ashford are doing a workshop reading of C’mon Get Happy, a musical about a charismatic cult leader who worships The Partridge Family. Hmm. Still not as weird as the cult Matthew Morrison and Adam Jacobs belong to.
Hedwig is Harder than Hamlet
John Cameron Mitchell, the creator and original star of the Tony-winning rock musical, has a message for new Hedwig headliner Michael C. Hall: The transgender rock goddess is the hardest role he will ever play. Then he can go back to easy stuff like playing serial killers.
Everyone Loves Christopher Sieber
When Susan Blackwell polled Broadway stars at the BC/EFA Flea Market to find out which celebrities they want to cook treats for, both Mamma Mia! star Felicia Finley and Jose Llana of Here Lies Love chose Matilda’s Christopher Sieber. Chris, we’re begging you, teach us your ways.
Culturalist Is Fun...and Scary
Last week’s American Horror Story challenge was spooky—but this week when we asked you who should play Christian in a Moulin Rouge! musical, the real horror show started. Aaron Tveit fans and Darren Criss fans, please try not to murder each other in a West Side Story-esque rumble. It’s just a poll, guys.
Brian Dennehy Has a Beef Head
On The Colbert Report, new Love Letters star Carol Burnett and Stephen Colbert took turns praising Burnett’s co-star Brian Dennehy—apparently he has a “head like a shoulder of beef” and “shoulders like Joan Crawford used to have.” Great, now we're confused and also starving.
Laura Benanti Lives in Cougar Town
Welcome to Cougar Town. Population: Laura Benanti. The Tony winner, Nashville star and Twitter maven is six years older than her boyfriend, who officially turned 29 (aka the “Thank God” birthday) this week. Oh Laura, you don’t look a day over 18! Hang on, is that a fanny pack? Um, never mind.
Andy Mientus Is a Gay Superhero
The Les Miz star is gearing up to play the openly gay supervillain Pied Piper on CW's The Flash, which is the best news we’ve heard since Cam and Mitchell adopted Lily. Even though he's playing an evildoer on TV, the real-life Mientus planned an awesome wedding proposal for his husband-to-be Michael Arden, so he'll always be a superhero to us.
Wicked Fans Are Quilting Through Life
Thank goodness! Someone finally made the lobby of the Gershwin Theatre into an Emerald Quilt City, made entirely by Wicked fans who also love quilting—unadulterated quilting. We had no idea this crossover existed, but hey, we’re into it. They’re quilting through life! Wearing a thimble, sewing like quilters dooo...
Never Neverland Is Full of Newsies
Jeremy Jordan has been a Neverland resident for a while, but now Newsies alums Ryan Steele, Jake Lucas, Jacob and David Guzman, Daniel Quadrino, Garrett Hawe and Alex Wong are following the second star to the right all the way to NBC! Just don’t forget the way back to Broadway, guys: It’s second neon sign to the left and straight on ‘til Patti LuPone.