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Subject: EEEE!!!!! Author: Penny [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:12:29 07/09/02 Tue Ok, I would NOT be a fan of Joey if I didn't spread this around. Not like everyone hasn't heard yet, but EEE!! BROADWAY! MY BABY! RENT!! From nytimes.com July 9, 2002 Joey Fatone of 'N Sync to Make His Broadway Debut in 'Rent' By JESSE McKINLEY In a move likely to thrill untold scores of teenage girls as well as a handful of Broadway producers, Joey Fatone, a member of the multiplatinum boy band 'N Sync, will join the cast of the long-running musical "Rent" next month, its producers said yesterday. Mr. Fatone, 25, will be making his Broadway debut in the role of Mark, a struggling video artist who acts as the musical's narrator and its moral compass. Mr. Fatone's first performance is set for Aug. 5; he is to stay with the show through Dec. 22. He began rehearsals yesterday at a studio in Midtown Manhattan, though producers were loath to say exactly where, for fear of screaming, rehearsal-interrupting fans. On a break from rehearsal, Mr. Fatone said he had wanted to do a Broadway show since high school, when he performed in several musicals. So when he had a gap in his schedule — the band's last tour ended in April and his bandmate Lance Bass is training for a potential space mission — Mr. Fatone decided to audition. "It's just a cutting edge kind of thing," Mr. Fatone said of "Rent," adding that he had also considered auditioning for "Beauty and the Beast," the Disney musical. "It's nice to have a chance to play a character, not just be myself." "Rent," a modern retelling of "La Bohème" set in the arty grottoes of the Lower East Side, was written by the composer Jonathan Larson and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1996. It has been running at the Nederlander Theater for more than six years. Since moving to Broadway, the production has grossed approximately $125 million, and even more than that from its national tours and international productions. And while the show's sales have slowed in recent years, producers hope Mr. Fatone will tap into a whole new audience for the production. "It's one of those wonderful things where both parties wanted it to happen," said Kevin McCollum, one of the show's producers. "When things are mutual, it doesn't take long to make a deal." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]