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Kristin Chenowethhas a new Broadway show in the works!
During Chenoweth’s appearance onWatch What Happens LiveMonday as she promoted her new bookI’m No Philosopher,But I Got Thoughts:Mini-Meditationsfor Saints, Sinners and the Rest of Us, the actress revealed to hostAndy Cohenthat she is working on a still-secretive original Broadway show.
Chenoweth nodded her head affirmatively as Cohen confirmed that the project she’s working on is a “totally original new show.”
“No, it’s brand new. I’m excited,” the actress added when Cohen, 54, asked whether it is any of her upcoming projects she has previously discussed onWatch What Happens Live.
Chenoweth last appeared on a Broadway stage for eight performances of her showKristin Chenoweth: For the Girlsin November 2019, according toPlaybill. Otherwise, the performer has been developing a musical based on the life of Faye Bakker — whomJessica Chastainportrayed in the 2021 filmThe Eyes of Tammy Faye— for over a decade, according to a 2019Playbillreport that mentions theWickedalum would star as the late televangelist.
OnWWHLMonday, Chenoweth implied that the production had been indefinitely delayed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In July 2022, PEOPLE confirmed that the actress and her fiancéJosh Bryant, who began dating in August 2018 andgot engaged in October 2021, hadpostponed their nuptialsfor the time being.
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“I’ve been the runaway bride,” Chenoweth told PEOPLE at the time. “Now that I’ve found him, I won’t let him go. I will race to greet him at the altar.”
Bryant added, “My best friend and soulmate said ‘YES’ to me! Kristin is my world, my everything, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with her!”
Chenoweth and Bryant first met at the wedding of Chenoweth’s niece in 2016, where Bryant’s band Backroad Anthem was performing.
When the band was hired to play at Chenoweth’s nephew’s wedding in 2018, the soon-to-be couple met once again and started dating in August of that year.
source: people.com
