Jekyll

An all-star cast of Ana Gasteyer (Wicked, "Saturday Night Live"), Carolee Carmello (Mamma, Mia!, Parade), Tony? Award-winner Adriane Lenox (Doubt, Caroline, Or Change), Brad Oscar (The Producers, Jekyll & Hyde), Alton Fitzgerald White (The Lion King, Ragtime), John Dossett (The Constant Wife, Gypsy), Sam Harris (The Producers, The Life) and Sara Chase (Godspell at Paper Mill Playhouse) will star in a reading of the eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club this Monday, February 2 in New York City. First Wives Club will have its premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego July 15 through August 23, 2009. The cast for the fully staged production will be announced soon. First Wives Club marks the once-in-a-lifetime reunion of the famous Motown songwriting trio Holland-Dozier-Holland (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland), who created such monumental hits as "Where Did Our Love Go?," "Baby Love" and "Stop! In The Name of Love" for The Supremes

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The newspapers have been chattering about the possibility of ex-EastEnders star Michelle Ryan joining the cast of Doctor Who as the 11th Doctor's companion. Ryan - who also starred in the short-lived Us remake of the 1970s hit The Bionic Woman - has previously appeared in incoming Doctor Who showrunner's series Jekyll, as well as appearing in the Saturday evening drama Merlin. According to one newspaper, the not unattractive and reasonably talented Ms Ryan has been in "secret talks with BBC...
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British actress Michelle Ryan, who played the lead in the short-lived revival of Bionic Woman, will not become a regular star of Doctor Who, even though she plays the Doctor's companion in his latest adventure Planet of the Dead.
Planet of the Dead is one of four Doctor Who specials that will air in Britain between now and next year. David Tennant plays The Doctor in these episodes. Michelle Ryan co-stars in Planet of the Dead as Lady Christina de Souza, a character who shares the Doctor's adventure. However, she told the British tabloid The Sun that this does not mean she will now be by the Doctor's side on a regular basis.
"Please don't put your bets on me being the next assistant," she is quoted as saying. "You would be wasting your time. Doctor Who is amazing but I think people presume, 'Why wouldn't I want to do it as a regular thing?

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