Kevin Del Aguila, who also wrote "Altar Boyz," has returned as the show's playwright with new songs and scenes. "They bring such energy and hope, it's impossible not to respond in kind."īesides Thompson, whose upcoming projects include staging the national tour of "Annie," the new personnel on the creative team include "Motown" choreographer Patricia Wilcox and Amanda Morton, a Goodspeed Opera alum who is taking over music supervision from Michael Mahler and Alan Schmuckler, the show's composers and lyricists. "They are working long hours and managing school at the same time," Thompson said. The youngsters, who hail from the Twin Cities, Chicago and elsewhere, have impressed their adult colleagues. "Wimpy" has 17 child actors and three adult ones.
Westemeier, who also acted in the Guthrie Theater's "Watch on the Rhine" and the national tour of "School of Rock," alternates Greg with Patrick Scott McDermott. Huxley Westemeier, who played Greg's little brother, Manny, has stepped into the title role. Many of the young actors aged out of their parts. Greg deals with bullying, friendship and issues around fitting in, in a fast-paced milieu designed by Scott Davis and lit by Philip S. It's guided by New York director Jenn Thompson, an industry veteran who was a child actor in the original Broadway production of "Annie."īased on Jeff Kinney's bestselling children's books and his 20th Century Fox films, "Wimpy Kid" orbits height-challenged middle-schooler Greg Heffley as he tries to find his place in the world. "We needed time away from it to figure out the next steps."Īfter being knocked back by death and then delayed by the pandemic, "Wimpy Kid" is on its feet again. "We had a tremendous loss with Rachel," McCollum said. Her passing was a tragedy for her family and the show.
It was backed by Kevin McCollum, producer of such hits as "Rent," "In the Heights" and "Six," and a former president and CEO of the Ordway Center.īut in May 2018, Rachel Rockwell, the inventive director who had staged the musical like a piece of electrified cinema, died of ovarian cancer. Related.After a sold-out premiere at the Children's Theatre in spring 2016, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Musical" had its sights set on Broadway. This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated. He’s a fairly tiny person, and to go to the prison system, I’m sure it’s a daunting and scary thought for him,” Johnson said. “I think he’s pretty apprehensive about the whole thing. He also considered committing a mass shooting before surrendering to police, CBC reported.ĭefense lawyer Chris Johnson said the actor, who has been jailed since his arrest, anticipated Justice Kathleen Ker’s sentence, CTV reported. Prosecutors said Grantham left the crime scene with Molotov cocktails and firearms with a plan to kill Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. Grantham confessed to the murder in a GoPro video and showed off his mother’s body, according to evidence presented in court. He also appeared in “Riverdale” as Jeffery Augustine, a teenager who hits Fred Andrews with his father’s truck and kills him.
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Grantham is known for a number of roles over his career, including the 2010 movie “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” in which he played a student portraying a shrub in an on-stage adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz.” He’ll be eligible for parole in 14 years, CBC reported. Grantham, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the 2020 killing of Barbara Waite, 64, as she played piano in their British Columbia home. Actor Ryan Grantham, known for a brief role in “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and appearances on “Riverdale,” has been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of his mother.
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