Colin Hanlon Will Play Edward in the Twilight musical

Colin Hanlon

Colin Hanlon, who was seen on Broadway in Rent, Off-Broadway in I Love You Because and in the first North American tour of Wicked, has joined the cast of the upcoming reading ofTwilight: The Musical, which parodies the "Twilight" books and films and will be presented Jan. 16 at 8 PM at New World Stages.

Hanlon will play the role of Edward, the role played on screen by Robert Pattinson. The cast will also feature the previously reported Meghann Fahy(Next to Normal) as Bella Swan, Jenna Leigh Green (Wicked) as Rosalie, Hermione (et al.), Lauren Lopez (A Very Potter Musical) as Alice (et al.), Jason Michael Snow (The Book of Mormon) as Harry Potter (et al.), Olli Haaskivi (Jurassic Parq: The Musical) as Jasper (et al.), Eddie Gutierrez (Miss Abigail’s Guide…), Lindsay Dunn (West Side Story), Michael McArthur(Newsies), Kaitlin Mesh (West Side Story) and Clifton Samuels (Follies).
Created by Ashley Griffin, Twilight: The Musical features music and lyrics by Jeremy Ezell, Griffin, Sean Mahoney, David Mallamud and Michael Sutherland.
The musical, according to press notes, "examines our culture of obsession through the story of teenage outsider Bella Swan who risks everything when she embarks on a star-crossed romance with Vampire Edward Cullen."

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