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Emily Padgett in “White Noise” January 13, 2011

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EMILY PADGETT, who recently finished a year on Broadway starring as “Sherrie” in Rock of Ages, has been selected to play “Eden” in the new Broadway bound musical WHITE NOISE.

Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Leonardis, have joined producers Holly Way and Jay Strommen with the intention of bringing the production to Broadway as early as next season. Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis, Next To Normal, Addams Family) directs.

The rock musical White Noise, about a pair of white supremacist singers turned into pop stars by cynical music execs, will play the Royal George Theatre in Chicago this spring, with official opening night on April 9, 2011.

White Noise follows a “blonde/Aryan-looking” pair of sisters (one of which is “Eden”, played by Emily Padgett) who harmonize gorgeously about their hatred of blacks, gays, Jews and other groups; the record exec who discovers them decides to repackage them as pop stars, masking their message in coded lyrics. It sounds like a setup for satire, but the Times-Picayune’s review of the show in New Orleans said it was “not for the faint of heart”: “While dealing with racism has been a perennial theme in American drama…rarely if ever has the issue been placed on the table with such brutally frightening force.” Trujillo, the experienced choreographer who came on board as director last April, says the show has continued to evolve in workshops; he characterizes it as something of a pop operetta about the overlap of pop culture and politics.