Robbie G.K. loves being part of a 'Heated Rivalry' on HBO, but musical theater has given him the 'utmost joy'

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 12/23/25 at 3:03am

Robbie Graham-Kuntz plays Kip, the hot young barista on ''Heated Rivalry,'' the steamy gay hockey romance miniseries from Canada on HBO, and has become one of its breakout stars. Graham-Kuntz says he's primarily been doing musicals in Canada. (Could anyone here have seen him Up North?) Anyway, he tells the Shut Up Evan Substack (by Evan Ross Katz): ''I was having a great time with musical theater and honestly loved it. ... That’s still like the thing that brings me the utmost joy as far as performing. At some point, I just realized there’s a cap to Canadian theater. It’s not really like the United States where you can go to Broadway and you can really do it and a lot of people can make a great living off of it. I knew TV and film would be able to last a little bit longer. ... So I focused my sights on that and started taking classes and [asked] my agent to focus more on TV and film, and here we are!''

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Updated On: 12/23/25 at 03:03 AM

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 12/23/25 at 4:24am

The two leads feel very much like grown theater kids too, so I hope they all get stage opportunities in NY very soon!