Featuring members of the show’s original, 2006 Ford’s Theatre company, the album will be released on November 19. Vocals are provided by Heidi Blickenstaff (Now. Here. This.), who received a 2007 Helen Hayes Award for her performance in the show, James Moye (Million Dollar Quartet), Joel Blum (Show Boat), Robert Cuccioli (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), John Jellison (Memphis), and Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies).
The musical tells the story of ambitious newspaper reporter Ann Mitchell (Blickenstaff), who, after losing her job during the Depression, writes a prank letter to a publication from a “John Doe” saying that he plans to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge on New Year’s Eve. Unexpectedly, the letter is printed, “John” becomes a sensation, and Ann begins to ghostwrite his columns.
Meet John Doe received a Jonathan Larson Award in 2006.
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