Actor/Writer Andrew Keenan - Bolger takes us back in time to NYC in the 90s with his new Novel Limelight. Andrew brings back the real life characters from that time such as Rentheads, Clubkids who were navigating a changing city. Andrew also takes us back to where his career began with Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, The National Tour of Ragtime and of course fan favorite Newsies.
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Also in this episode - Eila & Bruce discuss their recent late to the party binges. Difficult People starring Julie Klausner, Billy Eichner, Cole Escola, Andrea Martin and more. Pose starring Billy Porter, MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore and more.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an actor, director, author and filmmaker. He starred as “Jesse Tuck” in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway (Drama League Award nominee). He created the role of "Crutchie" in the Original Broadway Cast of Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee) and in the record-breaking Newsies: The Broadway Musical film. Other Broadway: Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. 1st Nat'l Tours: Spelling Bee, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Mary Poppins, Ragtime. Theater: Titanique (Off-Broadway), Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (Off-Broadway), Scarlett Dreams (Off-Broadway), Seven Deadly Sins (Off-Broadway, dir. Moisés Kaufman), Family Furniture at The Flea Theater (dir. Thomas Kail), Aladdin at The 5th Avenue Theater (dir. Casey Nicholaw), Ever After at Papermill Playhouse (dir. Kathleen Marshall), Film: “Billy Frazier” in The Rewrite starring Hugh Grant, To Dust, Marci X, Are You Joking? Upcoming: Rosie in On Swift Horses starring Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones, Hanish in V13 starring Alan Cumming. TV: The Undoing (HBO), The Blacklist (NBC), The Other Two (HBO), Three Rivers (2018 ABC Pilot, lead), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), Looking (HBO), Naked Brothers Band (Nickelodeon), One Life to Live. Podcast: Bobby in Marvel's Wolverine: The Long Night. B.F.A. from the University of Michigan. His work as a filmmaker has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The Associated Press and New York Magazine. Director of the award-winning short films Mikey’s Army, Sign and The Ceiling Fan. Along with collaborator, Kate Wetherhead, he is the co-creator the critically acclaimed webseries, Submissions Only and co-author of the children’s series Jack & Louisa (Penguin Random House). He is the author of the upcoming novel Limelight (Penguin Random House).
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