Lady Gaga and Vince Vaughn made plunges into the icy waters of Chicago’s Lake Michigan at a fundraiser for Special Olympics. Special Olympics Chicago President Casey Hogan said Sunday that Gaga did the plunge with more than 4,500 other participants. Hogan said the singer’s appearance was “a very nice surprise.” Gaga recently announced her engagement to Chicago Fire actor Taylor Kinney. Photos show her and Kinney going into the water together. Vaughn also made the plunge. The native of the Chicago suburb Lake Forest was dressed in his Chicago Blackhawks jersey and jeans. The actor went in up to his knees, then eased himself down backward in the water. Last year, comedian Jimmy Fallon jumped in wearing a suit and tie, and helped raise more than $1 million.
The forthcoming Broadway musical Finding Neverland has found a new producer to join its ranks — Bryan Cranston. Lead producer Harvey Weinstein said Friday that the Tony Award-winning former Breaking Bad star had signed up after being enchanted by an early workshop. The show, directed by Diane Paulus, explores the Peter Pan book’s back story and stars Matthew Morrison of Glee and former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer. Performances begin March 15 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Morrison will play J.M. Barrie, the Peter Pan author, and Grammer will play his producer. The musical is adapted from the 2004 whimsical film of the same name about a widow whose four young sons inspired Barrie to write the children’s classic. The show has a book by British playwright James Graham, whose This House premiered at the National Theatre in 2012, and music and lyrics by Gary Barlow of the pop band Take That, and songwriter and producer Eliot Kennedy. Cranston last year made his Broadway debut playing President Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way and won the Tony for best leading man in a play. In a statement, Weinstein said: “We were so thrilled that he wanted to come on board as an investor — having him as an ally and offering his overall support of this production means the world. He has given Diane and me such smart, constructive creative advice.”