James Van Der Beek exits “Dawson’s Creek” reside studying resulting from sickness; ‘understudy’ Lin-Manuel Miranda to interchange him

They're all going again to the creek — besides Dawson.

James Van Der Beek introduced on Sunday that he will be unable to take part in Monday's "Dawson's Creek Class Reunion" charity occasion, set to reunite each main participant from the beloved authentic collection for a reside studying of its pilot episode.

"That is the night I'd been wanting ahead to MOST since my angel Michelle Williams mentioned she was placing it collectively, method again in January," Van Der Beek shared on Instagram. "So you possibly can think about how gutted I used to be when two abdomen viruses conspired to knock me out of fee and hold me grounded on the worst doable second."'

The actor who performed the title position of the good-hearted dreamer Dawson Leery throughout the collection' full run on The WB famous that, "Regardless of each effort… I gained't get to be there. I gained’t get to face on that stage and thank each soul within the theater for displaying up for me, and towards most cancers, after I wanted it most."

In his stead, "The position of 'Dawson,' often performed by James Van Der Beek… Will likely be performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda."

The "Dawson's Creek Class Reunion" was organized as a fundraiser for the charity F Most cancers, with Van Der Beek as its central focus.

In November, the 48-year-old introduced that he had been recognized with stage 3 colorectal most cancers.

"There's cause for optimism, and I'm feeling good," he mentioned on the time. Although in April, fellow Dawson's Creek alum Joshua Jackson famous that "the women," that means Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, and Busy Philipps, "all obtained collectively and have been like, 'We have to do one thing to assist this man out.'" The entire gang felt that extra was warranted to help Van Der Beek by way of a "actually horrible" time.

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Concerning Van Der Beek's "understudy," the actor gushed over the Pulitzer Prize, Tony, and Emmy-winning star and creator of Hamilton as a "ridiculously overqualified substitute who would have been #1 on my wishlist (had I ever dreamed he'd be out there). Somebody my children would undoubtedly contemplate an improve over me… Plus, he already is aware of find out how to get to the theater. In order that's handy."

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The pilot episode of Dawson's Creek premiered in January 1998, introducing the world to 4 teenagers from the fictional, quaint harbor city of Capeside, Mass. By means of six seasons, Van Der Beeks' Dawson, Williams' Jen Lindley, Holmes' Joey Potter, and Jackson's Pacey Whitter constructed up trusting relationships, crashed them down, fell in love, broke up, and experimented with others earlier than Joey and Pacey ultimately rode off into the sundown because the collection' true endgame couple.

The "Dawson's Creek Class Reunion" now stars Miranda, Williams, Holmes, Jackson, Phillips, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes, Nina Repeta, Kerr Smith, and Meredith Monroe.

The charity fundraiser on behalf of F Most cancers, which supplies schooling and sources to these preventing most cancers in addition to caretakers, shall be held on Monday in New York Metropolis on the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

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