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Steve Kazeeappears ready to return to Broadway.
On Tuesday, it was announced thatThe Griswolds' Broadway Vacation, The Musical— the stage adaptation ofVacation,the popular Chevy Chase-fronted Warner Bros. film comedy franchise — would be making its debut in September at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre.
The musical,which will follow the Griswold family and their iconic station wagon in what producers describe as “a laugh-out-loud musical comedy,“will run from Sept. 10 to Oct. 1 in Seattle. An engagement at Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars will follow, from Oct. 25 to Nov. 6.
Broadway dates and a venue have yet to be announced, nor have a cast, but Kazee has made it clear he’s ready to step into the lead role of Clark Griswold.
“I know a guy who would kill it,” he added.
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Kazee first made his Broadway debut as an understudy in the 2005 revival of Edward Albee’sSeascape. In 2006, he replaced in the musicalSpamalotand went on to play prominent roles in 2007’s110 in the Shadeand 2008’sTo Be Or Not To Be.
“I am truly sorry that I wasn’t able to be there to finish out this run as I know many of you came to see the original cast ofOnce,” he wrote in a blog post at the time,according to Broadway.com. “I hope you can understand that I was just as disappointed to not be able to perform for you.”
Since then, Kazee has been working in Hollywood, with roles onShameless,The Walking Dead,The Rookie, and more.
He and Dewan, 41, first met backstage atOncebut only began dating in October 2018, a few months after Dewan and exChanning Tatumannounced their separation (the former couple share 8-year-old daughter Everly).
One year later, Dewan and Kazee revealed they wereexpecting their first child togetherin an interview with PEOPLE. (SonCallum turned 2earlier this month.) Kazeepopped the questionin February 2020.
Meanwhile,The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation, The Musicalwill feature a book, music and lyrics from the duo of David Rossmer and Steve Rosen (ofThe Other Josh Cohenfame). Donna Feore will provide direction and choreography.
A 1985 sequel,National Lampoon’s European Vacation, repeated the formula overseas before 1989’sNational Lampoon’s Christmas Vacationkept the Griswolds stationary, as they planned a hilarious holiday celebration.
source: people.com
