NEW YORK (AP) β It’s taken a few years, but Vanessa Hudgens has finally made the leap from “High School Musical” to Broadway musical.
The actress-singer will star in a Broadway-bound revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe’s musical “Gigi” that first debuts in Washington, D.C. early next year.
Says the 25-year-old: “It’s an honor, if anything. I’m over the moon.”
“Gigi,” set in Paris at the turn of the last century, comes from the same composer and lyricist as “My Fair Lady.” It centers on a teenage girl being groomed to serve as a companion to a bored, wealthy playboy until the pair realize they have fallen in love.
The new musical will be seen at the Kennedy Center from Jan. 16-Feb. 12 and then move to Broadway.
