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"What Baking Can Do" - Katharine McPhee Producers of the smash Broadway musical WAITRESS announced today that Erich Bergen will take over the role of Dr. Pomatter on June 5 and play through August 12. WAITRESS will mark Erich’s Broadway debut. He currently plays Blake Moran on the CBS drama, Madam Secretary, beginning its 5th season this fall. In 2014 he starred as Bob Gaudio in the film Jersey Boys, reprising his performance from the National Tour and Las Vegas productions of the show. Erich Bergen WAITRESS recently celebrated its second anniversary on Broadway and is on a National Tour. WAITRESS tells the story of Jenna (Katharine McPhee, through June 17), an expert pie maker in a small town, who dreams of a way out of her loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s new doctor may offer her a chance at a new life, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes to happiness. But Jenna must find the cour...

Waitress On Broadway The producers of Broadway’s smash Waitress announced that they will celebrate National Women’s History Month at the show by hosting a month-long campaign in March. As the first Broadway musical with an all-female creative team, the production will celebrate women through a variety of efforts including post-show talkbacks centered around women-centric themes, educational social campaigns, and fundraising efforts benefitting the National Women’s History Museum in Washington D.C. ( www.womenshistory.org ). “The National Women’s History Museum is proud to support the trailblazing women of Waitress,” said Board Chair Susan D. Whiting. “We are grateful for their support to help us create a world where everyone learns the full value of women through women's history inspiring them to see there are no obstacles to becoming whatever they want to be.” Each week in March, Waitress will host a notable woman (or group of women) to participate in...