“Riverdale” fans, get ready to see Cheryl Blossom (Madeleine Pench) like you’ve never seen her before: as the leading lady in “Carrie: The Musical”
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“Riverdale” fans, get ready to see Cheryl Blossom (Madeleine Pench) like you’ve never seen her before.
Riverdale High is putting on “Carrie: The Musical” for their spring play in an episode that will feature a whopping 11 songs sung by the cast from the musical, based on the 1976 horror classic starring Sissy Spacek, Entertainment Weekly reported Wednesday . (Did “Glee” ever feature so many tunes? That’s a whole lot to pack into less than an hour!)
The episode will air later this season on April 18 at 8 p.m. on The CW.
Casey Cott, who plays Kevin Keller on the show, tweeted out the casting announcement on Wednesday.
A Night to Remember. pic.twitter.com/J3pRa5xEXs
— Casey Cott (@CaseyCott) January 24,2018
Cheryl, Riverdale’s resident mean girl and fire starter, will play the titular character in “Carrie: The Musical,” which made its Broadway debut in 1988, written by Lawrence D. Cohen, lyrics by Dean Pitchford and music by Michael Gore.
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Kevin Keller will direct Riverdale High’s version, and Fangs Fogarty (Drew Ray Tanner) will assistant direct. Archie Andrews (K. J. Apa) will play Tommy Ross, Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) will play Sue Snell, and Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes) will play Chris Hargensen. Veronica’s parents are producing the play, and Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) will shoot a behind-the-scenes documentary of it all. But Jughead isn’t the only Serpent to have a role in the production: Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan) will play Norma.
Watch “Riverdale” on The CW on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
Bughead: A Timeline of Riverdale’s Most Popular Ship (Photos)
Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) and Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) are arguably the internet’s favorite couple. From Twitter accounts to Tumblr pages, the couple is by far Riverdale’s most popular ship. But Season 2 has been anything but smooth sailing for the sleuthing duo, from Juggie’s new friend Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan) to Betty’s “Serpent Dance.” Scroll down for a Bughead breakdown. The CW
Betty starts out Season 1 with eyes for Riverdale High’s It-Boy Archie Andrews, who also happens to be her childhood BFF and neighbor. Archie is a boy straight out of a Taylor Swift song: He plays football, guitar, and has the killer six-pack of a Calvin Klein model. But Archie soon tells Betty he wants to stay in the friend zone, leaving Betty single and ready to mingle. The CW
Betty and Jughead — who is Archie’s other childhood BFF — start spending more time together as they investigate the death of golden boy Jason Blossom. Juggie also helps Betty find her sister, who their parents have been keeping hidden at Sisters of Quiet Mercy because she got pregnant with Jason Blossom’s baby. The CW
Betty decides to revive the Blue and Gold, Riverdale High’s school newspaper, as a place to publish and expose their investigations. She convinces Jughead to join her, meaning the two spend even more time together. The CW
The Bughead first kiss scene (it’s right here if you need to re-watch it) is chock full of teen romance tropes. Jughead sneaks into Betty’s second-story bedroom window, then earnestly tells her that they won’t end up like their parents before grabbing her face and kissing her, officially starting the Bughead ship — and maybe those Romeo and Juliet comparisons? The CW
Veronica notices Betty and Jughead are getting closer, but neither one of the duo quite knows how to label their newfound feels for one another. It doesn’t take long until Betty is calling Juggie her “boyfriend.” The CW
Betty’s mom, Mrs. Alice Cooper, is not as on board with her daughter’s new relationship as everyone else. She doesn’t approve of Jughead’s dad, F. P. Jones, who she knew back in the day at Riverdale High, and sets up a “family dinner” for the four of them before the school dance, with hopes that she’ll be able to get some info out of F. P. on Jason’s death. When Jughead finds out this was the reason for the dinner, he feels betrayed by Betty, although she didn’t know her mom’s true intentions until it was too late. The CW
Trouble in paradise? When Betty throws Jughead a surprise birthday party that goes awry, he’s left feeling very misunderstood. The CW
Jughead’s poor relationship with his dad starts to get in the way of his relationship with Betty when she remains convinced of F. P.’s innocence, but Jughead feels hopeless. He almost leaves town, but luckily Betty, Archie and Veronica find him at Pop’s before he gets on the bus. The CW
When Jughead’s dad is taken into police custody for the murder of Jason Blossom, Riverdale’s Truman Capote wannabe is forced to live with a foster family and switch schools to Southside High. Betty, Archie and Veronica try to convince him to return to RHS, but he’s certain that’s where he belongs. We know that in Season 2, Juggie will befriend a Southside High girl, leaving room for rough waters when it comes to Bughead. The CW
To show gratitude for the solving of Jason’s murder, Mayor McCoy asks Betty to speak at the town’s annual Jubilee. But instead of what McCoy wants to hear, Betty stands up for F. P. and Jughead, urging the town to do better. Jughead is the first to clap for her speech, and all is right with Buggie again. The CW
After the Jubilee is solved, Jughead declares his love for Betty, and it’s just *so* romantic. They are soulmates, after all (at least according to Veronica). They’re interrupted, though, by some Southside Serpents, there to thank Jughead for his dad’s loyalty and to invite him to join their group. It seems clear that Betty is less than enthused at Juggie’s decision to put on the infamous jacket. The CW
Heading into Season 2, Betty and Jughead are trying to make things work, despite going to different high schools now–Jughead transferred to Southside High because his dad is in jail. Jughead is trying to make new friends to avoid getting jumped, but Betty doesn’t want him getting involved with any Southside Serpents. The CW
Jughead makes friends with Toni, a Southside Serpent who (at least at first) seems pretty darn thirsty for a certain crown-wearing carnivore we know. In a similar move to Betty’s from Season 1, Jughead convinces his lit teacher to let him reopen the Red and Black, Southside High’s school newspaper. He enlists Toni to help. They even kiss at one point (gasp!!), but it turns out Toni prefers girls anyway. The CW
Betty starts to get in way too deep investigating The Black Hood, and the serial killer terrorizing Riverdale convinces her to get Archie to tell Jughead to stay away from her. She’s trying to protect Jug, but it backfires. The CW
Meanwhile, Jughead is dealing with the Serpents–which, yeah he officially joined–and their feud with the Ghoulies, the Southside’s other gang. He decides it’s a good idea to street race the Ghoulies for territory on the Southside.
