Overview
- James Van Der Beek announced on Instagram that two stomach viruses would keep him from the Sept. 22 live reading while he continues treatment for stage 3 colorectal cancer.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda read the title role for the one-night staging of the 1998 pilot at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.
- The event went ahead as a fundraiser for the nonprofit F Cancer and as a show of support for Van Der Beek.
- Original cast members Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes and Nina Repeta appeared, with Busy Philipps, Kerr Smith and Meredith Monroe reading additional roles.
- Director Jason Moore led the reading, produced by Carl Ogawa, Moore, Williams, Thomas Kail, Maggie Brohn, Kevin Williamson and Greg Berlanti.