Vanessa Hudgens stopped by THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON to talk about starring on Broadway and the stage roles that led up to her turn on the Great White Way, from Quasimodo to Gigi. Watch the appearance below!
The Tony Award-winning musical comedy began previews on Thursday, March 19, and opened on April 8 at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street).
Gigi stars
Vanessa Hudgens, who makes her Broadway debut in the title role, Tony Award-winner
Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza, Sister Act, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella) as Mamita,
Corey Cott (Newsies) as Gaston Lachaille, three-time Tony Award-nominee
Dee Hoty (The
Will Rogers Follies, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Footloose) as Aunt Alicia, two-time Tony Award-nominee
Howard McGillin (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes) as Honoré Lachaille and
Steffanie Leigh (Mary Poppins) as Liane d'Exelmans.
Gigi, with book and lyrics by
Alan Jay Lerner and music by
Frederick Loewe, features a new book adaptation by
Heidi Thomas (BBC/PBS's "Call the Midwife") and is choreographed by Emmy Award-winner
Joshua Bergasse(On the Town, "Smash") and directed by
Eric Schaeffer (Follies, Million Dollar Quartet).
Gigi includes such numbers as "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," "I Remember It Well" "The Night They Invented Champagne" and the Oscar-winning title song, "Gigi". Gigi also won the Tony Award for Best Score in 1974, and the new production includes four of the songs that the team of Lerner & Loewe wrote for the stage version, including "Paris is Paris Again," "I Never Want to Go Home Again," "The Contract," and "In this Wide, Wide World".
The production also features
Cameron Adams,
Kathryn Boswell,
Max Clayton,
Madeleine Doherty,
Ashley BlairFitzgerald,
Hannah Florence,
Alison Jantzie,
Brian Ogilvie,
James Patterson,
Justin Prescott,
Jeffrey C. Sousa, Manny Stark,
Tanairi Sade Vazquez,
Richard White,
Amos Wolff and
Ashley Yeater.
Scenic design is by Tony Award-winner
Derek McLane, costume design is by five-time Tony Award- winner
Catherine Zuber, lighting design is by four-time Tony Award-winner
Natasha Katz and sound design is by Tony Award-nominee
Kai Harada. Hair design is by
David Brian Brown. Make-up design is by
Jon Carter. Musical supervisor is
James Moore. Musical director is
Greg Jarrett. Orchestrations are by
August Eriksmoen. Vocal and incidental music arrangement is by
Matt Aument. Dance music arrangements are by
Sam Davis. Music coordinator is
John Miller. Casting is by
Tara Rubin Casting, CSA. Production management is by
Juniper Street Productions. Production stage manager is
Bonnie Panson. General management is by
Foresight Theatrical.
Photo: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC