The Lexington Theatre Company’s debut showing of “42nd Street” on Thursday night was a success, thanks in part to a guest appearance by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
The governor appeared on stage for about one minute, playing the role of a doctor, and even worked in a phrase he made popular during the COVID-19 pandemic: “You can’t be doing that!”
Jeromy Smith, producing director and co-founder of the theater, said they wanted to do something fun to celebrate the theater’s 10th anniversary and landed on including special guests in the play.
“We were looking for some fun ways to celebrate our 10th anniversary and realized that there was an opportunity at the top of the second act to have special guests join us in the show,” Smith said…