John Barrowman will play Julius Ashford Lily in ABC's GILDED LILIES pilot, according to TVGuide.com. He joins Brian O'Byrne, Blythe Danner and more in this Shonda Rhimes show based around the first luxury hotel to open in New York City in the 1980s.
Barrowman's role is described as "mama's favorite son, who's very charming, lucky and loose," by TVGuide.com.
'Gilded Lilys' is set in New York City in 1895 and is "an epic love story that follows the opening of the first luxury hotel in the city and the intermingling of love, treachery and disdain between the classes."
The drama "centers on wealthy blue-blood Edwin Lily (O’Byrne), a heavy hitter in New York society who, reeling from a recent family scandal, tries to revive his family’s fortunes by opening the most lavish hotel in history. Complicating things is the fact that Edwin’s beautiful daughter Violet (Sarah Bolger), engaged-to-be-married to a wealthy family friend, has fallen madly in love with a lowly ship’s servant."
John Barrowman's stage credits include SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE FIX, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, GODSPELL, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, HAIR, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and ANYTHING GOES. Barrowman is known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness on 'Doctor Who' and 'Torchwood.' He has also released several albums, including 'Music Music Music,' 'Another Side,' and 'Swings Cole Porter.

前不久，美國Starz電視網已經確定《火炬木小組》今年不再回歸，這也就意味著該劇再次被流放，我們誰也不能預言“火炬木小組”還有沒有未來，畢竟它有起死回生的經歷，但是短期內我們可以跟火炬木說再見了，該劇男主角兒約翰·巴羅曼已經開始為自己的未來奔跑。近日他正式加盟了由“格蕾之母”珊達·瑞姆斯(Shonda Rhimes)打造的全新的時代劇《流金世家》（Gilded Lilys）。
據悉，John將扮演百合家族的“金童”Julius Ashford Lily——一個極富魅力又很幸運的花花公子。這部劇情圍繞著1895年在紐約市開張的第一家豪華酒店展開，在家族敵對的背景下，兩個不同階級的斗爭與往來所有這些參雜著愛情、陰謀背叛以及污蔑中傷。《Gilded Lilys》中的Lilys正是指百合家族，一個統治了紐約上流社會幾十年的龐大勢力，但最近家族的一個秘密幾乎可以摧毀他們以后的社會地位和經濟來源。
該劇暫定的其它演員還有馬特·勞瑞亞(Matt Lauria)、馬特·朗(Matt Long)、布萊思·丹納(Blythe Danner)、穆瑞·斯特靈(Maury Sterling)、布瑞吉·布拉納(Brigid Brannagh)和瑪德琳·奇瑪(Madeline Zima)等。來自《緋聞女孩》的K·J·斯坦伯格(K.J.Steinberg)已經加入團隊開始編寫劇本了，同時和Rhimes以及Shondaland的合伙人貝斯蒂·比爾斯(Betsy Beers)共同出任監制。