James Van Der Beek announced he will not be at the Dawson’s Creek reunion and table read in New York City on Monday, Sept. 22.

The actor, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last year, had to drop out due to illness.

The role of Dawson will be played...by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The cast of Dawson’s Creek will be reuniting tonight for a special Dawson’s Creek Class Reunion event , but they’ll be missing a key player: Dawson himself. Sadly, James Van Der Beek was forced to drop out of the Dawson’s Creek reunion due to illness—he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last year. But, when he announced the news on his Instagram page, it wasn’t all bad news—just wait until you find out who is going to be filling in.

“This is the evening I’d been looking forward to MOST since my

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