'Riverdale' Is Making Cheryl the Star of a Musical Episode, So Get Her Tony Ready
There’s an egregious lack of Cheryl Blossom on Riverdale this season. I’ve made that point several times over. In lieu of snappy monologues from the queen of Riverdale High, we get fleeting one-liners and hours of Archie looking confused. It’s criminal, but thankfully showrunners are making up for it in the best way possible. The CW just announced that Riverdale is doing a musical episode, and it will star—you guessed it—Cheryl Marjorie Blossom. Do you hear that? That’s the sound of sweet justice being served.
Per a press release sent by the CW, the Riverdale High School drama department is putting on a rendition of Carrie: The Musical, and it will star Cheryl in the titular role. And yes, I’m talking about the Carrie in which a teen with telekinetic powers is bullied by her classmates and then burns down the prom in a vengeful rage—which is child’s play compared with the shenanigans on Riverdale. Chris Hargensen doesn’t have anything on the Black Hood, TBH.
Chris, if you forget, is the queen-bee mean girl in Carrie who leads the war against Carrie. She’ll be portrayed by Veronica Lodge on Riverdale. Betty Cooper and Archie Andrews are playing the popular couple Sue Snell and Tommy Ross; Josie snagged the role of the gym teacher, Miss Gardner; and Alice Cooper is playing Carrie’s religious-zealot mother, Margaret, which is spot-on casting if it ever existed. Just picture her and Cheryl onstage together! The two best characters on this show are finally getting their due, while Archie is relegated to supporting status. Delicious.
Even better: Jughead Jones is not in the play. Nope, he’s filming a “behind-the-scenes documentary” about the production because of course he is. My one true love, Kevin Keller, is directing, so all of this is in beautiful hands.
Musical TV episodes are typically hit-or-miss, but with Cheryl Blossom assuming her throne at the center of this one, we have high hopes. Just imagine: an entire episode of Riverdale that doesn’t feature Jughead scowling into his laptop. Is this heaven?
The Riverdale musical episode will air April 18 at 8:00 P.M. ET on the CW.
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