Broadways Daphne Rubin-Vega Set To Recur On The CWs Riverdale Spin-Off Katy Keene

EXCLUSIVE: Daphne Rubin-Vega, the original Mimi in both the Off Broadway and Broadway landmark productions of Rent and coming off the Lin Manuel/Warner Bros. feature In The Heights, will appear in a major recurring role on the CWs upcoming Riverdale off-shoot Katy Keene.

Shell play Luisa, the mother of a central character, Katys roomie Jorge/Ginger. Shes described as a doting mother, a former Rockette and now owner, with her husband Luis, of a bodega in Washington Heights. She supports her son Jorges ambitions to make it on Broadway, but doesnt know about his drag alter ego, Ginger.

The Jorge/Ginger character, played by Jonny Beauchamp, is a central figure on the series and one of at least two characters expected to perform musical numbers on every episode.

In the Katy Keene series pilot, recently screened at the Tribeca TV Festival, Jorge is a Broadway hopeful by day and, as Ginger, a drag performer by night. When his Broadway dreams begin to fizzle – he is, he says, “too gay for Broadway” – hes encouraged by Katy to make the audition rounds not as Jorge but as Ginger.

Katy Keene is expected to debut during the CWs winter/spring 2020 midseason.

Rubin-Vega was Tony-nominated in 1996 for originating on Broadway the lead female role of Mimi in JoRead More – Source