{"id":2041107,"date":"2025-09-22T13:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2041107"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:56:16","slug":"james-van-der-beek-bows-out-of-dawsons-creek-reunion-due-to-illness-lin-manuel-miranda-to-pitch-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-van-der-beek-bows-out-of-dawsons-creek-reunion-due-to-illness-lin-manuel-miranda-to-pitch-in\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek bows out of \u2018Dawson\u2019s Creek\u2019 reunion due to illness. 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theme song with another one? Well, now they are having to employ an understudy for one of its stars for a special event.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv4utfn00003b6nf6g6vma0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            James Van Der Beek, who played Dawson Leery on the hit teen drama which ran from 1998 to 2003, has announced that he won\u2019t be able to participate in their planned \u201cclass reunion\u201d due to illness.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv55tg500083b6nt0a6jywk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is the evening I\u2019d been looking forward to MOST since my angel Michelle Williams said she was putting it together, way back in January\u2026,\u201d Van Der Beek <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vanderjames\/p\/DO4eN1dDnxa\/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on his verified Instagram.<\/a> \u201cSo you can imagine how gutted I was when two stomach viruses conspired to knock me out of commission and keep me grounded at the worst possible moment.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv59p2m000c3b6nu5vpo9uv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Multiple co-stars, including Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, are scheduled for a reading of the show\u2019s pilot at New York City\u2019s Richard Rodgers Theatre Monday to raise funds for the nonprofit F Cancer and Van Der Beek, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/03\/entertainment\/james-van-der-beek-colorectal-cancer\">announced in November 2024 that he is living stage 3 with colorectal cancer.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv5ar37000f3b6nuy0m6mse@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDespite every effort\u2026 I won\u2019t get to be there,\u201d he shared in his post. \u201cI won\u2019t get to stand on that stage and thank every soul in the theater for showing up for me, and against cancer, when I needed it most.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv5fniq000i3b6nk69hb9i2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Instead he announced \u201can understudy. A ridiculously overqualified replacement who would have been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\">#1<\/a> on my wishlist (had I ever dreamed he\u2019d be available).\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv5g42v000l3b6n62w1576m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSomeone my kids would definitely consider an upgrade over me\u2026 Plus, he already knows how to get to the theater. So that\u2019s convenient,\u201d Van Der Beek wrote. \u201cThe role of \u2018Dawson,\u2019 usually played by James Van Der Beek\u2026 Will be played by Lin-Manuel Miranda.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv5gv09000o3b6nj0kcrtcp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The actor thanked the Broadway star for stepping in and had some parting words for fans.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfv5hy32000u3b6n49i2bet8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cEveryone please enjoy all the love in that room,\u201d Van Der Beek wrote. \u201cShine some on my family. 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