Recent Tony Nominee to Join Smash

It's been reported that the first of the many new roles created for the second season of Smash have been filled. Newsies star and Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan is said to be playing a singer from Brooklyn in the upcoming season, presumably a love interest for Katherine McPhee's Karen. Jordan will continue his role in Newsies while he films the series. What are you thoughts? Excited? Glad they're keeping it in "the family?"