Lin-Manuel Miranda has revealed the solid record for his upcoming function movie Octet.
In an Instagram submit Tuesday, Miranda listed Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Philipa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo, Jonathan Groff, Tramell Tillman and Paul-Jordan Jansen as solid members within the musical adaptation. He added that rehearsals on the challenge have begun.
The Hamilton creator revealed earlier this month that he would direct a function movie adaptation of the Dave Malloy musical, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2019. The a capella musical explores the subject of web dependancy as advised by way of an eight-person help group assembly in a church basement. This is Miranda’s second time directing a function movie after taking over Jonathan Larson’s musical tick, tick…BOOM!, starring Andrew Garfield, in 2021.
The challenge comes on the heels of musical tasks for a number of solid members, together with Zegler, who simply took dwelling an Olivier for her position in Evita within the West End, Seyfried, who starred in The Testament of Ann Lee and Grof, who simply completed up his Broadway run of Just In Time. Soo originated the position of Eliza in Miranda’s Hamilton, and Abbott Elementary’s Ralph returns to musicals after originating the position of Deena in Dreamgirls on Broadway. Matarazzo comes from a musical previous and lately starred in Sweeney Todd, amongst Stranger Things filming. Jansen appeared on Broadway as an understudy to the titular position in Sweeney Todd. Best identified for Severance, Tillman began his profession in a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
