Riverdale is getting one other musical episode!
The CW has confirmed that Kevin Keller will lead the manufacturing of Hedwig and the Indignant Inch on Wednesday, April Eight at 8/7c.
“After the earlier debacles of Carrie and Heathers, Kevin has determined to revive Riverdale Excessive’s custom of internet hosting a spread present,” reads the episode’s official synopsis.
“However when Mr. Honey forbids him from performing a quantity from Hedwig and the Indignant Inch, Kevin and our gang rally in opposition to their principal — by every performing a quantity from Hedwig, turning the variability present right into a full-fledged musical that, as at all times, displays our characters’ inside lives and struggles.”
“Amidst the drama, one forbidden ‘showmance’ begins to blossom.”
“Musical episodes have develop into a yearly custom on Riverdale, however this yr, we needed to strive one thing completely different,” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa mentioned in an announcement.
“After we heard that Stephen Trask was a fan of Riverdale, we thought, ‘Is there a approach we are able to do Hedwig and nonetheless have it tie into the tales we’re telling?’ Doing a deep dive, we discovered a cool approach to make use of basic songs like ‘Depraved Little City’ and ‘Midnight Radio’ that made whole sense and are simply superb and iconic.”
“And bonus, Hedwig is actually Cole’s favourite musical!”
Hedwig and the Indignant Inch was initially produced off-Broadway in 1998.
It tells the story of a genderqueer rock singer who travels the nation following rockstar Tommy Gnosis on tour.
The present’s 2014 Broadway manufacturing starred Neil Patrick Harris, Darren Criss, Michael C. Corridor, and Taye Diggs.
When you watch Riverdale online, you recognize the collection likes to have some huge musical numbers in the course of the particular installments, and this could be the largest musical but.
The community has additionally dropped an official poster for the occasion, and it confirms which characters shall be part of the musical, in addition to the roles they are going to be taking part in.
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