He’s a movie star, Broadway actor and multiple Tony Award winner. Now you can add one more title to Matthew Broderick‘s resume — television’s “The Music Man.” Daily Variety reports today that the “Inspector Gadget” guy will star in the TV version of the Tony-winning Broadway musical “The Music Man.”
In the telepic, Broderick is slated to play Professor Harold Hill, a con man trying to unload band instruments in a small Iowa town but instead falls in love with the town librarian. According to Variety, Broderick‘s wife, “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker, is being courted for the role of Marian the librarian.
Broderick won two Tony Awards for his roles in the revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and the Neil Simon play “Brighton Beach Memoirs.”
The three-hour “The Music Man” will air on ABC’s “Wonderful World of Disney” some time next year.
ANNE AND ‘ALLY’: Anne Heche is switching sides again, but this time she’s going from the silver screen to the boob tube. The Hollywood Reporter says that the actress has signed on to guest star in Fox’s legal eagle dramedy “Ally McBeal.” Heche, an Emmy winner during her days on the soap “Another World,” will reportedly play a picky client in her three-episode deal. Her guest appearance will air during November sweeps.
‘KISS ME,’ DANNY: The Associated Press says that Danny Nucci (“Titanic,” “Crimson Tide“) has landed a starring role on a CBS comedy series. The show, called “Kiss Me, Guido,” is about a guy (Nucci) who unknowingly ends up rooming with a gay man (Jason Bateman). The CBS series will debut in midseason, according to the report.
PEE-WEE’S BACK: Rejoice, Pee-Wee’s back on TV! OK, not exactly, but it’s close enough. Paul Reubens, the man who once brought to daytime kid TV the strange world of Pee-Wee Herman, will return to the tube as the host of ABC’s long-delayed gameshow “You Don’t Know Jack.” In case you haven’t heard, the show is based on a mega-popular CD-ROM game of the same name.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Set your VCR! AP tells us that PBS stations will turn over two and a half minutes of airtime for eight nights so that presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore can deliver their campaign messages. The arrangement starts Wednesday after Jim Lehrer‘s “NewsHour”.
