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Ethan Slater's 'SpongeBob' Co-Star Lilli Cooper Reacts to His New Relationship with Ariana Grande

Broadway actress Lilli Cooper just celebrated the opening night of her new play The Cottage and she was asked about her former co-star Ethan Slater while on the red carpet.

Lilli was joined by co-stars Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy, Alex Moffat, Nehal Joshi, and Dana Steingold at the opening night performance of The Cottage on Monday (July 24) in New York City.

Director Jason Alexander and writer Sandy Rustin also joined them on the carpet.

The Cottage is “an outrageous tale of sex, betrayal, and desire as one woman decides to expose her latest affair to both her husband — and to her lover’s wife. The true meaning of fate and faith, identity and infidelity, love and marriage are all called into question as a surprising and hilarious web of secrets unravels in this ridiculously funny romantic comedy.”

While on the red carpet, Lilli was asked to comment on her former SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical co-star Ethan Slater‘s new rumored relationship with Ariana Grande.

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Skylar Astin Leads the 'Spring Awakening' Reunion Performance at Tony Awards 2022 - Watch Video!

The cast of Spring Awakening reunited for a performance at the 2022 Tony Awards!

Skylar Astin led the cast, including Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff, for a performance of “Touch Me” on Sunday (June 12) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The musical won the top award at the Tonys fifteen years ago and the cast recently reunited for a benefit performance, which was captured for the HBO documentary Those You’ve Known.

Also featured in the Tonys reunion were original cast members Gerard Canonico, Lilli Cooper, Jennifer Damiano, John Gallagher Jr, Gideon Glick, Robi Hager, Brian Charles Johnson, Lauren Pritchard, Krysta Rodriguez, Phoebe Strole, Jonathan B. Wright, and Remy Zaken.

Make sure to check out photos of the cast on the red carpet earlier in the night!

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Julianne Hough & Vanessa Williams Celebrate With Their Cast at 'POTUS' Opening Night Party

Julianne Hough steps out in a bright yellow dress for the opening night party for POTUS held at The Shubert Theater on Sunday (May 1) in New York City.

The 33-year-old actress joined all her costars – Vanessa Williams, Gisela Chipe, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Julie White, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Lilli Cooper, Suzy Nakamura, Anita Abdinezhad, and Jennifer Fouche, as well as director Susan Stroman at the party following the premiere of the new Broadway play.

Celeb guests at the event included Lea Michele, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Rachel Brosnahan and her husband, Jason Ralph, Amy Poehler and Ana Gasteyer.

Teri Hatcher was also in attendance, supporting her former Desperate Housewives co-star Vanessa.

Just last month, Julianne had to miss several performances of the show. Find out why here!

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Lea Michele & Jonathan Groff Join 'Spring Awakening' Cast at Premiere of Their HBO Documentary

Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff share a sweet embrace on the red carpet at the premiere of Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known.

The longtime BFFs and former Broadway co-stars attended the premiere of their HBO documentary on Monday evening (April 25) at Florence Gould Hall in New York City.

Lea and Jonathan were joined at the event by their co-stars John Gallagher Jr, Skylar Astin, Lauren Pritchard, Lilli Cooper, Gerard Canonico, Brian Charles Johnson, Jonathan B. Wright, Gideon Glick, Remy Zaken, Jennifer Damiano, and Robert Hager, as well as the show’s writers Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik.

Lea‘s Glee co-star Darren Criss, who is currently starring on Broadway in American Buffalo, was also there.

Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the sold-out, one-night-only reunion concert featuring the full original cast of the Tony-winning musical. It premieres on HBO on Tuesday, May 3.

Lea is going viral today for some eye-opening comments she made about her relationship with Jonathan.

FYI: Jonathan is wearing Brioni.

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Julianne Hough, Vanessa Williams, & More Celebrate First Performance of New Play 'POTUS' on Broadway!

Julianne Hough raises her champagne glass in a toast to her new Broadway play POTUS while attending a celebration following the first preview performance.

The 33-year-old actress was joined by Vanessa Williams and the rest of the cast while celebrating the show at the Shubert Theatre on Thursday night (April 14) in New York City.

Also starring in the play are Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura, and Lilli Cooper. They were joined by playwright Selina Fillinger at the celebration.

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive is playing a limited run through August 14. Here is the play’s synopsis: “One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.”

The show is already getting raves from fans after just one performance.

“This was the most unhinged night of theatre I’ve ever experienced and I loved every, single minute of it. GO SEE POTUS!! @potusbway,” user @Rebecca_Mich tweeted.

“Good f–king God. There is nothing like this show. Go see @potusbway NOW,” user @KyleMFox tweeted.

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Julianne Hough to Make Broadway Debut Alongside Star-Studded Cast

Julianne Hough is heading to Broadway!

On Tuesday (March 1), it was announced that the 33-year-old Dancing with the Stars alum will be making her Broadway debut in the new play POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive – and she’ll be appearing on stage alongside some very big stars.

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Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds Join Deborra Lee Furness To Support Hugh Jackman at 'The Music Man' Opening Night

Blake Lively looks royal in a sleek purple suit for opening night of The Music Man held at Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday (February 10) in New York City.

The 34-year-old actress stepped out with husband Ryan Reynolds, and Deborra Lee Furness, to support friend Hugh Jackman at the debut of his new musical.

Many other stars hit the red carpet to catch opening night, including Blake‘s sister Robyn and her husband, Bart Johnson, Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman, Seth and Alexi Meyers, Andy Cohen, Cynthia Nixon, and Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann.

Donna Murphy, Donna Karan, Diane von Furstenberg, Lilli Cooper, Derek Blasberg, Mike Bloomberg, Eric Adams, David Scotchford, Cody Renard Richard, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Allyson Tucker were also at the premiere.

The Music Man has had a few delays along the way, but is finally making its debut now.

FYI: Blake wore a Sergio Hudson suit.

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