‘Riverdale’ To Tackle ‘Carrie: The Musical’ – Find Out Which Roles The Characters Are Playing!

Despite solving multiple murder mysteries over a
season-and-a-half, the gang from “Riverdale” won’t be tackling
light-hearted material for their upcoming musical.

The Riverdale High Drama Department, under the direction
of Kevin Keller (the character played by Casey Cott) will be taking on
“Carrie: The Musical” for its spring production, it was announced on
Wednesday.

Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) will film the production.

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And now, for the starring roles:

Riverdale High’s multi-hyphenate, Archie Andrews (KJ
Apa), will be playing Tommy Ross, in his theatre debut.

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“He would like
to thank his girlfriend, Veronica, for always being there and his dad, Fred
Andrews, for helping build and construct the sets,” read Archie’s
“Carrie: The Musical” cast bio release.

Betty Cooper (Lili
Reinhart) will play Sue Snell.

And, it appears by
the time the musical rolls around (it airs Wednesday,
April 18, 2018  at 8/7c on The CW), Betty and Jughead will once again be an item as the teen
queen is linked with him in her section of the fun-themed fictional release.

“Congratulations
to her long-time best friend, director Kevin Keller, for realizing his vision,
and much love to her boyfriend, Jughead Jones. #bugheadforever,” the
release read. 

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Veronica Lodge
(Camila Mendes) takes on the role of Chris Hargensen. She thanks her parents,
Hiram and Hermione Lodge, who are sponsoring the production.

Cheryl Blossom, who
will play Carrie White, used her platform in the release to dedicate her
performance to her late twin brother Jason, as well as to plug her Twitter
handle — @cherylbombshell.

Her pal, Josie McCoy
(Ashleigh Murray), has been cast as Miss Gardner. She thanked her mom, Sierra
McCoy for all “her love and support.” 

Reggie Mantle
(Charles Melton) will play Billy Nolan, Betty’s mom, Alice Cooper (Mädchen Amick) has been cast as Mrs. White,
Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan) is playing Norma, while Ethel Muggs (Shannon
Purser) is playing Helen.

 “Riverdale” airs
Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW. 

— Jolie Lash