‘Rabbit Hole’ virtual reading takes place online this weekend
Mary Testa and Andrew Barth Feldman will star in the production.
January 18, 2021
The full cast of a virtual reading of
Rabbit Hole has been announced, ahead of this weekend’s streaming. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama will be revived as part of The Reading Series, and will be available to watch on January 23.
Casting for the upcoming reading includes Celia Keenan-Bolger as Becca, Jawan M. Jackson as Howie, Mary Testa as Nat, Lauren Molina as Izzy and Andrew Barth Feldman as Jason.
First staged in 2006,
Rabbit Hole follows a couple who are grieving over the loss of their child. Going through each day, they find it a struggle to survive themselves. The production premiered at the Biltmore Theatre and played for 77 performances, later nominated for five Tony Awards including Best New Play.
Abigail Barlow and the poster of Bridgerton (Photos: Abigail Barlow/TikTok & Netflix)
Bridgerton, a period drama produced by Shonda Rhimes based on Julia Quinn s novels, features a story in Regency-era London and follows the town s most illustrious families as they are scrutinized by the anonymous Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews), the author of a scandal sheet. Just as quickly as the town becomes obsessed with Lady Whistledown s words, the world got hooked on
Bridgerton. Netflix revealed the series was projected to reach 63 million households, making it the fifth largest Netflix original series launch of all time. Now, TikTok star Abigail Barlow is answering the question: What if
The Broadway-themed soap opera will broadcast a live event on January 14.
As the Curtain Rises, a Broadway-themed digital soap opera, debuted October 22. Additional episodes of the series, written by producer Dori Berinstein (
The Prom, Legally Blonde) and Mark Peikert (former Playbill editor-in-chief) and produced by Broadway Podcast Network, are released each Thursday.
Did personal trainer Stavros (Ramin Karimaloo) ever dream he d star in a Broadway blockbuster? Does Mega producer Steve Jones (James Monroe Iglehart) have a soft side? And has
As The Curtain Rises Narrator (Alex Brightman) actually ever seen the movie
Avatar? Does he think it will work on stage?
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The Road To
But how did we get here? In August 2020, TikTok user
Emily Jacobsen (@e jaccs) posted a short song, “Ode to Remy” a quick soundbite of her musical praise for
Ratatouille’s rodent hero
. Then,
Daniel J. Mertzlufft (@danieljmertzlufft) posted an ensemble version of the song, envisioned as an end-of-Act-II showstopper à la the finale of
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Over the next few months, heaps of videos buoyed the
Ratatouille: The Musical meme. Additional songs came from TikTok users like
RJ Christian (@rjthecomposer) as well as theater performers, such as
Dear Evan Hansen’s
The Prom star