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Trammell Tillman, Gaten Matarazzo and others have been cast in the musical adaptation.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has revealed the cast list for his upcoming feature film Eight.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Miranda listed Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Ziegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Philippa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo, Jonathan Groff, Trammell Tillman, and Paul Jordan Janssen as cast members in the musical. He added that training for the project had begun.
the Hamilton The creator revealed earlier this month that he will direct a feature film adaptation of the Dave Malloy musical, which premiered off-Broadway in 2019. The a cappella musical explores the topic of internet addiction as told through an eight-person support group meeting in a church basement. This is Miranda’s second time directing a feature film after directing Jonathan Larson’s musical Mark, mark…boom!, Starring Andrew Garfield in 2021.
The project comes on the heels of musical ventures from several cast members, including Ziegler, who just received an Olivier for her role in Evita In the West End, Seyfried, who played the title role Anne Lee’s testimony and Groff, who just finished his Broadway run Only in Time. Sue created the role of Eliza in Hamilton for Miranda, and Abbott ElementaryRalph returns to musicals after taking on the role of Dina in Dream girls orn broadway. Matarazzo comes from a musical past and has recently starred Sweeney Toddwithin Strange things filming. Janssen appeared on Broadway as an understudy in the titular role in Sweeney Todd. What he is best known for to cutTillman began his career in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
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