Blue Ash native (and Sycamore High grad) David Baum made it to 499 performances in the Broadway revival of “A Chorus Line” last weekend then packed his tap shoes and it’s next stop, Provo, Utah, where he’s part of the cast of MTV’s summer release “The American Mall.”

The update is from Baum classmate and pal Alan Patrick Kenny; the dish, from BroadwayWorld.com: “Following in Disney's lucrative formula for TV movie-musicals, MTV hopes to make its mark in the original musical arena with plans afoot for “The American Mall.” 

"The project, from “High School Musical” producers Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, will premiere in the summer on the cable network, followed immediately by a release on DVD," reports Neelie Andreeva of The Hollywood Reporter as published on Billboard.com.

"Bulgarian-born actress Nina Dobrev and Rob Mayes lead the ensemble cast of the musical, a romantic comedy-drama set at a mall. It centers on high school graduate Ally (Dobrev), a singer/songwriter battling to save her mother's music store and to keep the boy she loves, Joey (Mayes), a musically gifted young janitor who fronts a garage band. Autumn Reeser will play Ally's mean-girl adversary Madison, the spoiled and ruthless heiress to the owners of the mall who tries to shut down the music store and steal Ally's boy," state the website.