ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Update - Peter Gallagher Still Ill, Understudy Will Continue Performances

Following this weekend's scoop that Tony-nominee Peter Gallagher had fallen ill, causing a last-minute cancellation of Roundabout's ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY on Saturday night, BroadwayWorld has confirmed that the actor remains under the weather, and his understudy, James Moye, will take the stage this week for a short series of performances.

Moye will perform opposite leading lady Kristen Chenoweth tonight, Feb. 24, and tomorrow, Feb. 25. Gallagher is expected to return on Thursday, Feb. 26. The actor developed a sinus infection last week, sources confirm, and with a then not-yet-fully rehearsed understudy, the show was left with no other option than to cancel the performance.

On the upside, audience members on Saturday were treated to a quick performance by Chenoweth!

James Moye has numerous stage credits including Bullets Over Broadway, Million Dollar Quartet, Ragtime, A Tale of Two Cities, The Full Monty, Urinetown, Far From Heaven (Playwrights), Happiness (Lincoln Center), Dogfight (Second Stage), Closer Than Ever (York Theatre), Silence! the Musical (Elektra Theatre). National tours: The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldopho), Little Shop of Horrors (Orin et. al), White Christmas (Bob Wallace, Ordway). Regional credits include: Elf (Buddy , Paper Mill Playhouse), NERDS! (Tom Watson, NC Theatre), Tinyard Hill (Russell, Theatreworks, SF Bay Theater Critics AWARD-Best Supporting Actor- 2009), 110 In The Shade (File, Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Nomination Best-Supporting Actor), Meet John Doe (Title Character, World Premiere at Goodspeed Musicals and Ford's Theatre) The Ballad of Little Jo (Gibbs, World Premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Co.), Floyd Collins (Dr. Hazlett/ Reporter, Goodman, Old Globe and Prince Music Theatres).

He's been seen on Film and TV in Fair Game (w/ Sean Penn), Construction, The Warrior and The Savior, "Royal Pains," "The Onion News Network," "Law and Order: C.I.," "The Today Show," "As The World Turns," "Guiding Light." Cast recording: Dogfight, Far from Heaven, Meet John Doe, Dream True, Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty.

Luck, love and mischief collide aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury train, when the bankrupt theater producer Oscar Jaffe (Golden Globe® winner Peter Gallagher) embarks on a madcap mission to cajole glamorous Hollywood starlet Lily Garland (Tony® and Emmy® Award winner Kristin Chenoweth) into playing the lead in his new, non-existent epic drama. But is the train ride long enough to reignite the spark between these former lovers, create a play from scratch, and find the money to get it all the way to Broadway? This fun-filled musical journey to The Great White Way also stars Tony nominee Andy Karl (Rocky, ...Drood), Drama Desk nominee Mark Linn-Baker (You Can't Take It With You), Tony winner Michael McGrath (Nice Work If You Can Get It) and Tony winner Mary Louise Wilson (Grey Gardens). Grab your ticket and hop onboard!

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