Mr. July 2014
Curtis Holbrook
WHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: It's been an interesting month for one of my all-time favorite performers. He's been co-starring with (as the Times Square billboard trumpets) "Broadway's Biggest Star," Idina Menzel in
If/Then ever since Anthony Rapp was felled by an ACL injury. But that is just the most recent event in what is shaping up to be a varied and lengthy career as a working actor. After making his debut in
Footloose, he went on to roles in
Fosse and
The Boy From Oz. From then on, this dancer began creating roles (and increasingly larger ones at that) in such shows as
Taboo, All Shook Up, and
West Side Story. He really grabbed the Broadway community's attention when he did a stint as Sonny in
Xanadu (spelling Cheyenne Jackson). Then, in prep for the National Tour of
The Addams Family, he did a stint in the Broadway company. And now, he's back doing a great job with the unenviable task of taking over for Ms. Menzel's
RENT co-star. No wonder
Curtis Holbrook is Mr. Broadway.
HEAD SHOTS AND RED CARPET CANDIDS
Grease is one show he hasn't done, but he's done the red carpet thing
with Olivia Newton-John (Xanadu) and John Travolta (the movie premiere of Hairspray)
HE'S THE KING OF THE MUNY
Kiss Me, Kate, Singin' in the Rain, Oklahoma!, West Side Story
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
Teaching, NYMF, Regional Theatre, Out of Town Try Outs and the movie version of Hairspray
Frog Kiss
Lysistrata Jones when it was called Give It Up!
Disney's Aladdin (as Iago)
TWO-TIME GYPSY ROBE RECIPIENT!
Xanadu and If/Then
BROADWAY
All Shook Up, Xanadu, West Side Story
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