Overview

• James Van Der Beek said two stomach viruses forced him to withdraw and that he will watch remotely from a bed in Austin.
• Lin‑Manuel Miranda will read the role of Dawson as Van Der Beek’s understudy, according to the actor’s Instagram announcement.
• The Sept. 22 event features a live reading of the show’s 1998 pilot to raise funds for F Cancer and support Van Der Beek.
• Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Busy Philipps, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary‑Margaret Humes and Nina Repeta are slated to participate.
• Director Jason Moore leads the staging with producers Carl Ogawa, Moore, Williams, Thomas Kail, Maggie Brohn, Kevin Williamson and Greg Berlanti, and Kimberly Van Der Beek said she and the couple’s children will attend.