Don Stephenson joined the cast of Broadway’s Rock of Ages on August 17. He is filling in for Paul Schoeffler in the role of Hertz. Schoeffler is taking a leave of absence to play Lawrence in the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; he will return to Rock of Ages on October 26.

Stephenson was last seen as Leo Bloom in the Broadway’s The Producers, in addition to By Jeeves, Dracula, Private Lives, Parade, Pardon My English, Titanic, and Wonderful Town.

The Rock of Ages production notes describe the show:

In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in L.A.’s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the ’80s. . . . [The musical is] an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.

The cast of Rock of Ages also features Constantine Maroulis (American Idol) as Drew, James Carpinello (Saturday Night Fever, VH1’s “So NoTORIous”) as Stacee Jaxx, Savannah Wise (Les Miserables) as Sherrie, Mitch Jarvis (Fiddler on the Roof) as Lonny, and Wesley Taylor (Addams Family) as Franz, as well as the onstage band, ARSENAL.

For more information visit the official Rock of Ages website.

Welcome back to Musical Reviewer! Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter and RSS feed and join our community. You can also check us out on Twitter and Facebook! While you're at it, why not leave a comment in the box at the end of an article? We'd love to hear what you have to say. Thanks for visiting!