The New York Post's Michael Riedel is reporting this morning that Kristin Chenoweth has been nabbed by producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (who are heading up the show, along with Broadway Across America) for their upcoming Broadway revival of PROMISES, PROMISES. The Post reports that while not yet signed, a deal appears to have been reached for the always-in-demand star to take on the role of Fran Kubelik opposite Sean Hayes as Chuck Baxter.
City Center Encores! held a staged concert in March 1997, starring Christine Baranski and Martin Short, and a reading of the show was held in October 2008 with Sean Hayes and Anne Hathaway. Sean Hayes is reportedly attached to the male lead for the Broadway run. Neil Simon and his wife Elaine Joyce revealed to Variety's Army Archerd a few months later, that, "it looks like Sean Hayes ("Will and Grace") will star as Chuck Baxter. Rob Ashford is set to direct and choreograph the reviva.
Many remember Kristin Chenoweth's show-stealing, Tony®-winning performance in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brownand her triumphant star turn when she originated the role of Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, which earned her a Tony Award® nomination. Kristin Chenoweth most recently starred in the ABC series Pushing Daisies, for which she just won the Emmy® Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and won acclaim for her recent Christmas Album. She has written an uplifting, candid chronicle of her life which was released by Simon & Schuster. Kristin also can be heard as the voice of the fairy, Rosetta, in Walt Disney Picture's Tinkerbell this fall. She wrapped filming the independent film, Into Temptation, directed by Sundance filmmaker Patrick Coyle, opposite Jeremy Sisto.
Promises, Promises is a Broadway musical comedy based on the film The Apartment by Billy Wilder. The music is by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and book by Neil Simon. Musical numbers were staged and choreographed by Michael Bennett.
To read an exclusive BWW report on the Hathway and Hayes led reading of Promises, Promises, click here. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron opened that reading by introducing their producing partners John Gore and Beth Williams (Broadway Across America) and Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Assuming the show moves forward, this will be Zadan and Meron's Broadway producing debut after making the hit movies of Chicago and Hairspray. The production will also be a re-teaming with the infamous Weinsteins after they all worked together on Chicago during the Miramax days.
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