Who wants to begin the discussion? Let's keep it professional (Zola) or we will be banished to the OFF-topic board!! HAHA
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
I'm curious...what's this Hot Chorus Boys talk? Somebody please fill me in.
"First up was Max who sang "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" [...] I haven't seen that big of a reaction to a stair descent since Audra left the attic in Ragtime." --Seth Rudetsky
I bumped this because it might as well get even hotter than it already is..ugh, why is it so humid?
But let's list our favorites, I'll give a shout out to Tyler Hanes, a standout member of any ensemble he's in, which at present is the company of Sweet Charity! He's an amazing dancer, full of creative energy.
Robb Sapp is quite the talent. Tyler Hanes is in a class by his lil' self...the boy is pure genius. Justin Bohon is indeed a cutie, and very sweet both on-stage and off, and his sister is a peach too!
My additions are the two bad boys of musical theater, thanks to Good Vibrations, John Jeffrey Martin and Heath Calvert, two bonafide supermodels sent down from hunk heaven to grace our stages, Calvert I believe will be seen soon in a Fringe Fest production a friend is doing and Martin continues to audition for some high profile roles in some high profile upcoming shows.
And for all the wrong reasons Mr. Joey Dudding, the sassiest Hot Chorus Boy of them all!
Unfledge them of their...perriwigs, And they appear like bald-cootes, in the nest.
Beaumont, Knt. Malta, (1616).
Kinda off the topic but my friend and I were discussing Chita's return to Broadway this fall and couldn't help noting something. How come in the musical theater dancers who started in the chorus and continue to have musical theater careers for decades (Rivera, Verdon, even Charlotte D'Amboise and probably Neurworth) are all women? Except for Tommy Tune, the male musical star's longevity seems to be limited to singer/actors (Drake, Stokes and Raitt) at best rather than male chorus members. Does the theater audience not want to see aging male dancers in new properties yet flock to see women in the same age category? A male chorus members' career unfortunately seems truly limited and is probably the reason they graduate to future choreographers.
"amazing..that all the theatre topics that could be timely and relevant and you chose this...wow...you have hit rock bottom."
zelda, if you think bringing up a fun little post about the very talented hot chorus boys of Broadway is an example of how I've hit rock bottom, then you ain't seen the half of how low I've sunk! But thanks for the concern, and it was either this thread or one of the many WIckED ROcks ditties...so there.
I too agree with Heath Calvert and Jeff Martin from Good Vibrations. Some others: Jordan Bass (Peter Pan) Travis Wall (Music Man...and was a dancer in the Pippin Concert) Andy Pellick, Will Taylor, Paul Mcgill, Paul Canaan, Clark Johnsen, Charlie Sutton, and Joey Dudding, just to mention a few of the hot Cagelle chorus boys from La Cage.
"And suddenly I'm flying flying like a bird, like electricity, electricity, sparks inside of me, and I'm free, I'm free" -Billy Elliot
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
I'm gonna second the Tyler Hanes and Adam Fleming. They both graduated from the same high school as me. I never went to school with either, but I've met Tyler on many occasions. Such a sweetheart. So talented too.
Telly Leung, one of those adorable dancers in 'Flower Drum Song' appears to have broken out of the chorus into featured roles in 'Pacific Overtures' and now 'Wicked' (in Chicago). Congratulations to him!
'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'