Overview
- Hours before the Sept. 22 reading, Van Der Beek said on Instagram he had two stomach viruses and could not attend.
- In a pre-recorded message played at the theater, he thanked attendees for supporting him and appeared visibly weakened.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda read Van Der Beek’s role onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York.
- His wife, Kimberly, and their children attended, with daughters Emilia and Olivia joining the cast to sing the series theme.
- The live reading of the pilot reunited much of the original cast and raised funds for the cancer nonprofit F Cancer.