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Two-time Olivier nominee Scarlett Strallen鈥攕een on Broadway in A Gentleman鈥檚 Guide to Love and Murder, Mary Poppins, and Travesties鈥攚ill temporarily replace Kate Jennings Grant in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Grant is stepping away from the production, led by Tony winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, for approximately two weeks due to a non-production-related injury.

Strallen's West End credits include She Loves Me, Candide, A Chorus Line, Mary Poppins, Singin鈥� in the Rain (Olivier nomination), Clara in Passion, The Music Man, Merry Wives of Windsor, H.M.S. Pinafore (Olivier nomination), Cymbeline, and Twelfth Night.

Manhattan Theatre Club recently extended its Broadway run of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends through June 29, a two-week extension from the previously scheduled June 15 final performance.

The revue, a transfer from London's West End, features Tony winners Peters and Salonga reprising their performances from the London bow, leading a cast of stage favorites singing songs written by the late Broadway master.

Previews began March 25, and opening night was April 8. See what critics had to say here.

The cast also includes Jacob Dickey, Kevin Earley, Jasmine Forsberg, Bonnie Langford, Tony winner Beth Leavel, Tony nominee Gavin Lee, Olivier nominee Jason Pennycooke, Olivier winner Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Kyle Selig, Maria Wirries, Daniel Yearwood, Paige Faure, Alexa Lopez, Greg Mills, and Peter Neureuther. Langford, Lee, Pennycooke, Riding, and Secomb are all reprising their work from the London bow.

READ: In Old Friends, It's Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga As You've Never Seen Them Before

As in the West End, the revue features the songs of Stephen Sondheim and is devised by producer Cameron Mackintosh. Matthew Bourne is back to provide musical staging and direction, leading a creative team that also includes artistic consultant Julia McKenzie, choreographer Stephen Mear, music supervisor Alfonso Casado Trigo, music director Annbritt duChateau, arranger Stephen Metcalfe, set designer Matt Kinley, projection designer George Reeve, costume designer Jill Parker, lighting designer Warren Letton, and sound designer Mick Potter. Orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick, and David Lober serves as production stage manager.

The revue began as a one-night-only affair at London's Sondheim Theatre May 3, 2022, an evening that was filmed and later broadcast on BBC Two. The evening was brought back for a limited West End run at the Gielgud Theatre beginning October 3, 2023, with Peters making her official West End debut. A live album was released of the 2022 concert. The Broadway bow was preceded by a West Coast run at Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group.

Manhattan Theatre Club is joining Mackintosh's CMI and Daryl Roth in presenting the tribute revue's Broadway bow.

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Photos: Lea Salonga, Bernadette Peters, Beth Leavel, More in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

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