B'way's 'Rebecca' beckons McGillin

McGillin Vet Broadway thesp Howard McGillin is slated to participate the arrival Rialto tuner version of Daphne Du Maurier's "Rebecca," modified for your stage by composer Sylvester Levay and lyricist-playwright Michael Kunze and changed into British by "A Dangerous Method" scribe Christopher Hampton.McGillin's most impressive claim they can fame may be his years-long-term inside the Great White-colored Way's "Phantom in the Opera," in which the actor drenched greater than 2,300 perfs inside the title role, but more youthful crowd came out inside the Hal Prince-helmed output of Stephen Sondheim's "Bounce" (later reworked as "Road Show") within the Kennedy Center, together with a Broadway revival of "Anything Goes" together with the Rialto's "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." McGillin acquired Tony noms for in the latter.New tuner is positioned to bow April 22 within the Broadhurst Theater and may star Sierra Boggess, Tam Mutu, Karen Mason and James Barbour. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com