Zachary Levi stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about starring in the Broadway revival of She Loves Me opposite a cast of Broadway vets. "It's sort of a like an all-star list," joked the actor, "and I'm just the freshman who's like, 'okay, I'll hang out!' Watch the appearance below:
Zachary Levi has had a successful Broadway debut with musical First Date (2013) winning a Theater World Award and earning a nomination for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance. He currently stars in NBC's new fall series "Heroes Reborn" and is well known for his starring role on NBC's fan favorite "Chuck".
The cast also features
Laura Benanti (Amalia), ,
Gavin Creel (Kodaly),
Michael McGrath (Sipos),
Jane Krakowski (Ilona) and
Byron Jennings (Maraczek),
Nicholas Barasch (Arpad) and
Peter Bartlett (Head Waiter) and ensemble members
Cameron Adams,
Alison Cimmet,
Justin Bowen,
Preston Truman Boyd,
Benjamin Eakeley,
Sara Edwards,
Michael Fatica,
Gina Ferrall,
Jenifer Foote,
Andrew Kober,
Laura Shoop, and
Jim Walton.
Scott Ellis directed Roundabout's ten-time Tony nominated revival of
She Loves Me in 1993, which marked the first Broadway musical in the company's history and launched the Musical Theatre Program at Roundabout. Highlights from Roundabout's Musical Theatre Program include Cabaret, Nine, Assassins, Violet, The Pajama Game, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Sunday in the Park with George, Anything Goes and On the Twentieth Century.
She Loves Me began previews performances on February 5, 2016 and officially opened on March 3, 2016. This is a limited engagement through May 22, 2016 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street).
She Loves Me is a heartwarming musical comedy classic about finding love the good old-fashioned way. It follows Georg (Levi) and Amalia (Benanti), two parfumerie clerks who aren't quite the best of friends. Constantly bumping heads while on the job, the sparring coworkers can't seem to find common ground. But little do they know, the anonymous romantic pen pals they have both been falling for happen to be each other! Will love continue to blossom once their identities are finally revealed?
The celebrated score features favorites such as "Vanilla Ice Cream", "A Romantic Atmosphere", "Dear Friend" and "She Loves Me." The musical is based on a play by
Miklos Laszlo, whose well-known romantic story was the basis for the 1940
James Stewart film "The Shop Around the Corner" and the 1998
Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan film "You've Got Mail".
