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'Jesus' Returns to Broadway as the Regular “Guy” in Once

On 26 November 2013 by

Paul Nolan, last seen on Broadway as Jesus in the 2012 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, will be taking over the male lead in the Tony-winning musical Once.

The cast of Once on Broadway
Photo: Joan Marcus, 2013

Arthur Darvill, who played Rory Williams in season seven of the BBC’s Dr. Who (2010), will leave the role of “Guy” after the curtain comes down on Sunday, December 15th. The following Tuesday (12/17), Nolan will pick up Guy’s battered acoustic guitar and fall under the spell of Joanna Christie (Mr. Selfridge), the actress currently playing “Girl.”

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City Guide Theatre Editor Griffin Miller moved to New York to pursue an acting/writing career in the 1980s after graduating magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Since then, she has written for The New York Times, For the Bride, Hotels, and a number of other publications, mostly in the areas of travel and performance arts. An active member of The New York Travel Writers Association, she is also a playwright and award-winning collage artist. In addition, she sits on the board of The Lewis Carroll Society of North America. Griffin is married to Richard Sandomir, a reporter for The New York Times.

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