David Beach Will Step into Something Rotten! Once Brooks Ashmanskas Shuffles Along

David Beach will join the cast of Something Rotten! on Broadway. The actor will take over for Brooks Ashmanskas as Brother Jeremiah beginning January 15 at the St. James Theatre. Ashmanskas will next appear in Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation 0f 1921 and All That Followed.

Beach last appeared on Broadway in Fish in the Dark. His additional stage credits include It’s Only a Play, Mamma Mia!, Urinetown and Moon Over Buffalo. On screen, he’s appeared on Veep, The Good Wife, Person of Interest and Blue Bloods.

The current cast of Something Rotten! features Brian d’Arcy James, Tony winner Christian Borle, John Cariani, Heidi Blickenstaff, Brad Oscar, Kate Reinders, Edward Hibbert, Gerry Vicchi and Michael James Scott.

Set in the 1590s, the show follows brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, who are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theater involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical.