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In the meantime, Fanny will be played by standby Julie Benko, who has already played the role many times before, including throughout all of August. Tovah Feldshuh joined the cast on Tuesday night along with Michele.Off-Broadway’s Soho Playhouse marked New York Fashion Week with “Royal Oak,” a drama-fashion crossover by writer-director Justin Vibbert, a former undercover journalist, about a drug trafficking operation at a major couture fashion house, which incorporates a climactic runway show.
According to Vibbert, “Royal Oak” is “not a play about fashion” but rather “how easy it is for people to do the wrong thing at the right time…it’s meant to entertain.” There are plans to extend the play’s New York run and bring it to Florida for Miami Fashion Week.In 2014, the musical “Rocky” briefly brought boxing to Broadway, with a match brought to life on a regulation-sized boxing ring through fight choreography and unbelievable stagecraft.
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