Casting has been announced for the La Jolla Playhouse's musical adaptation of the 2006 film, Little Miss Sunshine. Tony nominee Hunter Foster will star as Richard Hoover alongside Tony nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson as Sheryl Hoover, Tony nominee Malcolm Gets as Frank Ginsberg, Tony winner Dick Latessa as Grandpa, Georgi James as Olive and Taylor Trensch as Dwayne.
The production will run from February 15 through March 27, 2011 and is directed by Tony winner James Lapine, who also wrote the book. Tony winner William Finn composed the score.
Foster can currently be seen on Broadway in Million Dollar Quartet. He received a Tony nomination for Little Shop of Horrors and has also starred in The Porducers, Urinetown and Les Miserables. His other credits include Grease, Footloose, King David, Happiness, Ordinary Days, Frankenstein and Modern Orthodox. He is currently developing the musical Bonnie and Clyde: A Folktale, for which he wrote the book.
Thompson received a Tony nomination for Urinetown. Her other Broadway credits include Footloose, Wicked and Lend Me a Tenor. She has appeared off-Broadway in Little Fish, A Doll's Life, On the Town and Pardon My English.
Gets is best known for his work on Caroline ...
Monday, December 20, 2010
Hunter Foster, Malcolm Gets and Jennifer Laura Thompson Lead La Jolla's Little Miss Sunshine
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