Butz, Tveit, Wopat, Butler, Hart, deBenedet to Star in Catch Me If You Can Premiere

By Andrew Gans
March 12, 2009

Complete casting has been announced for the new Scott Wittman-Marc Shaiman-Terrence McNally musical Catch Me If You Can, which will make its world premiere this summer at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.

Directed by Jack O'Brien with choreography by Jerry Mitchell, the new musical based on the DreamWorks film of the same name and the autobiography by Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding will play the Seattle venue July 23-Aug. 16.

The cast will be headed by Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz as FBI Fraud Agent Carl Hanratty, Aaron Tveit as Frank, Tom Wopat as Frank Sr., Kerry Butler as Brenda, Linda Hart as Carol, Rachel deBenedet as Paula and Nick Wyman as Roger.

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Catch Me If You Can Musical to Premiere in Seattle in Summer 2009

By Robert Simonson
December 9, 2008

The Broadway-bound musical Catch Me If You Can — based on the 2002 DreamWorks film of the same name — will have its premiere in Seattle this coming summer.

"We're doing it at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle," the show's composer, Marc Shaiman, told Playbill.com. "The Fifth Avenue is actually co-producing it. I believe it's their first venture into becoming a regional theatre, not just a landlord to touring productions. We had such a lovely experience there with Hairspray, it sure sounded good to us."

Shaiman said the long-aborning show would play during summer 2009, with dates to be determined.

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