{"id":702008,"date":"2026-07-20T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702008\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:40:09","slug":"eric-mccormack-guest-stars-in-outtvs-the-dressing-room-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702008\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric McCormack Guest Stars in OUTtv\u2019s &#8216;The Dressing Room&#8217; Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOUTtv\u2019s The Dressing Room has added to its second season cast, with Will &amp; Grace star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/eric-mccormack\/\" id=\"auto-tag_eric-mccormack_1\" data-tag=\"eric-mccormack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric McCormack<\/a>, Andrea Bang (Kim\u2019s Convenience) and Marianas Trench frontman Josh Ramsay joining in guest roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe character-driven series, to debut Aug. 4 on OUTtv worldwide, will also see a cameo from Laura Bell Bundy, who played the original Elle in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/broadway\/\" id=\"auto-tag_broadway_1\" data-tag=\"broadway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broadway<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/legally-blonde\/\" id=\"auto-tag_legally-blonde_1\" data-tag=\"legally-blonde\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legally Blonde<\/a>, and additional guest performer appearances by Katie Findlay, Eduard Witzke, Jacqueline Robbins and Joyce Robbins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Dressing Room was created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/vancouver\/\" id=\"auto-tag_vancouver_1\" data-tag=\"vancouver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver<\/a> theatre artists Paul Almeida and Makayla Moore. \u201cHaving Eric join\u00a0The Dressing Room\u00a0meant the world to a show built by and for theatre people. From our first meeting, he was such a great team player and collaborator, it felt like he wanted us to succeed, and was sending the elevator back down,\u201c Almeida said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWe are so lucky to have someone like him (McCormack) in our community and are equally privileged to have so many talented people \u2014 all the amazing cast, directors and crew who came out to support this project,\u201d Moore added in their joint statement. Returning cast for the series includes Irene Karas Loeper, Jason Sakaki, Jeffrey Follis and Alex Gullason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Dressing Room follows a fictional touring musical, Balloon Boy, as cast and crew keep the show alive every night with backstage meltdowns, romantic entanglements and Broadway-sized ambitions. The second season shoot in Vancouver took place over 10 days, with Nat Boltt, Jennifer Copping, Milo Shandel, Josh Epstein and Almeida directing episodes. Saarthak Taneja handled cinematography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Dressing Room is written by Kelli Ogmundson, Epstein and Almeida, who executive produces alongside Moore. The first two episodes of the second season will premiere Aug. 4, followed by two more episodes launching each week on Tuesday nights. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OUTtv\u2019s The Dressing Room has added to its second season cast, with Will &amp; Grace star Eric McCormack,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[15000,96,74726,197738,391,56,54,55,30273],"class_list":["post-702008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-broadway","tag-entertainment","tag-eric-mccormack","tag-legally-blonde","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}