13 The Musical Update: Tamra Davis has directed the upcoming new Netflix film ’13: The Musical’ which is set to release on August 12, 2022, in the United States. The plot of the film revolves around a young boy named Evan Goldman who is twelve years old and whose parents are recently divorced.
With his mother Jessica he leaves New York City as his Bar Mitzvah is on the way. Though Evan is sad about leaving his friends, he wants to turn his Bar Mitzvah into a cool party in order to make new friends and blend in.
In the role of Evan Goldman, we will see Eli Golden in the film. Other cast members of the movie include Peter Hermann, Josh Peck, Jessica Goldman, Rhea Perlman, Gabriella Uhl, Frankie McNellis, Lindsey Blackwell, JD McCrary, etc. Now some of the cast members of the film may seem familiar if we dig into their previous works as actors and actresses.
13 The Musical- Peter Hermann as Joel Goldmann:
Joel Goldman is the father of Evan Goldman in the movie whom Evan has to leave behind in New York after the divorce. In the role of Joel Goldman, we will be seeing American actor and producer Peter Hermann. Hermann began his acting career with the role of Dr. Michael Burke in the American popular tv soap opera ‘Guiding Light’.
Hermann portrayed the character in 42 episodes from 1997 to 1998. Then he appeared in three episodes of American comedy-drama ‘Get Real’ and one episode of ‘Law & Order’, ‘Spin City’ and ‘Hack’.
Then from 2002 to 2019 and from 2021 to 2022, he portrayed the role for which he is mostly known. In NBC’s ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ he played the role of the recurring character Trevor Logan. He also appeared in the series Sex and the City, ‘All My Children’, ‘Hope & Faith’, ‘Beautiful People’, ‘Standoff’,
‘Angela’s Eyes’, ’30 Rock’, ‘Cashmere Mafia’, ‘Fringe’, ‘Bored to Death’, ‘The Good Wife’, ‘White Collar’, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm, ‘A Gifted Man, ‘Blue Bloods’, ‘Elementary’. From 2015 to 2021 he was cast in the role of Charles Brooks in Darren Star’s American comedy-drama ‘Younger’.
Starting from 2002 the movies in which Hermann has starred are ‘Swimfan’, ‘Duane Incarnate’, ‘The Treatment’, ‘United 93’, ‘Edge of Darkness, ‘Just Wright’, ‘Too Big to Fail’, ‘Trouble with the Curve’, ‘Philomena’, ‘Chinese Puzzle’, ‘All Is Bright’.
13 The Musical- Debra Messing as Jessica Goldman:
Jessica is the divorced mother of the young Ethan who is portrayed by American actress Debra Lynn Messing. Messing graduated from Tisch School of the Arts of New York and has owned a number of accolades including Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nominations during her acting career since now.
She began her on-screen career by appearing in the police procedural drama ‘NYPD Blue’ from 1994 to 1995. In 1995 she appeared in one episode of ‘Partners’ before getting vast for the role of the titular Stacey Colbert in the American sitcom ‘Ned & Stacey’ where she co-starred with Thomas Haden Church from 1995 to 1997.
From 1998 to 2006 and from 2017 to 2020 she played the role of the titular Grace Adler in another sitcom named ‘Will & Grace’. In the musical drama ‘Smash’, she starred in 32 episodes in the role of Julia Houston from 2012 to 2013, and from 2014 to 2016 she starred as Detective Laura Diamond in the police procedural comedy series ‘The Mysteries of Laura’.
The other series where she appeared include ‘Seinfeld’, ‘Prey’, ‘Project Runway’ and ‘Project Runway All-Stars, ‘The Starter Wife’, ‘Jeopardy!’ etc.
Her films include ‘A Walk in the Clouds’, ‘McHale’s Navy’, ‘Jesus’, ‘The Mothman Prophecies’, ‘Hollywood Ending’, ‘Along Came Polly’, ‘The Wedding Date’, ‘Purple Violets’, ‘Lucky You, ‘The Women’, ‘Nothing like the Holidays’, ‘Like Sunday, Like Rain’, ‘Searching’, ‘Irresistible’, ‘The Dark Divide’ etc.
Rhea Jo Perlman as Grandma Ruth:
Four-times Emmy winner and seven times Golden Globe-nominated American actress, mostly regarded for her eleven years-long roles in the sitcom named ‘Cheers’, Rhea Jo Perlman will be seeing portraying Evan’s grandmother Ruth.
After getting divorced and living in New York, Evan’s mother moves in with her along with Evan. Besides ‘Cheers’ where she starred from 1982 to 1993, other tv series in which Perlman has been seen appearing in ‘Taxi’, ‘Pearl’, ‘Kate Brasher’, ‘Hung’, ‘Kristie’, ‘The Mindy Project’, ‘Me and My Grandma’ etc.
She was also cast as the voice actress in the series- ‘Annie’, ‘The Simosons’, ‘The Critic’, ‘What’s New, Scooby-Doo?’, ‘Robot and Monster’, ‘Robot Chicken’, ‘Harley Quinn, and ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’.
Some of her films include ‘Love Comes Lately’, ‘The Sessions’, ‘Funny Face’, ‘There Goes the Neighborhood’, ‘Sunset Park’, ‘Love Comes Lately’, ‘The Trouble With Bliss’, ‘Half Magic’, ‘Beethoven’s Big Break’, ‘Matilda’, ‘The Grandmother’s House We Go’ etc.
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