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Andy Karl In "Pretty Woman: The Musical" On Broadway

Andy Karl
Eric Ryan Anderson
Andy Karl

The 1990 hit rom-com “Pretty Woman,” written by J. F. Lawton and directed by the late Garry Marshall, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere has been adapted for the stage as a musical with music by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. The show, directed by Jerry Mitchell, has been bringing Beverly Hills to Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre since July.

Vivian is played by Samantha Barks, making her Broadway debut and Edward Lewis is played by Andy Karl. Karl is an Olivier award winning actor whose most recent pre-”Pretty Woman” Broadway credits include “Groundhog Day,” “On the Twentieth Century,” and “Rocky.” This summer he appeared in an incredible staged concert version of “On The Town” with the Boston Pops directed by Kathleen Marshall -- which showed in Boston and at Tanglewood. 

A scheduling note: Andy Karl will be on vacation for a week this month and while he’s away, Adam Pascal will step into the role.

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.
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