Aaron Tveit.
You know I love him since I have posted many of his songs here. He is a heavenly singing voice wrapped in a very attractive body with a killer smile. I believe I have seen him in every show he has done on Broadway since we've been here, except Wicked.
By the by Wicked's Fierro is a role that some actors travel into and out of as they need to pick up some work. Aaron has done it many times and Kyle Dean Massey (who is coming up) has down scores of times. Kyle dean has a hilarious story about it which I will include on his day.
By back to Aaron.
TL: Catch Me If You Can was his second big show. If has a preview tune up run in Seattle, two years in a row until they brought it to Broadway. It was a big beautiful 60's designed show - not the real 60s, more like a technicolor version. Aaron was famous for being on the stage and singing for the first 45 minutes without a break.
TM: His current (and Tony Winning) Role in Moulin Rouge. His Christian can act and sing 8 days a week, which is a bit amazing. (Here opposite the original Satine - Karen Olivo.)
MM: Next To Normal. I first saw this show, and Arron, off broadway at 2nd Stage. He blew me away and won a Off-Broadway award for the role as lead actor. The show then was a surprise run on Broadway as a different show fell through. There were some changes, including the original husband / father, Brian D'Arcy James, as he was staring as Young Frankenstein. Next to Normal won the Pulitzer Prize for best Drama, even though musicals rarely win.
TR: I couldn't see this show, Assassins, in London. It was at a tiny theater (which I have visited previously) called the Menier Chocolate Factory. And it starred a very famous British actress / singer, Catherine Tate. Which means you couldn't get a ticket for love or money, believe me I tried. There is no legal secondary market for tickets in London. So I missed this, even thought we were in London during part of its run visiting friends. (A version with a different cast is playing this year at a smaller theater and I cannot wait to see it!) Aaron played John Wilkes Booth.
BL: Head shot (he's pretty).
BMU: Graceland. He has been a major player on Graceland on TV.
BMB: He played Alan Ginsberg's boyfriend in Howl. Howl was very odd. It is essentially James Franco performing the poem (free form, not rhyming) to audiences, Aaron, bar crowds and activists.
BR: His performed in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl as Roger. Since it was in LA for one night, I missed it, but friends went and loved him.
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