Nikki Snelson to star as Cassie in A CHORUS LINE touring company.

(per playbill)
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116896.html

Legally Blonde's Nikki Snelson will appear as Cassie for the first national company of the current Broadway revival. Opposite Snelson will be Michael Gruber, who was seen during the original run of A Chorus Line, as Zach.

Also stepping up to the line will be Clyde Alves (Mike), Venny Carranza (Roy), John Carroll (Larry), Emily Fletcher (Sheila), Stephanie Gibson (Judy), Michael Gruber (Zach), Natalie Hall (Val), Derek Hanson (Don), Holly Howard (Maggie), Jay Armstrong Johnson (Mark), Julie Kotarides (Vicki), Denis Lambert (Greg), Jessica Latshaw (Kristine), Ian Liberto (Bobby), Stephanie Martignetti (Tricia), Sterling Masters (Lois), Pilar Millhollen (Bebe), Colt Prattes (Al), Gabrielle Ruiz (Diana), Clifton Samuels (Tom), Kevin Santos (Paul), Anthony Wayne (Richie), J.R. Whittington (Butch), and Jessica Wu (Connie).

Updated On: 4/17/08 at 04:43 PM

"Opposite Snelson will be Michael Gruber, who was seen during the original run of A Chorus Line, as Zach"

Michael is the only actor to have appeared in both the original run (final company as Mike) and revival company (as Greg and u/s Zach).

So thrilled for Nikki! Wasn't there a rumor that she was replacing Charlotte, or am I making that up?

I feel like this is a good cast. She was great in LB! I met her after and she was incredibly nice!

Does Snelson seem very young to be playing Cassie?

I plan on catching the tour when it stops in San Francisco this summer.

I love the picture at the bottom of the article with the cast on the line. So excited to see this!

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116901.html

Congrats to Nikki! So syked for her.

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Sorry, didn't see the first article:

Complete tour dates for the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical include:
Denver, CO (May 6-18, at the Buell Theatre)
Los Angeles, CA (May 20-July 6, at the Ahmanson Theatre)
San Francisco, CA (July 8-27, at the Curran Theatre)
Portland, OR (July 29-Aug. 3, at the Keller Auditorium)
Seattle, WA (Aug. 5-10, at the Paramount Theatre)
San Diego, CA (Aug. 12-17, at the Civic Theatre)
Costa Mesa, CA (Aug. 19-31, a the Orange County PAC)
Tempe, AZ (Sept. 2-7, at ASU's Gammage Auditorium)
Greenville, SC (Oct. 7-12, at the Peace Center)
Cleveland, OH (Oct. 14-26, at the Palace Theatre)
Toronto, ON (Oct. 28-Nov. 30, at the Canon Theatre)
Baltimore, MD (Dec. 2-14, at the Hippodrome Theatre)
Philadelphia, PA (Dec. 16-Jan. 4, 2009, at the Forrest Theatre)
Tampa, FL (Feb. 3-8, 2009, at the Tampa Bay PAC)
Orlando, FL (Feb. 10-15, 2009, at the Carr PAC)
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Feb. 16-March 1, 2009, at the Broward Center)
Atlanta, GA (March 3-8, 2009, at the Fox Theatre)
Harford, CT (March 24-29, 2009, at the Bushnell Center)
Providence, RI (March 31-April 5, 2009, at the Providence PAC)
Pittsburgh, PA (April 7-12, 2009, at the Benedum Center)
Chicago, IL (April 14-May 3, 2009, at the Oriental Theatre)
Buffalo, NY (May 5-10, 2009, at Shea's PAC)
St. Louis, MO (May 12-24, 2009, at the Fox Theatre)
Milwaukee, WI (June 23-28, 2009, at the Marcus Center)

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I was under the impression this was confirmed for awhile, apparently not.

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Thank you, j*

I wish her and the whole cast the best!!!

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Well, the cast was known as well as most of the cities. But several dates were off and three more cities are now confirmed.

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