Aubrey O'Day of pop singing group Danity Kane will make her Broadway debut as Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray beginning July 18 at the Neil Simon Theatre. O'Day, a veteran of MTV's Making the Band 3, will be appearing opposite Ashley Parker Angel Link Larkin, who starred in the first incarnation of Making the Band. She replaces another reality show alum, Ashley Spencer of You're the One that I Want, who will play Sandy in the Broadway company of Grease beginning July 22. O'Day is scheduled to remain in Hairspray through August 31.
O'Day got her start onstage at age four as Molly in a production of Annie and went on to star in regional theater productions of The Wizard of Oz, Fame, Grease, The Sound of Music, A Chorus Line and Fiddler on the Roof. Her appearance on Making the Band 3, resulted in the formation of the platinum selling group, Danity Kane, the first female group in Billboard history to have their first two albums enter the main charts at number-one.
The current cast of Hairspray includes Marissa Perry as Tracy Turnblad, George Wendt as Edna Turnblad, Tevin Campbell as Seaweed J. Stubbs, Jenifer Lewis as Motormouth Maybelle, Susan Mosher as Prudy Pingleton, Karen Mason as Velma Von Tussle, Ken Marks as Wilbur Turnblad, Niki Scalera as Penny Pingleton and Clarke Thorell as Corny Collins.
