Laura Benanti is no fan of Zachary Levi, who co-starred with Benanti in the 2016 Broadway revival of “She Loves Me.”
Broadway | ‘ Swept Away ’ is latest flop to close, Betty Gilpin taking over ‘Oh, Mary!’ role from Cole Escola, and morea new musical with folk-rock songs by the Avett Brothers about the aftermath of a violent shipwreck off the coast of New England in 1888, which opened on Nov. 19, will close on Dec. 15 at the Longacre Theatre after just 32 regular performances and 20 previews.
New shows for both the Palace Theatre and Longacre Theatre are likely to be announced in the coming weeks.Betty Gilpin will take over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln from playwright and performer Cole Escola in the surprise smash comedy “Oh, Mary!” for eight weeks beginning Jan. 21. The show’s limited run has also been extended through June 28, which raises the question of whether Escola will return to the show later this season. Late last month, its producers announced that the show had recouped its $4.5 million production costs, making it officially a “hit.”Rainn Wilson, best remembered as the eccentric paper salesman Dwight Schrute on “The Office,” will play the villainous corporate titan cartoon Caldwell B.
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