'Melrose Place' Alums Thomas Calabro and Vanessa Williams Join 'The Bay'

Thomas Calabro, Vanessa Williams and the Melrose Place cast.

Melrose Place meets Bay City when Emmy winning web series The Bay begins shooting its fourth season later this week. Joining the cast is Vanessa Williams, best known for her roles as Rhonda Blair on Melrose Place and as Maxine Chadway on the Showtime cable television series Soul Food. Also joining the cast is Melrose Place veteran Thomas Calabro, noted for his role as Dr. Michael Mancini in all nine seasons and its reboot, who is also recognized as Mr. Puckman on FOX Network’s hit television series Glee.

Appearing in the Season 4 premiere of The Bay, Williams plays the role of the Garrett’s crafty attorney Cleo Harris, a character who delivers life altering news to matriarch Sara Garrett’s (Mary Beth Evans) worried son Pete (Kristos Andrews). Calabro will make his first appearance in The Bay's mid-season finale as the surprising "Mystery Man," a character who threatens to throw a kink in an otherwise open and shut case.

“Melrose Place was one of the most iconic primetime soaps on television and was known for its jaw-dropping scandals,” stated The Bay creator, writer, and executive producer Gregori J. Martin. “Considering the mayhem that’s currently happening in Bay City, Vanessa and Thomas make the perfect additions to our amazing cast.”