American actor Andy Karl is due to star in Groundhog Day the Musical at The Old Vic
American actor Andy Karl has reportedly won the coveted starring role in the highly anticipated stage musical version of the Bill Murray classic movie Groundhog Day.
The actor who made his Broadway debut in 2000 in Saturday Night Fever, is currently enjoying small screen success after joining the cast of the long-running US crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
A Tony Award nominee for both his performance in the title role in Rocky the Musical and in last year’s Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, Karl apparently secured the Groundhog Day role after auditioning on both sides of the Atlantic.
Based on the 1993 hit movie in which charismatic Murray played a cynical TV weatherman who learns the true meaning of life and love while stuck in the recurring ‘day from hell’, Groundhog Day the Musical will premiere at London’s Old Vic later this year.
Written by Matilda the Musical’s Tim Minchin and directed by Matilda and Ghost director Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day the Musical will feature a book by Danny Rubin, based on his original screenplay (co-written with the late Harold Ramis, the film’s director).
The show, which will form part of Warchus’ inaugural season as the Old Vic’s new artistic director, is expected to follow its London run with a Broadway transfer early next year.
Angela Thomas
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