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Boop! The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, July 13, producers announced today. The show will have played 25 previews and 112 regular performances.

The musical is the fourth Broadway production — after Smash, Real Women Have Curves and Dead Outlaw — to announce an early close after coming up empty at the Tony Awards earlier this month.

Featuring the Tony-nominated breakout star Jasmine Amy Rogers in the title role, Boop! began previews March 11 and opened to lukewarm reviews (except for the widely praised Rogers) on April 5 at the Broadhurst Theatre.

The production, capitalized for up to $26 million (which it has not recouped), struggled at the box office, with attendance usually below the 80% mark of the Broadhurst’s capacity. For the week ending June 22, the show grossed a below-break-even $602,017 with a very modest...

Boop! The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on July 13.

The closing announcement is the fourth new musical in the past several weeks, following Smash, Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves. All are new musicals that came to Broadway this spring, that were hoping for boosts from the Tony Awards, but did not take home any trophies.

Boop star Jasmine Amy Rogers was nominated for a Tony Award this year, and the show also received nods for best costume design and best choreography.

The musical, directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, opened at the Broadhurst Theater April 5, after starting previews March 11.

The show received mixed to positive reviews for the storyline that reimagines the cartoon character come to life in modern day New York. Rogers was highlighted as a standout, and she won the Drama Desk Award for outstanding lead performance, an award which she shared with Gypsy’s Audra McDonald.

Jasmine Amy Rogers grew up feeling like a cartoon character. “My voice for a kid my age was a little lower than all the rest of the girls,” she says, “but it was also very, very raspy and also a little squeaky, and so people always used to tell me that I sounded like a cartoon character.”

Who better then to give life to Betty Boop, the intoxicating character that gives Boop! The Musical its name, that classic cartoon Jazz Age flapper with the funny voice and a head big and round enough to convey innocence and sophistication, flirtatiousness and humor. In an era when women were testing norms – and undue modesty was the first to go – Betty was star and a 1930s sensation, with legs for days, a bob as short as her dress and heels impossibly high, a New Modern Woman who proved popular with children and adults alike.

At 95 years of age, an incredibly spry Betty Boop has made her Broadway debut. The iconic cartoon character introduced in 1930 has made the leap from page to stage featuring newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers in the title role. Boop! The Musical bowed at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 6.

Boop! features a book by Tony winner Bob Martin, direction and choreography by two-time winner and Isabelle Stevenson Award recipient Jerry Mitchell, music and lyrics by David Foster and Tony nominee Susan Birkenhead, and an ensemble of 25, including Tony winner Faith Prince. In the musical, Boop’s grandfather transports the iconic cartoon from her monochromatic world to contemporary New York City, where she must navigate her new connections in the real world and those in the cartoon universe, which is lost without her.

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The new musical Boop! is now on Broadway and 16-time Grammy winner David Foster made his Broadway debut with the show!

David was supported by his wife Katharine McPhee and four of his daughters while attending the opening night celebration on Saturday (April 5) at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City.

While walking the carpet, David also posed for photos with daughters Sara, Erin, Jordan, and Amy. His longtime friend and collaborator Nicole Scherzinger also showed up to support him on the carpet before performing in her show Sunset Blvd that evening! David‘s former step-daughter Gigi Hadid was also there, though is not pictured.

Cast members Jasmine Amy Rogers, Erich Bergen, Ainsley Melham, Angelica Hale, Anastascia McCleskey, and Stephen DeRosa are also pictured here.

Jasmine is getting rave reviews for her Broadway debut as Betty Boop, which The New York Post noting that a “star is born” and The...

If you want to be three-dimensional about it, there’s plenty wrong with Boop! The Musical, now running at the Broadhurst Theatre. The opening number is a headscratcher that explodes into a tap extravaganza with no setup or context. The leading man is saddled with a paper-thin backstory. Lots of the lyrics go clunk. And the plot makes absolutely no sense.

In this kooky story, the iconic 1930s cartoon character Betty Boop (Jasmine Amy Rogers) created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer shows up in contemporary New York City, and in spite of glimpsing so much garbage, poverty, and corruption all around her, she still sees something magical that she can’t help but resist. Maybe it’s Betty’s unshakeable optimism rubbing off, but Boop!, for all its unmissably ramshackle flaws, is joyously irresistible.

At the show’s start, Betty finds herself getting tired of her literally black-and-white life in ToonTown.

Betty Boop has arrived on Broadway and you can now watch a sneak peek of Boop! The Musical‘s incredible opening number.

The show’s official Instagram account has videos of Jasmine Amy Rogers and the ensemble performing “A Little Versatility” during the first preview performance on Tuesday (March 11) at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City.

Jasmine is making her Broadway debut as Betty and she received rave reviews for her performance in the out-of-town run in Chicago in December 2023. She stars alongside Faith Prince, Erich Bergen, Ainsley Melham, Angelica Hale, Stephen DeRosa, and Anastacia McCleskey.

For almost a century, Betty Boop, created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer, has won hearts and inspired fans around the world with her trademark looks, voice, and style. Now, in Boop! The Musical, Betty’s dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color,...

Boop! The Musical is beginning performances on Broadway Tonight (March 11) and the production has released a video of Jasmine Amy Rogers performing the show’s stunning closing song.

The 26-year-old rising star is playing Betty Boop in the highly anticipated musical featuring music by David Foster, marking his Broadway debut.

“Something to Shout About” is the 11 o’clock number at the end of the show, which is sure to get thunderous applause after Jasmine belts it out night after night.

A new video shows Jasmine in the recording studio with David sitting in the booth as well.

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In the new musical, Betty Boop longs for an ordinary day off from fame in her black-and-white world. What she finds is an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City!

The talented cast also features Faith Prince, Erich Bergen, Ainsley Melham, Angelica Hale,...

Update, with venue, dates: Producers Bill Damaschke, Seaview, Sonia Friedman, and Kristin Chenoweth announced that The Queen of Versailles will play this fall at the St. James Theatre, beginning performances on October 8, with an official press opening on Monday, November 10.

This project reunites Chenoweth with songwriter Stephen Schwartz on Broadway for the first time since Wicked premiered in 2003. Prior to arriving on Broadway, The Queen of Versailles had a box office record-breaking world premiere at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre in the summer of 2024.

“I’m beyond excited to return to Broadway and also make my Broadway producing debut with this incredible company,” said Kristin Chenoweth. “Stephen is a once in a generation songwriter and I’m so lucky we are able to reunite for this original musical, under the direction of the iconic Michael Arden to bring Lindsey Ferrentino’s captivating story to life.”

July 29, 2024: The Queen of...

We’re about halfway through the 2024-25 Broadway season, and there are 12 productions of musicals set to open this spring. Could any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below, find the summaries of each plot, as well as its author, cast, composer, and director. You’ll also get the opening, and (where applicable) closing dates.

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Previews began: Jan. 24

Opens: Feb. 13

Official synopsis: Jesse seems to have it all, a successful career and devoted family, until a life-altering event drives her far from everyone and everything she knows. When she finds herself at the foot of the redwoods in Northern California, a chance encounter and a leap of faith will change her life forever.

Book by Tony nominee Tina Landau

Score by Kate Diaz and Tina Landau

Directed by...

The Queen of Versailles, a new musical based on TV personality Jacqueline “Jackie” Siegel, is scheduled to come to Broadway in the 2025-2026 season.

The musical, which features a score by Stephen Schwartz, is currently playing an engagement in Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre, with Wicked star Kristin Chenoweth as Siegel and The White Lotus’s F. Murray Abraham as her husband, David. The musical is set to open in Boston on Aug. 1, before opening Aug. 25 and then later heading to Broadway.

“The entire Queen of Versailles company is having an incredible time building this new original American musical with the gracious and arts-loving audiences in Boston,” said producers Bill Damaschke, Seaview and Chenoweth’s Diva Worldwide Entertainment. “We look forward to the journey ahead and bringing this story to Broadway in the 2025-26 season.”

Exact dates, theater and casting for Broadway have not yet been announced.

The musical is...

Boop! The Betty Boop Musical will have its world premiere production in Chicago at the end of the year and full casting has been announced!

Newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers is taking on the lead role of Betty Boop.

“Those are huge shoes to fill, but I’m in such a great company. I have so many people around me that are helping me find her and bring her to life, and so it’s really, really exciting,” she told the Associated Press.

Tony winner Faith Prince, Madam Secretary actor Erich Bergen, Aladdin‘s Ainsley Melham, Boardwalk Empire‘s Stephen DeRosa, and Waitress actress Anastacia McCleskey round out the lead cast for the upcoming pre-Broadway run.

The music for the show was written by 16-time Grammy-winning composer David Foster and Tony-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead. The show features a book by Tony-winning writer Bob Martin, best known for The Drowsy Chaperone and The Prom.

You wish to have the curse reversed? You’ll need to win a Tony first! Brian d’Arcy James gave an impressive performance as the Baker in the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods.” Despite an impressive stage career, James has never won a Tony Award. That could all change thanks to one of the biggest hits of the 2022-23 Broadway season, and he would break a major Tony stat in the process.

James has amassed a whopping 15 Broadway credits over the course of his career, including “Into the Woods.” He scored his first Tony nomination for the musical “Sweet Smell of Success” in 2002 before picking up additional bids as the titular ogre in “Shrek the Musical” (2010) and for the farce “Something Rotten!” (2015).

The actor also had a hand in shaping characters from two Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musicals. He originated the roles of Dan...

One of the spring’s hottest Off Broadway tickets will make the move to Broadway this summer: The acclaimed, sold-out Encores! production of the James Lapine-Stephen Sondheim classic Into The Wood will transfer to Broadway’s St. James Theatre on June 28 for a strictly limited eight-week engagement.

Making the move from New York City Center to the St. James will be Sara Bareilles (as the Baker’s Wife) and Gavin Creel (as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince). Not along for the ride: Neil Patrick Harris and Heather Headley.

Taking over the role of the Baker from Harris will be Brian D’Arcy James, while Patina Miller will play the Witch, taking over for Headley. Phillipa Soo will play Cinderella (Denée Benton at City Center) and Joshua Henry will take over for Jordan Donica as Rapunzel’s Prince.

Also making the move to Broadway will be City Center cast members Ta’Nika Gibson as Lucinda,...

Fans of John Lithgow may not get to see his face in his latest role. However, hearing his signature voice in James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski’s Audible Original drama The Guilty contributes to a highly immersive audio experience.

The actor voices the reclusive, wildly successful writer Osmond Box, performing alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, Aldis Hodge, Corey Stoll, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Stephen DeRosa, Julie White, Danny Burstein and Peter Gallagher.

“There were so many elements there that appealed to me. James Patterson for one thing — the fact that Audible had invited him to experiment with audio drama, something that I’ve been doing my ...

Fans of John Lithgow may not get to see his face in his latest role. However, hearing his signature voice in James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski’s Audible Original drama The Guilty contributes to a highly immersive audio experience.

The actor voices the reclusive, wildly successful writer Osmond Box, performing alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, Aldis Hodge, Corey Stoll, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Stephen DeRosa, Julie White, Danny Burstein and Peter Gallagher.

“There were so many elements there that appealed to me. James Patterson for one thing — the fact that Audible had invited him to experiment with audio drama, something that I’ve been doing my ...

Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced that Nick Choksi as 'Dr. Grover Lockwood,' Holley Fain as 'Anita Highland,' Richard Kind as 'Max Jacobs,' Michael Mulheren as 'Conductor,' and Raji Ahsan, Franklin Bongjio, Daniel Fredrick and Evan Powell as the 'Porters' have joined the one-night-only benefit reading of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's comedy Twentieth Century, in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig, directed by Walter Bobbie. They join the previously announced Alec Baldwin as 'Oscar Jaffe,' Anne Heche as 'Lily Garland,' Henry Winkler as 'Matthew Clark,' Dan Butler as 'Owen O'Malley,' Stephen DeRosa as 'First Beard,' Julie Halston as 'Ida Webb,' and Paul Alexander Nolan as 'George Smith.'...

Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced that Dan Butler as 'Owen O'Malley,' Stephen DeRosa as 'First Beard,' Julie Halston as 'Ida Webb,' Paul Alexander Nolan as 'Dr. Grover Lockwood,' and Henry Winkler as 'Matthew Clark' have joined the one-night-only benefit reading of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's comedy Twentieth Century, in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig, directed by Walter Bobbie. They join the previously announced Emmy, Golden Globe amp SAG Award winner and Oscar amp Tony Award nominee Alec Baldwin as 'Oscar Jaffe' and Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Heche as 'Lily Garland.'...

Henry Winkler, Dan Butler and Julie Halston will join the previously announced Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche in a one-night-only Roundabout Theatre Company benefit reading of Twentieth Century, Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the classic 1932 Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur comedy. The reading, which reunites most of the surviving team from Roundabout’s acclaimed 2004 staging of the play, is set for April 29 at the Roundabout’s Studio 54 theater.

Rounding out the production will be Stephen DeRosa and Paul Alexander Nolan. The casting was announced today by by Todd Haimes, Roundabout Artistic Director/CEO. All proceeds benefit the not-for-profit Roundabout and its programs.

Directed by Walter Bobbie, the Twentieth Century stage reading reunites the director with Baldwin, Heche, Butler, Halston and DeRosa from the 2004 Roundabout production of the play. As previously announced, Baldwin will reprise his role of “Oscar Jaffe,” as will Heche with “Lily Garland.”

Of the newly announced cast,...

George Street Playhouse welcomes Broadway and Gsp veterans Stephen DeRosa Broadway's Into the Woods Gsp's Sylvia and Jim Walton Broadway's She Loves Me Gsp's The Fabulous Lipitones opposite legendary Academy Award nominee, Tony Award nominee and multiple Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner in the theater's An Act of God by David Javerbaum. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars onstage below...

George Street Playhouse, now located at 103 College Farm Road in New Brunswick, welcomes Broadway and George Street Playhouse veterans Stephen DeRosa Broadway's Into the Woods Gsp's Sylvia and Jim Walton Broadway's She Loves Me Gsp's The Fabulous Lipitones, joining the legendary Academy Award nominee, Tony Award nominee and multiple Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner in the theater's upcoming comedy, An Act of God, by David Javerbaum.

George Street Playhouse, now located at 103 College Farm Road in New Brunswick, announced today that Broadway and George Street Playhouse veterans Stephen DeRosa Broadway's Into the Woods Gsp's Sylvia and Jim Walton Broadway's She Loves Me Gsp's The Fabulous Lipitones will join legendary Academy Award nominee, Tony Award nominee and multiple Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner in the theater's upcoming comedy, An Act of God, by David Javerbaum.

Recently, CBS delivered the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" premiere episode 1 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Bond," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff as Alicia takes on some criminal bond court cases in an effort to start reviving her law career, and more. In the new, 1st episode press release: Alicia Attempts To Revive Her Struggling Law Career By Representing Criminals In Bond Court, On The Seventh Season Premiere Of "The Good Wife." Press release number 2: Alicia will attempt to revive her struggling law career by representing arrestees seeking release on bail in bond court, where she meets attorney Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo), who competes for her clients. Also, Peter will bring in national strategist Ruth Eastman (Margo Martindale) to help with his presidential campaign, and will create an interesting dynamic with Eli in the process...

On Monday, June 9, 2014, Sir Kenneth Branagh presented the Shakespeare Medal to Richard Easton and The Public Theater's Oskar Eustis presented the Linda Gross Playing Shakespeare Award to Hamish Linklater at the Shakespeare Society's Annual Playing Shakespeare Celebration. Scroll down for photos of the event, which included guests such as Lily Rabe, Jack O'Brien, Stephen DeRosa, Jacob Fishel, Jimmy Yuill, Dakin Matthews, Chukwudi Iwuji, and more...

Malcolm Gets will join Jennifer Bowles and Rob McClure in the New York City Center Encores production of Irma La Douce, running for seven performances, May 7 - 11, 2014. Mr. Gets replaces Allan Corduner, who has had a scheduling conflict. The final production of the 2014 Encores season will also feature Sam Bolen, Ben Crawford, Stephen DeRosa, Zachary James, Ken Krugman, and Chris Sullivan. Irma La Douce will be directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman. Jack Viertel is Encores Artistic Director.

Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Kathleen Chalfant Angels in America, Wit, 'House of Cards', Teal Wicks Jekyll and Hyde, Wicked, Stephen DeRosa HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire', Josh Grisetti Enter Laughing and Matthew Schechter Act One have joined the roster of performers set to appear in the one-night-only benefit concert of the new musical The Lightning Thief on Monday, April 21, 2014 at 7 p.m. at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street.

Jennifer Bowles will play the title role opposite Rob McClure in New York City Center Encores production of Irma La Douce, running for seven performances,May 7 - 11, 2014. The final production of the 2014 Encores season will also feature Sam Bolen, Allan Corduner, Ben Crawford, Stephen DeRosa, Ken Krugman, Zachary James and Chris Sullivan. Irma La Douce will be directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman.

The Broadway Ballyhoo, now in its sixth month at The Laurie Beechman Theater, will present Stephen DeRosa, the multi-talented singeractor who is currently featured in Betrayal and who has starred on Broadway as The Baker in the revival of Into The Woods he is also well-known for playing Eddie Cantor in Empire Boardwalk. Also starring this week at the Ballyhoo Jessica Hendy who starred on Broadway in Cats, Amour, and Aida. Song and Dance man Danny Gardner Broadway by the Year, Noah Racey's Pulse, and Room 17B will be on the bill, as will concert and recording artist Tedi Marsh The next show is Wednesday, November 20th at 1045 Pm.

Nathan Lane, Harold Prince, Angela Lansbury, Laura Osnes, Harriet Harris, Kate Burton, Kristine Nielsen, Alfred Uhry will salute actress Dana Ivey and arts patron Barbara Fleischman at The Acting Company's Gala on Monday, October 21 at Capitale. Ms. Ivey will receive the John Houseman Award recognizing her profound commitment to the development of American actors and a national audience for the theater. Ms. Fleischman will be presented the Warburg Humanitarian Award for her outstanding philanthropic endeavor and support of the arts. Harriet Harris Cinderella and Barclay Collins are Gala Chairs, Nathan Lane The Nance and Hal Prince 21 Tony Award winner will present the awards Stephen DeRosa Boardwalk Empire will host, Laura Osnes Cinderella will perform. Tributes will be offered by a host of celebrities. Three hundred guests complete an industry-filled audience of producers, directors, entertainers and other notables including TheHonorable Thomas Kean, record producer Clive Davis, playwrights Alfred Uhry and Elizabeth Egloff,...

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Once upon a time television was where people who used to be in the movies went to die. I’m not qualified to pinpoint the exact moment where that all changed, but it definitely has. Arguably American cable channel HBO has trumped the movies, wedding the slick production values and top talent of Hollywood with a format that allows for vastly extended running times. This has enabled complex and incredibly dense dramas (like The Wire, Deadwood and now Michael Mann’s Luck) to flourish, telling stories that just wouldn’t fit comfortably into two hours – aimed at a mature audience driven from the multiplex. Martin Scorsese – director of the pilot episode of the phenomenal Boardwalk Empire – has likened this elongated form to the novel, effectively positioning movies as short stories by comparison.

The first season of Boardwalk Empire is as eye-catching and exciting a marriage of...

My favorite show on TV is HBO's Boardwalk Empire so I am happy to report that it is getting it's own soundtrack titled Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 – Music From the HBO Original Series. In preparation of it's release a Regina Spektor cover of Fanny Brice's "My Man" has hit the web. Check out the song embedded below.

Here is the tracklisting:

Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 – Music From the HBO Original Series Tracklist 01. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Livery Stable Blues

02. Stephen DeRosa – The Dumber They Come The Better I Like Them

03. Regina Spektor – My Man

04. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Dark Town Strutters Ball

05. Catherine Russell – Crazy Blues

06. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Mournin’ Blues

07. Kathy Brier – Some Of These Days

08. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Margie

09. Loudon Wainwright III – Carrickfergus

10. Nellie McKay – Wild Romantic Blues

11. Kathy Brier – After You Get What You Want (You Don’t Want It)

12. Leon Redbone...

Elektra/Asylum Records has announced a soundtrack release for the Emmy-nominated HBO show Boardwalk Empire. The album features songs from the series by such artists as Stephen DeRosa, Regina Spektor, Nellie McKay, Vince Gioardano and the Nighthawks, Kathy Brier, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III and Leon Redbone. The soundtrack will be released on September 13, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Boardwalk Empire produced by Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and Martin Scorsese chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), Atlantic City’s czar during Prohibition. The first season is expected to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray later this year. The show’s second season is set to premiere this fall on HBO. To find out more about the series, visit the official show website.

Here’s the album track list:

1. Livery Stable Blues (Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks)

2. The Dumber They Come The Better I Like...

Boardwalk Empire is releasing a soundtrack on September 13, "Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 – Music From the HBO Original Series."

The 16-track collection features a cross-section of tunes from the show, including contributions from Kathy Brier, Loudon Wainwright III, Nellie McKay, Leon Redbone, Martha Wainwright, and Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks.

Former One Life To Live star Kathy Brier previewed one of the sounds from the soundtracks at last years "We Love Soaps Weekend" event. Watch the video and see a full track listing below.

Full Track Listing:

1. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Livery Stable Blues

2. Stephen DeRosa – The Dumber They Come The Better I Like Them

3. Regina Spektor – My Man

4. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Dark Town Strutters Ball

5. Catherine Russell – Crazy Blues

6. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Mournin’ Blues

7. Kathy Brier – Some Of These Days

8. Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks – Margie

9. Loudon Wainwright III – Carrickfergus

10. Nellie McKay – Wild Romantic Blues

11. Kathy Brier...

Berkshire Theatre Festival's 2009 casting consists of some old favorites and some new faces. Randy Harrison will return to star in 'Ghosts', and David Adkins, Colin Lane and Keira Naughton will appear in 'Faith Healer'. 'The Einstein Project' cast will consist of Tommy Schrider and James Barry, while 'Sick' will feature Greg Keller. Stephen DeRosa, David Garrison and more will also make an appearance this season.