Tony Nominee Jeremy Pope Lands Leading Role on Ryan Murphy鈥檚 Hollywood

Jeremy Pope鈥檚 star burned white hot on Broadway, but the performer is now headed to the West Coast, landing a role in Ryan Murphy鈥檚 upcoming Netflix series Hollywood. Pope will star alongside Broadway alum Darren Criss and David Corenswet in the series, centered around the Golden Age of Tinseltown, reports. The show is expected to drop May 2020.

Two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone and Tony nominee Holland Taylor been tapped for the series.

During the 2018鈥�2019 Broadway season, Pope played Pharus in Choir Boy, earning a Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play. He also appeared as Eddie Kendricks in Ain鈥檛 Too Proud鈥擳he Life and Times of the Temptations and received a second, simultaneous Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He is for two performances in the same year.

Hollywood is just one of many series planned by Murphy as a part of his mega-deal with Netflix. Among his theatre-adjacent projects are The Politician (premiering September 27) starring Tony winner Ben Platt, of The Boys in the Band and The Prom, and a adaptation of A Chorus Line.