Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor and filmmaker. 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, and Chip in Beauty and the Beast.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 16, 1985[1] |
| Education | Renaissance High School |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, filmmaker |
| Known for | Newsies Tuck Everlasting Submissions Only |
| Spouse |
Scott Bixby (m. 2018) |
| Website | www |
In 2010, Keenan-Bolger co-created the web series Submissions Only with 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
editA Detroit native, Keenan-Bolger is the brother of Celia Keenan-Bolger and Maggie Keenan-Bolger. 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
editAs a teenager, Keenan-Bolger was in the original 2000 cast of Seussical on Broadway, as an alternate Jojo. He made his Broadway debut in the mid-1990s as Chip in Beauty and the Beast, and appeared Off-Broadway in the 1999 return engagement of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden 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.[2]
Keenan-Bolger created a video blog to promote North Shore Music Theatre's production of High School Musical in which he starred. Keenan-Bolger was a regular on fellow web series The Battery's Down. 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 live-on-stage Newsies musical film.[13]
Personal life
editKeenan-Bolger married Scott Bixby, the former[14] White House reporter for The Daily Beast, on October 13, 2018.[15]
Filmography
editFilm and television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 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 | 4 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 | Angus | 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 | |
| 2018 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Perry | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Three Rivers | Roy | TV movie |
| 2020 | The Undoing | Jason Reynolds | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | The Other Two | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2021 | The Blacklist | Andrew Freeson | 1 episode |
| 2023 | The Nana Project | Editor | |
| TBD | Flirting With Possibilities | Charlie | Short |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Beauty and the Beast | Chip | Broadway replacement |
| 1998 | Ragtime | Little Boy | National tour |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol | Young Scrooge | Off-Broadway |
| 2000–2001 | Seussical the Musical | Jojo | Broadway alternate |
| 2007 | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Leaf Coneybear | National tour |
| 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 |
| 2008 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Young Max | National tour |
| 2009 | Mary Poppins | Robertson Ay | National tour[16] |
| 2010–2012 | Broadway replacement | ||
| 2011 | Newsies | Crutchie | Paper Mill Playhouse |
| 2012–2013 | Broadway original cast | ||
| 2013 | Family Furniture | Nick | Off-off-Broadway |
| 2014 | Tuck Everlasting | Jesse Tuck | Alliance Theater |
| 2015 | Ever After | Gustave | Paper Mill Playhouse |
| 2016 | Newsies | Crutchie | Pantages Theatre[17] |
| 2016 | Tuck Everlasting | Jesse Tuck | Broadway original cast |
| 2017 | Kris Kringle the Musical | Kris Kringle | Off-Broadway |
| 2019 | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour | Cape Playhouse |
| 2021 | Seven Deadly Sins | Philippe | Off-Broadway |
| 2023 | Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors | Harker & Others | Off-Broadway |
Concerts
edit| Year | Title | Songs |
|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2014 | Submissions Only | Donny Rich | Also Producer, Writer, Director, Video Editor, and Cinematographer |
| 2014 | SHERLOCK - The Musical (Season 3)[18] | Dr. John Watson | Produced, Written, and Directed by YouTube channel AVByte |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Himself | 3 episodes |
Scripted podcasts
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Wolverine: The Long Night | Deputy Bobby Reid |
Bibliography
edit- 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
edit| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Newsies | Nominated |
| 2016 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Tuck Everlasting | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ https://playbill.com/article/celebrate-andrew-keenan-bolger-with-a-look-back-at-his-stage-highlights [bare URL]
- ^ "Andrew Keenan Bolger". IMDb. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ Keenan-Bolger, Andrew; Zachary, Alan; Weiner, Michael; Wilson, Jake (April 7, 2009). "You're in Vegas". The Battery's Down. Retrieved November 28, 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 February 3, 2013.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (January 23, 2013). "Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Carolee Carmello and Sadie Sink Set for World Premiere of Tuck Everlasting; Musical Is Broadway-Aimed". Playbill. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
- ^ Grant, Diamond. "Tuck Everlasting Takes Pre-Broadway Run in Atlanta". Broadway Tour. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scott Bixby". The Daily Beast. November 12, 2022.
- ^ 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. February 2, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ https://playbill.com/article/inside-the-los-angeles-filming-of-newsies [bare URL]
- ^ "Sherlock — The Musical". YouTube. January 13, 2014. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021.
External links
edit- Official website
- Official Blog at the Wayback Machine (archived August 5, 2008)
- 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 (archive)
- Webseries Submissions Only on YouTube
