Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer with the cast ofThe Office! A Musical Parody.Photo: Russ Rowland
Jenna FischerandAngela Kinseyrecently returned to their roots during a visit to Dunder Mifflin… sort of.
The Officestars crashed Thursday night’s performance of the off-Broadway showThe Office! A Musical Parodyat the Jerry Orbach Theater in New York City while in town to promote their bookOffice BFFS, surprising the cast after sneaking into the theater with management’s help
“When Angela and I were planning our book launch in New York I said, ‘We should sneak in and see thatOfficemusical,'” Fischer, 48, tells PEOPLE. “I was originally just thinking of it as a fun best friend thing to do on our last night in town together.”
Adds Kinsey, 50: “When Jenna suggested it to me, I said, ‘Heck yeah!’ We went on our last night in New York and it was a blast and the perfect way to end our week there.”
Jenna Fischer withThe Office! A Musical Parody’s Jim, Ben S. Daniel.Russ Rowland
To keep their surprise under wraps, the pair slid into the show’s Instagram DMs to give them a head’s up about their visit and even snuck in after the lights went down and sat in the back row before spending intermission in the rehearsal room.
“At one point we had to sneak to the bathroom and I told Angela we can’t talk because people recognize our voicesfrom the podcastnow,” Fischer notes. “I kept pinching her when I thought stuff was funny.”
“The cast was pretty shocked. Except I found out that the actress who plays Angela [Dana Cullinane] spotted us in the audience during the second act. I think it was surreal for all of us,” she adds.
They even graced the cast, crew and audience with signed copies of their tell-all bookOffice BFFS: Tales ofThe Officefrom Two Best Friends Who Were There, which hit bookshelves this week.
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Angela Kinsey withThe Office! A Musical Parody’s Dwight, Thomas Short.Russ Rowland
The visit a long time coming for Fischer, who passed the theater years ago and saw a sign for the show after it opened in 2018. The musical has been on her must-see list ever since.
“I was really impressed with how the writers were able to get so many moments from all nine seasons into one show. And the actors really nailed each role. It made me so happy to see the audience laughing and cheering at these characters we all love,” Kinsey raves.
“My favorite part was getting to sit in the audience and feel the joy in the room during the performance,” Fischer says. “The joy forThe Officeand for these crazy characters. It was so fun to see its legacy in action like that.”
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey visitThe Office! A Musical Parody.Russ Rowland
Fischer and Kinsey starred onThe Officeas artistic receptionist Pam Beesly and uptight accountant Angela Martin, respectively, for the show’s nine-season run on NBC from 2005 to 2013.
They’ve since reminisced about their time on the show while reconnecting with costars and sharing behind-the-scenes storieson theirOffice Ladiespodcast, which launched in 2019.
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The Office! A Musical Parodyis now playing at the Jerry Orbach Theater in New York City and tickets are availableonline.
source: people.com
