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Grease: You're the One That I Want Winner Max Crumm to Join Off-Broadway's Disaster!

Crumm, David Hibbard, and Judy Gold arrive in the musical this February.

Max Crumm, who made his Broadway debut in Grease after winning a televised casting competition, will join the off-Broadway musical Disaster! on February 14.
Max Crumm, who made his Broadway debut in Grease after winning a televised casting competition, will join the off-Broadway musical Disaster! on February 14.
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Broadway veterans David Hibbard (Elf) and Max Crumm (Grease) will join the off-Broadway cast of Disaster! at St. Luke's Theatre later this month.

Hibbard, who played 2,197 performances as Rum Tum Tugger in the original production of Cats, takes on the role of Tony Delvecchio on February 4. Crumm, winner of the televised Broadway casting competition Grease: You're the One That I Want, begins performances in the role of Scott on February 14. Fellow incoming cast member Judy Gold (The Judy Show) begins her stint in the role of Shirley, as previously announced, on February 10.

Sirius/XM Satellite Radio personality and Broadway accompanist Seth Rudetsky penned the 1970s disaster-movie send-up with Jack Plotnick, who also directs. The musical incorporates a number of hit songs from the '70s including "Hot Stuff," "Don't Bring Me Down," "I Am Woman," "Alone Again Naturally," "Signed Sealed Delivered," "Knock on Wood," "Daybreak," "Sky High," and more.

The cast of Disaster! currently features Haven Burton, Charity Dawson, Matt Farcher, Tom Riis Farrell, Stacey Oristano, Seth Rudetsky, Jennifer Simard, Jonah Verdon, Sherz Aletaha, Saum Eskandani, Maggie McDowell, Drew Geraci, and Ashanti J'Aria.

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