All 'Hands' on deck.(Hands on a Hardbody)(Brief article)

Keith Carradine along with Broadway regulars Jarrod Emick and Hunter Foster have joined the cast of "Hands on a Hardbody," the new tuner bowing at La Jolla Playhouse later this spring.

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Thesps Allison Case, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Connie Ray and William Youmans also are on board for the production, to be helmed by Neil Pepe ("Speed-the-Plow") and choreographed by Benjamin Millepied ("Black Swan"). Trey Anastasio, frontman of the band Phish, pens the music with Amanda Green ("Bring It On," "High Fidelity"), who also writes the lyrics. Doug Wright ("I Am My Own …