Jake Gyllenhaal Reveals He Wants to Do a Broadway Musical 'In the Near Future'

By: Sep. 11, 2015
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In an interview with EOnline last night at the Toronto International Film Festival where he was promoting his upcoming drama-comedy film DEMOLITION, Jake Gyllenhaal revealed that a Broadway musical is on the top of his 'to do list'.

The actor made a huge hit this summer, co-starring in Encores! Off-Center concert production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

Revealed Gyllenhaal of his future plans, "I don't know about that show in particular...but I definitely would love to be doing a musical on Broadway in the near future." He added, "It would be a huge honor. There are a lot of really good people who do it really well so you gotta know you can do it well if you're going to do it." Click here to check out BroadwayWorld's countdown of top musical roles we want to see Gyllenhaal portray on Broadway!

Below, watch Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllenhaal's performance of the iconic "Call Back in the Morning" during the July 1st performance of Encores! Off-Center's 2015 concert production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's "Little Shop of Horrors." This video also features Tracy Nicole Chapman as Chiffon, Marva Hicks as Crystal, and Ramona Keller as Ronnette.


Jake Gyllenhaal (Seymour) made his Broadway debut this season in Constellations. He was seen Off-Broadway in Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet (Lucille Lortel and Drama League nomination) and in London in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth (Evening Standard Theatre Award). His film credits include Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (Academy Award nomination, BAFTA award, National Board of Review Award), Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (Golden Globe nomination, SAG nomination, BAFTA nomination, Independent Spirit Award nomination), Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (National Board of Review Ensemble Award), David Fincher's Zodiac, Sam Mendes' Jarhead, Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (Independent Spirit Award nomination), Denis Villeneuve's Enemy, David Ayer's End of Watch, Duncan Jones' Source Code, Edward Zwick's Love & Other Drugs (Golden Globe nomination), Jim Sheridan's Brothers, Miguel Arteta's The Good Girl and Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow. His upcoming films include Antoine Fuqua's Southpaw, Baltasar Kormákur's Everest, and Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos



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