Barrett Foa, of TV’s NCIS: Los Angeles and Broadway’s Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia! and Godspell, will return to the stage this summer as ‘Harold Hill’ in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of THE MUSIC MAN. The show will run July 11-21, 2013, with opening night set for July 12.
Foa recently chatted with BroadwayWorld about his crazy summer schedule, which will include rehearsals in Connecticut, filming Season 5 of NCIS:LA, and a recent gig at the 2013 Tony Awards. Check out what he had to say below!
Harold Hill is one of those truly iconic roles in musical theatre. Is it one that you’ve always wanted to play?
I’ve actually been in THE MUSIC MAN three times! The first was at the University of Michigan and I was a ‘Dancing Teen.’ Gavin Creel was ‘Harold Hill’ and David Burtka was ‘Tommy Djilas.’ I actually recently uncovered a DVD of that version, which is kind of hilarious. Let me tell you, Gavin Creel was so good in that part. I was like 19, and he was 20 and I was like “How are you that good?” We were so young- I was a sophomore. That was the first time I’d seen the show and I had never seen the movie. So it’s a legendary performance in my mind.
