Spotlight: Teenage con man eludes the feds in Marriott’s ‘Catch Me If You Can’

Nathaniel Stampley, left, plays an FBI agent pursuing a teenage con man, played by JJ Niemann, right, in Marriott Theatre’s revival of the musical “Catch Me If You Can.” Courtesy of Joe Mazza

Inspired by real life

• JJ Niemann, whose Broadway credits include “Back to the Future” and “Hamilton,” makes his Marriott Theatre debut as Frank Abagnale Jr., the young man who posed as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer during the 1960s and the real-life con artist who inspired the musical “Catch Me If You Can.” Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Nathaniel Stampley plays Frank’s pursuer, FBI agent Carl Hanratty, in Marriott’s revival directed by Jessica Fisch and featuring Chicago-area favorites Sean Fortunato, Alex Goodrich, Alexis J. Roston and James Earl Jones II.

Previews at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Th