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Misty Cotton, Derek Keeling, et al. Set for Cabrillo Music Theatre’s Happy Days

Derek Keeling
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Derek Keeling
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Cabrillo Music Theatre has announced principal casting for its production of Happy Days: A New Musical, to be presented at the Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, October 22-31. Susan Morgenstern will direct.

Featuring a book by Garry Marshall, with music and lyrics by Paul Williams, the show is based on the beloved television series that ran for 11 seasons and 247 episodes.

Derek Keeling, a finalist from the television series Grease: You’re The One That I Want, will star as Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli, with Misty Cotton as “Pinky” Tuscadero, Tracy Lore as Marion Cunningham, and Derek Klena as Richie. The production will feature choreography by John Charron, with musical direction by Lloyd Cooper.


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