Jane Lynch has said that an upcoming
role in the Broadway production of Annie has her scared.
Lynch, who is best known for playing
coach Sue Sylvester on Fox's musical-comedy Glee, will join
the production in the role of Miss Hannigan beginning May 16.
In an appearance on Gwissues,
Lynch told host Howard Bragman that she has never been in a musical
before.
“Is this a first doing Broadway?”
Bragman asked.
“This is,” Lynch answered. “You
know, I did Nora Ephron's Love, Loss and What I Wore a couple
years ago and that was a reading where you're sitting on your butt
the whole time, you know, reading from a script. I'm playing Miss
Hannigan in Annie, taking over for Katie Finneran. Huge shoes
to fill. She's an amazing, amazing actress. And ironically I took
over for her on Love, Loss and What I Wore, too. So, I'm kind
of following Katie Finneran around on Broadway.”
“I'm scared. It's like jumping off a
cliff and I'm also exhilarated. I haven't felt this way in a long
time, you know, about doing some work that actually kind of terrifies
me and also excites me at the same time.”
Lynch added that the terrifying part of
the role was its singing and dancing. (The video is embedded on this
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