Colin Donnell Cast in CW’s Arrow Pilot
Drama Desk Award nominee Colin Donnell has been cast in the CW drama pilot Arrow, according to Deadline.com.
The series is described by the site as a modern retelling of the story of DC Comics character Green Arrow, who fights crime using archery, martial arts, and technology under his secret identity as Oliver Queen, a wealthy playboy and politician in Star City. The series will also star Stephen Arnell, Katie Cassidy, and Susanna Thompson.
Donnell received a Drama Desk nomination for his work as Billy Crocker in the current Broadway revival of Anything Goes and just completed a run as Franklin Shepard in the City Center Encores! revival of Merrily We Roll Along. He appeared this season on ABC’s Pan Am.