Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Andrew Keenan-Bolger | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan (BFA), Renaissance High School |
Occupation | Actor |
Known for | Newsies Tuck Everlasting Submissions Only |
Spouse(s) | Scott Bixby (m. 2018) |
Website | andrewkeenanbolger.com |
Andrew Keenan-Bolger (born May 16, 1985) is an American actor. He is best known for originating the roles of Crutchie in Newsies and Jesse Tuck in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Robertson Ay in Mary Poppins, Jojo in Seussical, Chip in Beauty and the Beast and Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
In 2010, Keenan-Bolger co-created the web series Submissions Only with fellow Broadway performer Kate Wetherhead. He serves as the series' director and editor. He has also directed two short films, Sign and The Ceiling Fan.
Early life and education[]
A Detroit native, Keenan-Bolger is the brother of Tony Award-winner Celia Keenan-Bolger and Maggie Keenan-Bolger, both actresses. He graduated from Renaissance High School and the University of Michigan, where he received with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in musical theatre, in 2007.
Career[]
As a teenager Keenan-Bolger was in the original 2000 cast of Seussical on Broadway, as an alternate Jojo. He has also appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast as Chip, and A Christmas Carol as Young Scrooge. The actor was featured in the first national tours of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as Leaf Coneybear, Ragtime as the Little Boy, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Young Max. Other theater credits include High School Musical on Stage! at North Shore Music Theatre and Perez Hilton Saves the Universe at the 2008 Fringe Festival.
He has also been seen on television as Christophe on the series The Naked Brothers Band and as a weekly commentator on FNMTV on MTV. His film credits include Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Marci X.[1]
Keenan-Bolger was asked by staff at North Shore Music Theatre to create a video blog to promote their production of High School Musical in which he starred. The videos pulled in a surprising number of hits and became popular with a cult audience. After wrapping his run with NSMT, the actor decided to continue to operate the blog which he continues today after nearly two years. Each entry is posted on YouTube and attracts an average of over 7,000 views. 'The One Where Jake Gets Kidnapped' has been seen over 43,000 times.[2] Keenan-Bolger was a regular on fellow web series "The Battery's Down" created by close friend Jake Wilson. He is noted for his performance of the song 'You're in Vegas' which is available for download on iTunes.[3]
In 2010, Keenan-Bolger co-created the web series Submissions Only with fellow Broadway performer Kate Wetherhead. He serves as the series' director and editor.
On October 12, 2010, he took over the role of Robertson Ay in the Broadway production of Disney's Mary Poppins[4] and later played the part on the National tour. He created the role of Omar in the 5th Avenue Theater production of Disney's Aladdin (July 2011) and played Crutchie in Disney's Newsies (March 2012), a role he originally created at the Paper Mill Playhouse (September 2011).[5] His last performance date as Crutchie was on March 11, 2013, so he could begin rehearsal for his role in the musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting.[6][7] He was supposed to star as Jesse Tuck, with performances beginning on July 28, 2013, at Boston's Colonial Theatre, but the show was delayed due to the lack of availability of a suitable theatre for its subsequent transfer to New York.[8] He next performed in A.R. Gurney's drama Family Furniture, which ran from November 12 to December 22, 2013, at The Flea Theater in the TriBeCa section of New York City.[9][10] He played the part of Billy Frazier in the 2014 romantic comedy film The Rewrite, starring Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei.[11]
He revisited the role of Jesse Tuck in the Broadway production of Tuck Everlasting which opened on April 26, 2016, and ran until May 29, 2016.[12]
On May 23, 2017 Bolger revisited his role of Crutchie in the Newsies Musical Film.[13]
Personal life[]
Keenan-Bolger married Scott Bixby, a national reporter for The Daily Beast, on October 13, 2018.[14]
Filmography[]
Film and television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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One Life to Live | Leo | 3 episodes | |
1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Chip (singing voice) | |
2003 | Marci X | Chip Spinkle | |
2008 | The Naked Brothers Band | Christophe | 3 episodes |
2008 - 2015 | The Battery's Down | Andrew | 13 episodes |
2013 | Shit I Love | Cinematographer | Short |
2014 | Looking | Alex | 1 episode |
2014 | Are You Joking? | Corey | |
2014 | The Rewrite | Billy Frazier | |
2014 | It Could Be Worse | Twink Slave | 1 episode |
2015 | Nurse Jackie | 1 episode | |
2015 | Broadway Draft 2015 | Anchor | Short |
2015 | Serial: The TV Show | Self, filmed by, and director | Short |
2015 | Death and Cupcakes | Dale Blankenship | Short |
2016 | The Ceiling Fan | Director | Short |
2016 | If Love Were All | Director | Short |
2016 | Sign | Director | Short |
2017 | Newsies: The Broadway Musical | Crutchie | |
TBD | Flirting With Possibilities | Charlie | Short |
Broadway[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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A Christmas Carol | Young Scrooge | ||
Beauty and the Beast | Chip | Replacement | |
2000-2001 | Seussical the Musical | Jojo | Alternate |
2010-2012 | Mary Poppins | Robertson Ay | |
2012-2013 | Newsies | Crutchie | |
2016 | Tuck Everlasting | Jesse Tuck |
Tour[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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Ragtime | Little Boy | ||
2008 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Young Max | |
2009 | Mary Poppins (musical) | Robertson Ay [15] | |
2007 | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Leaf Coneybear |
Regional and other theatre[]
Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
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2007 | High School Musical on Stage! | Ryan Evans | North Shore Music Theatre |
2008 | Perez Hilton Saves the Universe | Zac Efron/Tom Cruise/Sarah Jessica Parker, etc. | New York Fringe Festival |
2011 | Newsies | Crutchie | Paper Mill Playhouse |
2013 | Family Furniture | Off-off-Broadway | |
2014 | Tuck Everlasting | Jesse Tuck | Alliance Theater |
2015 | Ever After | Gustave | Paper Mill Playhouse |
2019 | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour | Cape Playhouse |
Concerts[]
Year | Title | Songs |
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2014 | Submissions Only at 54 Below | Sings: More of You, Uh-Oh, I Got a Reading and Nobody Does Mean Like Me Introduces: Chin in My Hands |
Web[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010-2014 | Submissions Only | Donny Rich, Producer, Writer, Director, Video editor, and Cinematographer |
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2014 | SHERLOCK - The Musical (Season 3)[16] | Dr. John Watson | Produced, Written, and Directed by YouTube channel AVByte |
Scripted podcasts[]
Year | Title | Role |
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2018 | Wolverine: The Long Night | Deputy Bobby Reid |
Bibliography[]
- Jack and Louisa: Act 1 (w/ Kate Wetherhead), 2015
- Jack and Louisa: Act 2 (w/ Kate Wetherhead), 2016
- Jack and Louisa: Act 3 (w/ Kate Wetherhead), 2017
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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2012 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Newsies | Nominated |
2016 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Tuck Everlasting | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ "Andrew Keenan Bolger". IMDb. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Keenan-Bolger, Andrew (25 June 2008). "The One Where Jake Gets Kidnapped". Andrew's Blog. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Keenan-Bolger, Andrew; Zachary, Alan; Weiner, Michael; Wilson, Jake (7 April 2009). "You're in Vegas". The Battery's Down. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Mary Poppins, IBDB Replacements/Transfers Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Rooney, David. "Theater Review: 'Newsies The Musical'. Newsboy Strike? Sing All About It" The New York Times, September 27, 2011
- ^ Ferri, Josh. "Andy Richardson to Replace Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Newsies's Next Crutchie". Broadway Buzz. Broadway.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (23 Jan 2013). "Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Carolee Carmello and Sadie Sink Set for World Premiere of Tuck Everlasting; Musical Is Broadway-Aimed". Playbill. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Grant, Diamond. "Tuck Everlasting Takes Pre-Broadway Run in Atlanta". Broadway Tour. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ Family Furniture at The Flea Theatre website.
- ^ Charles Isherwood, "Theater Review: Clouds Gather on the Lake, A. R. Gurney’s ‘Family Furniture,’ at the Flea Theater", The New York Times (November 25, 2013).
- ^ The Rewrite at the IMDB.
- ^ Viagas, Robert (May 29, 2016). "Broadway Musical Tuck Everlasting Closes Today". Playbill. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ^ "Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (2017) - IMDb". Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via m.imdb.com.
- ^ Lefkowitz, Andy (October 15, 2018). "Broadway's Andrew Keenan-Bolger & Longtime Beau Scott Bixby Tie the Knot". Broadway Buzz. Broadway.com.
- ^ "Full Casting Announced For National Tour of Mary Poppins | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Sherlock — The Musical". YouTube.
External links[]
- Official Site
- Official Blog
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger at the Internet Broadway Database
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger at IMDb
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger's channel on YouTube
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger at Playbill Vault
- Webseries Submissions Only on YouTube
- 1985 births
- American male musical theatre actors
- University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni
- Male actors from Detroit
- Living people
- Gay actors
- LGBT entertainers from the United States
- LGBT people from Michigan
- Renaissance High School alumni