No sooner did I post an update about my featured Faces of the Future (
HERE), than I got a bunch of emails and Tweets about four of them I missed. My apologies to all concerned - especially
Nick Cartell, Jon Rua, Clay Thomson, and
Andrew Brewer. Here are updates on the four!
Andrew Brewer became a Face of the Future when he became a part of the
Cougars: The Musical, playing a beefcake. He will soon be showing off the goods in the new off-Broadway show
, Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man. He plays Stefan, "The Seductive Model." He definitely has the body for it. Since
Cougars, he's specialized in playing bullies, in the
Alice Ripley-starring
Carrie, and in the musical webseries,
The Hinterlands.
The Hinterlands and Carrie
Nick Cartell managed to make the FotF grade despite being in the ill-fated
Scandalous. He had also been in
Jesus Christ Superstar, and now, he's on tour in another
Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, the "new" production of
The Phantom of the Opera.
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| Phantom #SIP |
One of my favorites in
Hands on a Hardbody, which got him on this list,
Jon Rua has joined the cast of the new
David Henry Hwang play,
Kung Fu. The show hasn't started performances yet off-Broadway, so I can't say for sure, but I suspect some of Rua's dance ability will be put to use in this one!
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| The Kung Fu Artwork |
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| Thomson and Rice |
And
Clay Thomson, who actually got his start in
Newsies, but made the FotF list as part of the cast of
Matilda, which he is still a part of. But for a couple of weeks, he'll be doing double duty as part of the ensemble of
Encores! production of
Little Me, which he's rehearsing now for an early February run Plus, he appeared in the now-legendary tap dance video to the song "Cups," starring his boyfriend, and friend of this blog,
Christopher Rice.
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| The "Cups" Video |
To meet all of the Faces of the Future, please click the "Legends and Faces of the Future" tab at the top of this blog! And if you have any updates for anyone already on the list, or have suggestions for new honorees, please Tweet me (@jkstheatrescene) or email me (jkstheatrescene@yahoo.com)!
Jeff
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