Gary ’25 Lands Lead Role in ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ National Tour

December 5, 2024

Eva Gary ’25 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) will join “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” for the last leg of its U.S. national tour in 2025. Gary will play the lead role of Vivian Ward in the production based on the 1990 film of the same name.

Shenandoah Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre graduate Devyn Trondson ’23 is also part of the cast for the 2025 national tour.

“Pretty Woman: The Musical” features direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award®-winner Jerry Mitchell (“Kinky Boots,” “Legally Blonde”), original music and lyrics by Grammy®-winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance (“Summer of ’69,” “Heaven”), and a book by the movie’s legendary director Garry Marshall and screenwriter J.F. Lawton.

Read more about the tour at BroadwayWorld.com or TheatreMania.com.

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