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The opening night performance of the new Broadway musical Girl from the North Country had so many stars on the red carpet on Thursday (March 5) at the Belasco Theatre in New York City.

It was date night for married couples Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita, and Michael C. Hall and Morgan Macgregor.

More stars in attendance included James Van Der Beek, Ben Platt and his former Dear Evan Hansen co-star Michael Park, Corey Stoll, Brooke Shields, Jesse Eisenberg, Tony Shalhoub, Bernadette Peters, Jane Krakowski, Martha Plimpton, Rosie O’Donnell, Kathy Najimy, Mary-Louise Parker, Brian D’Arcy James, Alysia Reiner, Sophia Anne Caruso, and Wesley Taylor.

Girl from the North Country, which features the songs of Bob Dylan, is now playing on Broadway. The New York Times gave it a rave review and noted it as a Critic’s Pick.

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James Van Der Beek will be starring in a upcoming production of the classic musical Bye Bye Birdie in Washington, D.C.

The 42-year-old actor will be playing the role of Albert Peterson in the one-week production at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, according to People.

Albert is the “the neurotic New York–based songwriter who finds himself in panic when his client — rock and roll teen idol Conrad Birdie — is drafted into the Army.”

Also in the cast will be American Housewife‘s Carly Hughes as Rose Grant and Harvey Fierstein as Albert’s mother Mae Peterson.

Dear Evan Hansen‘s Mallory Bechtel is playing Kim MacAfee, The Prom‘s Caitlin Kinnunen is playing Ursula Merkle, and Kim’s parents will be playing Ann Harada and Reg Rogers.

The production is running from April 23 through April 28.

Kelly Rowland adds a cool pop of red to her look for the premiere of Bad Hair during 2020 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray on Thursday night (January 23) in Park City, Utah.

The 38-year-old singer and actress stars in the new film opposite James Van Der Beek, Michelle Hurd, Jay Pharoah, Elle Lorraine, Ashley Blaine and more for the event, which shines a light on black hair.

During an interview with Variety, Kelly opened up about a moment she shared with her son, Titan, that relates to the flick.

“I come downstairs and my son’s like, ‘Mommy, I really love your hair.’ And I said, ‘Thank you baby.’ And it was just interesting… because I think it was his first time seeing me receive like, you know, my natural hair.”

She added, “It’s beautiful and it looks effortless and that’s what we wanted… It made it look easy, and I think that for so long we were told as black women, ‘Well, I don’t know what to do with that,’ or ‘This is hard.’ It’s always a scrunched face or a complaint when it comes to taking care of our natural hair and this was a new easy solution.”

Bad Hair centers on an ambitious young woman, who in 1989, gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.

FYI: James wore a Falconeri sweater.

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James Van Der Beek is opening up about returning to the Dancing With The Stars ballroom just a week after being eliminated.

The 42-year-old actor was sent home during the semi-finals, which came just a day after his wife suffered a miscarriage.

During the finale, James took to the floor for a final dance despite being eliminated.

“It was great to be back and dancing. This group is a really tight group of dancers. All the celebs have been so supportive. I’m so glad I got to see everybody,” James told USA Today.

He added, “Emma [Slater] and I really appreciated the reception we got the second we stepped on the floor. It really warmed my heart. It’s so appreciated.”

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James Van Der Beek is going shirtless to reveal how his body has changed in the last few months while competing on Dancing With the Stars!

The 42-year-old actor shared two selfies, one that he took after six months of Muy Thai fight training and another that he just snapped after dancing for six days a week.

“Fight training vs. dancing… – I’d been training in Muy Thai three days a week for about six months (for the next project I’m writing) when I hit pause to dance six hours a day. Now I can rhumba 🕺🏼,” James wrote on Instagram.

While he looks great in both images, James is considerably more ripped in the new photo!

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Ally Brooke is giving fans an update on James Van Der Beek after he was shockingly eliminated from Dancing With the Stars during the semi-finals episode.

James and Ally were in the bottom two and all three judges voted to save her, but then she tried to give up her spot, though was denied by producers. That evening, James revealed the emotional news that he and his wife lost the baby they were expecting just days earlier.

“[We’re] texting back and forth,” she told Us Weekly. “He’s just the sweetest. He’s such an encourager and an amazing human being. He’s just a remarkable man.”

“James was so wonderful. He’s like, ‘Girl, you shine and go enjoy this and go shine,’” she added. “So I took that with me, but, you know, I did work so hard to get here, and it’s not been easy and I’m very, very thankful to be in the finale. I hoped I would be and the fact that I’m in the finale is unbelievable!”

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Carrie Ann Inaba, one of the judges on Dancing with the Stars, voted out James Van Der Beek after he and his wife Kimberly announced they had suffered a miscarriage. Kimberly almost lost her life as a result.

The judge said that it was a hard decision, especially after the announcement.

“As a human being, what he and his wife Kimberly suffered is heartbreaking and I have so much sadness in my heart for them and my prayers are with them. But, you know, this is when it’s really hard is that, as a judge, I have to judge the dance,” Carrie Ann revealed to People.

Still, the decision weighed on her.

“I went home and I vomited,” Carrie Ann said of having to choose to vote out James.

The decision for the judges came down to voting out James, or voting out Ally Brooke. Ultimately, James was voted out and Ally will compete in Monday’s finals.

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