Catch Me if You Can Heads to Seattle

Moviegoers across the country were captivated with Leonardo diCaprio as the film star brought to life the Steven Spielberg movie Catch Me if You Can in 2002, and now the true story of con artist Frank Abagnale, Jr. is making its way onto the big stage, with the world premiere of the Broadway musical Catch Me if You Can coming up on July 28 at the 5th Avenue Theatre. The musical adaptation of this DreamWorks classic is set to feature Tony Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz and also Aaron Tveit, and the engagement will run through August 16 in Seattle.

In the Seattle running of Catch Me if You Can, Butz will star as FBI Fraud Agent Carl Hanratty while Tveit will play Frank Abagnale, Jr. Aside from the starring duo, Tom Wopat will play Frank Sr. in the engagement, with Kerry Butler playing Brenda, Linda Hart as Carol, Rachel deBenedet as Paula, Nick Wyman as Roger and Felicia Finley as Cherll Ann. Of the musical score, composer Marc Shaiman said, “The score is as eclectic as the music of the mid-’60s was. On any given Sunday, you could hear the Rolling Stones or the Beatles on ‘Ed Sullivan,’ a Frank Sinatra special or ‘The Judy Garland TV Show,’ teen idols on ‘Hullabaloo,’ Henry Mancini themes, Dean Martin and the Goldiggers. It is a fantastic palette to draw from.”

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