Date 10/04/2015 - News People
Nearly 50 years after Leslie Caron captured hearts in the film "Gigi," actress Vanessa Hudgens is tackling the role in her Broadway debut in a more modern musical version of the French story. The revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical based on the character in French writer Colette's 1944 novella of the same name opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on Wednesday night. Caron played the young girl being groomed to become a courtesan in 1900 Paris in the 1958 film. It won nine Oscars, including best picture and best director for Vincente Minnelli.??
