EXCLUSIVE: Greater than three years in the past, when writer-director Cameron Crowe appeared with David Crosby on NBC’s Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon – the duo had been plugging their documentary David Crosby: Bear in mind My Title – Crowe made an informal pledge to his outdated Nearly Well-known actor Fallon that when the then-developing musical adaptation of the movie makes it to Broadway, Fallon has an open invitation to reprise his function as harried (and bushy) band supervisor Dennie Hope.
“I’m speechless,” Fallon mentioned on the time.
He’ll doubtless have extra to say tonight when Crowe returns to the present to advertise the musical Nearly Well-known, which opens on the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway Thursday. Deadline hears from Crowe himself that Fallon will certainly drop by the musical every so often – how typically, and when, is beneath wraps for now – to tackle his outdated function. The discuss present host has even grown a beard to be prepared at a second’s discover.
“Within the spirit of the musical and the solid being our ‘band,’ we love the thought of our favorites and future favorites dropping in to ‘jam,’” Crowe advised Deadline. “The entire thing started with Jimmy — because the hyperlink between the 2 (movie and musical) casts.”
Fallon gained’t be the one particular visitor performer. Crowe confirmed for Deadline that MSNBC journalist John Heilemann has expressed curiosity in doing a drop-by as David Felton, the Rolling Stone reporter performed within the movie by Rainn Wilson. Once more, no dates simply but, nevertheless it’ll occur.
The stage roles are often portrayed by Jakeim Hart (who performs Dennis Hope) and Van Hughes (Felton). Secure to imagine they’re comfortable with the jam.
Right here’s Crowe’s July 17, 2019, look on Tonight:
