Victoria Clark & Dee Hoty Join Vanessa Hudgens & More in Broadway-Bound Revival of Gigi

Tony winner Victoria Clark and three-time Tony nominee Dee Hoty have joined the cast of the Broadway-bound revival of Gigi. Clark will play Mamita Alvarez and Hoty will take on the role of Aunt Alicia as they join a cast that includes Vanessa Hudgens, Corey Cott, Howard McGillin and Steffanie Leigh. The tuner will play a pre-Broadway engagement at the Kennedy Center from January 16 through February 12, 2015. The Eric Schaeffer-helmed production, adapted by Heidi Thomas, will open officially there on January 29.

Clark, who most recently appeared on Broadway in Cinderella, took home a Tony Award for her performance in The Light in the Piazza. Her additional credits include Sister Act, The Snow Geese, Titanic How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Urinetown. Hoty was nominated for Tonys for Footloose, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and The Will Rogers Follies. She has also appeared in Mamma Mia!, Bye Bye Birdie, City of Angels, Me and My Girl and Big River. Also joining the cast are Max Clayton, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, Brian Ogilvie and Amos Wolff.

Based on the 1944 novel by Colette, Gigi was first adapted for the Broadway stage in 1951 by Anita Loos, with an unknown Audrey Hepburn in the title role. Subsequently Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music) adapted the material for the 1958 movie musical, winner of nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In 1973, the tuner played 103 performances on Broadway with Karin Wolfe as Gigi and Daniel Massey as Gaston, earning a Tony Award for Best Original Score. Gigi features the memorable tunes “Thank Heaven For Little Girls,” “I Remember It Well,” "The Night They Invented Champagne," “It’s a Bore,” "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" and more.