Yesterday, the cast of Dawson’s Creek reunited, the first time in over 20 years, for a table read of the 1998 pilot to raise money for James Van Der Beek, who is battling stage 3 colorectal cancer.
Sadly, the actor was not able to be there because he got hit by two stomach viruses. The negatives of having six children is that they are germ spreaders.
Talking about those six children, Olivia, 14, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 6, and Jeremiah, 2, were all there, along with their mom, Kimberly.
The Van Der Beeks joined Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes, Nina Repeta, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe, Busy Phillips, and Lin-Manuel Miranda (who played Dawson for the night) on stage when they took their bow.
It was an emotional night for everyone involved. But the most emotional moment was when they played JVDB’s surprise message to the audience. To hear what he said, then click here!
Tonight is the massive Dawson’s Creek reunion, but someone won’t be there. Dawson himself was forced to cancel at the last minute because of an illness.
James Van Der Beek wrote: This is the evening I’d been looking forward to MOST since my angel Michelle Williams said she was putting it together, way back in January…
So you can imagine how gutted I was when two stomach viruses conspired to knock me out of commission and keep me grounded at the worst possible moment.
Despite every effort… I won’t get to be there. I won’t get to stand on that stage and thank every soul in the theater for showing up for me, and against cancer, when I needed it most.
But I DO have an understudy. A ridiculously overqualified replacement who would have been #1 on my wishlist (had I ever dreamed he’d be available). Someone my kids would definitely consider an upgrade over me… Plus, he already knows how to get to the theater. So that’s convenient.
The role of “Dawson”, usually played by James Van Der Beek…
Will be played by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Can’t believe I just got to type that.
Everyone please enjoy all the love in that room. Shine some on my family. I will be beaming and receiving from afar in a bed in Austin.
And thank you @lin_manuel . You were a hero to my kids before… now you’re a demigod
Hopefully, he will be better soon and reunited with his friends from Capeside. Massachusetts, soon.
Ever since Dawson’s Creek ended its six-season run in 2003, fans have been wanting a reunion. And they are finally getting one.
Well, sort of. For the first time since they filmed the series finale, eleven of the cast members are getting together in New York City to raise money for Fuck Cancer and James Van Der Beek. James revealed in November that he is battling stage 3 colorectal cancer.
Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes, Nina Repeta, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe, and Busy Phillips will be holding a table read of the pilot episode. The latter three were not part of the first episode, which aired on January 20, 1998, so the trio will be reading other parts.
Michelle Williams said in a statement, “We grew up in Capeside, and that’s a bond that will last a lifetime. We wanted to gather around our dear friend James and remind him that we are all here. We always have been, and we always will be. And I know the fans of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ feel the same way.”
And fans can be there for them by buying tickets to the table read, which will take place on September 22nd at the Richard Rodgers Theater.
If the organizers are smart, they will put it online and allow fans, outside of Manhattan, to purchase tickets to the screening.
Ever since Dawson’s Creek ended its run in 2003, people have wanted to see Joey and Pacey together again. And now they will. Well, sort of.
Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes are reuniting on screen for the trilogy Happy Hours, which the actress is also writing and directing.
“I am so very grateful to be working again with so many of my wonderful friends on this film HAPPY HOURS. And working with Josh after so many years is a testament to friendship,” Holmes wrote. “HAPPY HOURS is a love story that includes so many people I adore. We can’t wait for everyone to see what we make.”
According to Deadline, the movies are described as a story about two people (Jackson and Holmes) navigating their relationship within the challenges of careers and family responsibilities and the pursuit of love, despite life’s inevitable obstacles. It’s a character-driven dramedy that explores the emotional journey of young loves who reconnect as adults, with the connective thread of shared joys, loss, and hope.
This is the first time that I am happy that Doctor Odyssey got cancelled. Because if it was not, Jackson would not be able to make these films.
Joshua Jackson appeared on The Tonight Show yesterday, and Jimmy Fallon asked him to recreate a scene from Dawson’s Creek, the teen nighttime soap opera that made him a star.
I didn’t pay attention to what they were saying because all I could focus on was that Pacey Witter looks more like George Clooney than Clooney looks like himself.
Not young fuckable Clooney, but the salt and pepper insufferable version we know now. However, the Doctor Odyssey star is fuckable version of middle aged Clooney.
Tell me you are seeing it too. Or am I seeing things…again?
