October 2, 2006

JB Cast in Upcoming Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Benefit

October 2nd, 2006

Theatermania.com reports that Jersey Boys cast members Peter Gregus, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and Matt Scott have joined the cast of The Actors’ Fund of America’s staged concert benefit presentation of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The event will be held on Monday, October 16 at the August Wilson Theatre, beginning at 7:30PM.

Here’s how the cast is shaping up for the upcoming benefit: Emily Skinner will star as Miss Mona; Harry Groener as the Governor; Andrea McArdle as Doatsy Mae; Felicia Finley as Angel, Mary Faber as Shy; Jennifer Hudson as Jewel; Richard Kind as Senator Wingwoah; Constantine Maroulis as an Aggie soloistand; Bob Martin as Melvin P. Thorpe; and the cast of [title of show] — Hunter Bell, Jeff Bowen, Heidi Blickenstaff, and Susan Blackwell — as the Melvin P. Thorpe singers.

Seth Rudetsky will be the event’s artistic producer and musical director; Mark S. Hoebee will direct the show, which will have choreography by Denis Jones, set design by Paul Weimer, costume design by Michael Growler, and lighting design by Jeff Croiter. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas has a score by Carol Hall and a book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson. The original Broadway production, directed by Tommy Tune and starring Carlin Glynn and Henderson Forsythe, ran for nearly 1,600 performances.

For more information on the benefit, visit www.actorsfund.org.

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. | TrackBack URI

Please leave a comment