While promoting her new TV series DAMIEN at San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, actress Barbara Hershey spoke to EW about her thoughts on a Broadway musical production of her 1988 tear-jerker/comedy BEACHES, in which she starred as Whitney Essex opposite Bette Midler.
BEACHES, a new musical based on the beloved novel by
Iris Rainer Dart, is currently running at Chicago's Drury Lane Theater through August 16, 2015.
"I'd be interested to see what they do," Hershey
tells the site. "It seems like a natural for a musical." Watch the interview in full
here!
Drury Lane Productions and
Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso's production of BEACHES began previews June 24. The original musical is written by
Iris Rainer Dart and
Thom Thomas, with music by
David Austin and lyrics by
Iris Rainer Dart. The production is directed by
Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Million Dollar Quartet).
The all-star cast is led by
Shoshana Bean as "Cee Cee Bloom," and
Whitney Bashor as "Bertie White." The young versions of the characters are played by
Presley Ryan as "Little Cee Cee" (How The Grinch Stole Christmas at
Madison Square Garden, NBC's "The Sound of Music Live") and
Brooklyn Shuck as "Little Bertie / Nina" (Broadway: Matilda in Matilda; Annie)
