Odds & Ends: Sutton Foster Set for Mad Dogs, See Idina Menzel as Dorothy & More
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Sutton Foster Set for Mad Dogs
Sutton Foster has booked yet another small screen gig! TV Line reports that the Younger headliner and two-time Tony winner will appear as a guest star on Amazon Prime’s Mad Dogs, which focuses on a collection of underachieving fortysomething friends. Foster is set to take on the role of Gerda, an obstinate Mennonite wife “gone rogue.” Co-starring the previously reported Broadway alums Ben Chaplin and Billy Zane, Mad Dogs is currently filming in Puerto Rico and is scheduled to bow next year.
Prince of Broadway to Feature New Ballet
Interesting. Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown is contributing new material to the upcoming musical celebrating the career of the 21-time Tony-winning director and producer Hal Prince. Brown recently Tweeted: "Today I’m writing an eight-minute ballet for Prince Of Broadway—how many tonal centers can I get through in 400 measures?" Starring Ramin Karimloo and Shuler Hensley, the production will play October 23 through November 22 at Tokyu Theatre Orb in Tokyo and November 28 through December 10 at Umeda Arts Theatre in Osaka. Next stop, well, Broadway?
Jon Hamm Circling Pulitzer-Finalist Marjorie Prime
Theater fans were hoping that after Mad Men ended Jon Hamm would come to the Great White Way, but we suppose starring in a screen adaptation of a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama is one step closer. According to Deadline, the actor is looking to headline Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime. The sci-fi play made its world premiere in Los Angeles at the Center Theatre Group and follows a senior called Marjorie who hangs out with a holographic recreation of her dead husband Walter, who would be portrayed by Hamm. Production is aiming to begin in October. And then Broadway, please, Mr. Hamm?
David Alan Grier Talks The Wiz Live!
We have our first promo, below, for NBC’s The Wiz Live! and it's all about the Cowardly Lion! "I'm going to have dreads. We're doing a whole new vision of the Lion," says In Living Color star David Alan Grier, who will take on the iconic role. The telecast is set to air on December 3 and will also feature Stephanie Mills, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Uzo Aduba, Amber Riley, Ne-Yo, Common and Elijah Kelley.
See Idina Menzel as Dorothy
Staying in Oz, this has to be the ultimate Flashback Friday for Great White Way fans. Check out the below pic recently posted by Idina Menzel of her younger self dressed up as Dorothy. The Broadway supernova of course later went on to win a Tony for her portrayal of Elphie (or as she captioned it, "the other one") in Wicked. Adorable. Have a wonderful weekend!
