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The new 1920s-style musical, The IT Girl, will Lindy Hop a little longer, to June 10, at the York Theatre Company in Manhattan.
The two-week extension follows good word of mouth and encouraging reviews. Jean Louisa Kelly, playing the title character, went into the recording studio May 21 with the cast of the new tuner to record a cast album. It will be released on a label to be announced.
The musical, which opened Off-Broadway May 3, was to continue to May 27 before the extension was announced May 24.
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BT McNicholl, a protégé of Jerry Zaks (who is "production consultant"), directs the York staging, which is billed as "a Jazz Age Cinderella musical based on 'It,' the 1927 film that made Clara Bow a star." The homage to silent movies has a poor shopgirl falling for the dashing head of the department store. It is the New York theatre's first dose of Roaring '20s music and style this year, prior to the fall Broadway opening of Thoroughly Modern Millie.The IT Girl began previews April 17. *
The cast includes Kelly in the title role (as a young actress, Kelly appeared on Broadway in Into the Woods and now stars in the TV sitcom, "Yes, Dear"), Jessica Boevers (Rent, Les Miserables), Stephen DeRosa (Newyorkers), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Bubbly Black Girl...), Susan M.
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The IT Girl Original Cast
The New York premiere of The IT Girl was presented on May 3, 2001 by the York Theatre Company.
The Original Cast
JEAN LOUISA KELLY (Betty) Some of Ms. Kelly's films include The Fantasticks, Mr. Holland's Opus, and Uncle Buck. She can be seen in the CBS comedy "Yes, Dear". Other television includes NBC series "Cold Feet," guest spots on "Law & Order," "Homicide" and "Mad About You," and several television movies. She was in the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods and has appeared in such shows as R.S.V.P. Broadway, Gigi, and Annie.
STEPHEN DeROSA (Monty) TV: "Boardwalk Empire" York: Oh Captain! (Mufti) Broadway: Into the Woods, The Man Who Came to Dinner (Roundabout/PBS) Off-Broadway: Newyorkers (MTC); Wonderful Town, Do Re Mi (Encores!); The Mystery of Irma Vep; Love's Fire (Public Theatre, Guthrie Lab, RSC Barbican, London). Regional: Williamstown, Berkshires, Old Globe, Huntington, Arden and many others. MFA: Yale Drama
JONATHAN DOKUCHITZ (Jonathan) Broadway: The Boys from Syracuse, Dream, Tommy (Capt