#gary: a sequel to titus andronicus

[arqueete]

Spring Awakening Broadway: Where Are They Now? (Part 2)

It's been 18 years since Spring Awakening opened on Broadway. In part 1 I looked up what the original cast members are doing today, and here in part 2 I'll be looking at all of the actors who joined the cast after the show opened.

Kyle Riabko Melchior

Went straight from the Broadway production to the first national tour. Later starred in Hair on Broadway and Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined (pictured) in the West End. He is currently composing music for children's television through a production company called Can-Land Music that he founded with his wife.

Hunter Parrish Melchior

Appeared on Broadway again in Godspell but has otherwise largely stuck to TV roles, most recently in The Other Black Girl (pictured.)

Alexandra Socha Wendla, Ensemble (u/s Wendla, Anna, Martha, Thea)

Returned to Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs and Head Over Heels. Is currently starring in the Broadway production of Wicked (pictured.)

Blake Bashoff Moritz

Went straight from Broadway to the first national tour. After that, he moved away from acting and now lives on a farm.

Emma Hunton Ilse

Was in Next to Normal on Broadway and the national tour, as well as the national tour of Wicked. She is currently on TV in Good Trouble (pictured.)

Drew Tyler Bell Hanschen

Continued in his longtime role on The Bold and the Beautiful (pictured) until 2010. Since then, he doesn't appear to be acting and it's not clear what he's been doing since.

Matt Doyle Hanschen, Ensemble (u/s Melchior, Hanschen, Ernst, Otto, Georg)

Later briefly played Melchior in the first national tour. Has returned to Broadway several times in shows like War Horse and The Book of Mormon, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a musical for his performance in Company in 2022 (pictured.) He has also released solo albums. He most recently starred in Sinatra: The Musical.

Blake Daniel Ernst

Has had a few acting roles since, most recently in the movie Dicks: The Musical.

Andrew Durand Georg (u/s Moritz)

Has appeared in several other Broadway shows including Head Over Heels and Shucked (pictured.) He is currently in Dead Outlaw off-Broadway.

Gabriel Violett Otto

Appeared as a contestant on The Voice in 2016 (pictured.)

Amanda Castanos Martha

Had a handful of appearances at theater festivals and on TV shows like Blue Bloods (pictured), but doesn't seem to be doing any acting in recent years.

Caitlin Kinnunen Thea

Returned to Broadway in The Bridges of Madison County and was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her role in The Prom (pictured) in 2014. She recently appeared in The Magnificent Seven off-Broadway.

Emily Kinney Anna (u/s Wendla)

Appeared on stage again in the national tour of August: Osage County but since then has been doing a lot of TV, most notably on The Walking Dead (pictured.) She has also released several albums as a singer-songwriter.

Kate Burton Adult Women

She continues to have an extensive film and television career, with notable roles on shows like Grey's Anatomy and Scandal (pictured), for which she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She returned to Broadway in 2017 in the play Present Laughter.

Kristine Nielsen Adult Women

Has since been nominated for the Best Lead Actress in a Play Tony in 2013 for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2019 for Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus. She most recently appeared in the TV show The Gilded Age (pictured.)

Ken Marks Adult Men

Has appeared again on Broadway in shows like Spider-man: Turn off the Dark and most recently in Take Me Out (pictured.) He is currently in Dead Outlaw off-Broadway.

Glenn Fleshler Adult Men

Has returned to Broadway in shows like Guys and Dolls and Death of a Salesman. He also has extensive credits in movies like Joker and TV shows like Billions (pictured.)

Tony Carlin (u/s Adult Men)

Returned to Broadway over a dozen times since, as well as off-Broadway in shows like The Trial of an American President (pictured.) He most recently appeared in Days of Wine and Roses.

Eryn Murman Anna, Ensemble (u/s Wendla, Ilse, Anna, Martha, Thea)

Has done some regional theater, including playing Wendla in San Jose Rep's production of Spring Awakening (pictured) before later marrying the actor playing Melchior, with whom she started the band 5j Barrow. She now also works as a massage therapist.

Jenna Ushkowitz Ensemble (u/s Anna, Martha, Thea)

Notably appeared on the TV show Glee. She returned to Broadway in Waitress (pictured) and has won two Tony Awards as a producer.

Alice Lee Ensemble (u/s Wendla, Ilse, Anna, Thea)

Notably appeared in the off-Broadway production of Heathers (pictured.) Competed in the reality singing competition Rising Star. She has had TV roles on shows like Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and most recently did voice acting for My Adventures with Superman.

Jesse Swenson Ensemble (u/s Melchior, Hanschen, Otto, Georg)

Returned to Broadway in The Addams Family. He has now moved way from acting to become a writer and filmmaker.

Matt Shingledecker Ensemble (u/s Melchior, Hanschen, Ernst, Otto, Georg)

Went straight to the first national tour as Georg. Since then, he's appeared on Broadway again in West Side Story and on the national tours of shows like Wicked and Les Miserables (pictured.) He is currently performing in the musical The Wedding Banquet in Taiwain.

Morgan Karr Ensemble (u/s Moritz, Hanschen, Ernst, Otto, Georg)

Now a successful indie pop musician performing under the name Morgxn.

Zach Reiner-Harris Ensemble (u/s Moritz, Hanschen, Ernst, Otto, Georg)

Seems to have moved away from acting but still makes appearances as a musician.

[obsoleteozymandias]

What do you think the RCM's favorite musicals are? You can also add others like Andre, Cindy, Klassje and such if you wanna.

I think Harry likes Grease, you know the one with John Travolta. I don't know why but I just get a strong feel. Kim likes musicals but wants the overall tone to be pretty serious. Jean likes anything satirical or a bit grim.

Oh lord you’re really gonna make me go back to my theater roots, huh? I’ve got a soft spot for this one very niche play called, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.” It didn’t last very long on broadway, but I think it’s a cool production. 

Headcanons: Disco Elysium

+Muscials!

Harry is a fan of musicals and plays in general. He loved the combination of motion and music and words. He’ll watch most anything. I feel he’d especially hit by stories of family and love, so maybe Grease, but I think he would love Waitress. I will not elaborate. 

Kim is more of a fan of black comedies and critiques of modern society. I think he’d enjoy Falsettos, though, for its starring gay couple and the discussion of complicated emotions towards being queer. He’d also like Les Mis. 

(I imagine there’s a version of it in DE that’s about the revolution.)

Jean does enjoy satires and grim musicals. I think he’d like Book of Mormon and Sweeney Todd. 

On another note, he’d like Arsenic and Old Lace.

Trant would like more upbeat musicals about family in such, given that he would go to such events with his son. He’s probably a fan of Hamillton and other historical plays (though he finds the inaccuracies a bit irritating). I think his guilty pleasure would be Chicago. 

Judit likes older Shakespearen plays and plays with a hint of whimsy. I think she’d enjoy Cats and Phantom of the Opera. 

[sleepdepravity]

Completed first part of birthday theater archive madness.

Gary was a fun farce. There’s not really many of those nowadays, so it’s good to see. It zigzags from Shakespearean roots to a more modern delivery of lines. Some amount of good fourth wall permeability. I worry for carol’s throat she really just be screaming the whole time. I am SO glad they didn’t actually use an actual baby. Another part of my impression of it is that it is more ambitious than it can achieve, in a sense? (I mean the original script calls for an actual baby.) but that’s alright.

Guys and dolls I was very much looking forward to and I was very pleased. Nathan is so good he’s sooooo charismatic. There really is a lot of physicality to the humor that you don’t seem to see much as recently. (Gary does have some amount of physical humor, come to think of it, just not a lot of it and it’s less to do with pratfalls or anything and more about props, dead bodies and stuff.) I just finished watching it and I already would like to watch it again. I am glad that it’s pretty publicly available and that’s great and I totally respect why the system is like this and I respect the union but also in my heart is the desire to just have it. And be able to play it whenever I want.

[musicals-and-more]

2019 Tony Nominations!!!

I am so excited to watch James Cordon host the 73rd Annual Tony Awards on June 9th!!!

BEST MUSICAL

Ain't Too Proud

Beetlejuice

Hadestown

The Prom

Tootsie

BEST PLAY

Choir Boy

The Ferryman

Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ink

What the Constitution Means to Me

BEST PLAY REVIVAL

Arthur Miller’s All My Sons

The Boys in the Band

Burn This

Torch Song

The Waverly Gallery

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL

Kiss Me, Kate

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

BEST ACTOR (PLAY )

Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird

Paddy Considine, The Ferryman

Bryan Cranston, Network

Adam Driver, Burn This

Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy

BEST ACTRESS (PLAY)

Annette Bening, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons

Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman

Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery

Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet

Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton

Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL)

Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show

Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom

Beth Leavel, The Prom

Eva Noblezada, Hadestown

Kelli O'Hara, Kiss Me, Kate

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL)

Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom

Derrick Baskin, Ain't Too Proud

Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice

Damon Daunno, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Santino Fontana, Tootsie

Best Book of a Musical

Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Dominique Morisseau

Beetlejuice

Scott Brown & Anthony King

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

The Prom

Bob Martin & Chad Beguelin

Tootsie

Robert Horn

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Be More Chill

Music & Lyrics: Joe Iconis

Beetlejuice

Music & Lyrics: Eddie Perfect

Hadestown

Music & Lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell

The Prom

Music: Matthew Sklar

Lyrics: Chad Beguelin

To Kill a Mockingbird

Music: Adam Guettel

Tootsie

Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Paddy Considine, The Ferryman

Bryan Cranston, Network

Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird

Adam Driver, Burn This

Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Annette Bening, Arthur Miller's All My Sons

Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman

Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery

Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet

Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton

Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom

Derrick Baskin, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice

Damon Daunno, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Santino Fontana, Tootsie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show

Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom

Beth Leavel, The Prom

Eva Noblezada, Hadestown

Kelli O'Hara, Kiss Me, Kate

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Bertie Carvel, Ink

Robin De Jesús, The Boys in the Band

Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird

Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This

Benjamin Walker, Arthur Miller's All My Sons

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman

Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird

Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ruth Wilson, King Lear

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

André De Shields, Hadestown

Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie

Patrick Page, Hadestown

Jeremy Pope, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Lilli Cooper, Tootsie

Amber Gray, Hadestown

Sarah Stiles, Tootsie

Ali Stroker, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Mary Testa, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Miriam Buether, To Kill a Mockingbird

Bunny Christie, Ink

Rob Howell, The Ferryman

Santo Loquasto, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Jan Versweyveld, Network

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Peter England, King Kong

Rachel Hauck, Hadestown

Laura Jellinek, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

David Korins, Beetlejuice

Best Costume Design of a Play

Rob Howell, The Ferryman

Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet

Clint Ramos, Torch Song

Ann Roth, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ann Roth, To Kill a Mockingbird

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Michael Krass, Hadestown

William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice

William Ivey Long, Tootsie

Bob Mackie, The Cher Show

Paul Tazewell, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Ink

Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Peter Mumford, The Ferryman

Jennifer Tipton, To Kill a Mockingbird

Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, Network

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams, The Cher Show

Howell Binkley, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Bradley King, Hadestown

Peter Mumford, King Kong

Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice

Best Sound Design of a Play

Adam Cork, Ink

Scott Lehrer, To Kill a Mockingbird

Fitz Patton, Choir Boy

Nick Powell, The Ferryman

Eric Sleichim, Network

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice

Peter Hylenski, King Kong

Steve Canyon Kennedy, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Drew Levy, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown

Best Direction of a Play

Rupert Goold, Ink

Sam Mendes, The Ferryman

Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird

Ivo van Hove, Network

George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Best Direction of a Musical

Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown

Scott Ellis, Tootsie

Daniel Fish, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Des McAnuff, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Casey Nicholaw, The Prom

Best Choreography

Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy

Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate

Denis Jones, Tootsie

David Neumann, Hadestown

Sergio Trujillo, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Orchestrations

Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown

Simon Hale, Tootsie

Larry Hochman, Kiss Me, Kate

Daniel Kluger, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Harold Wheeler, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations

Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Rosemary Harris

Terrence McNally

Harold Wheeler

Special Tony Awards

Marin Mazzie

Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company

Jason Michael Webb

Regional Theatre Tony Award

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

Palo Alto, CA

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

Judith Light

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Broadway Inspirational Voices – Michael McElroy, Founder

Peter Entin

FDNY Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9

Joseph Blakely Forbes

Congratulations to all the nominees and especially to Hadestown leading with 14 nominations!!!

[musicalswithmemes]

Further thoughts on the nominations

I'm super happy for Caitlin Kinnunen! I'm not a big fan of The Prom, but she absolutely deserves the nomination

To Kill a Mockingbird got the most nominations for a play (tied with The Ferryman), but still no Best Play nomination???

I feel bad that Reeve didn't get Best Actor, but the other guys in the category really deserve it

Patrick AND André got nominated for Featured Actor!!! For most of this awards season, André has been the one getting the Featured Actor nominations so it's great to see both of them get nominated

However, Patrick Vaill didn't get nominated for Featured Actor and that's incorrect Tonys plz fix

Be More Chill getting only one nomination is entirely deserved. Ya'll know how much I don't like the show, but the score is at least creative.

No nominations at all for Head Over Heels??? Ya sure???

Gettin' The Band Back Together is the worst musical of this season, maybe the worst musical in the last, like, 5 years. God bless the American Theatre Wing for shutting them out

I won't even tag the show. They're just cursed

Lucas Hedges is my least favorite actor, thank God he's not nominated

Only two nominations for The Boys in the Band??? Like, NOT EVEN SET???? OR DR SHELDON COOPER???

I'm not mad that Bernhardt/Hamlet and Straight White Men aren't nominated for Best Play, I'm just disappointed

Also, no Straight White Men nominations at all????

BENJAMIN WALKER IS FINALLY A TONY NOMINEE AYE OH LET'S GO

14 NOMINATIONS FOR HADESTOWN YESSSSSSSSS

I was just in another play about Orpheus and Eurydice (Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice), and we also got exactly 14 nominations... that's sus

[romans-roy]

Taylor Mack is going OFF HOLY SHIT

[flurryheaven]

2019 Tony Award Nominations - Best Costume Design of a Play

Rob Howell - The Ferryman

Toni-Leslie James - Bernhardt/Hamlet

Clint Ramos - Torch Song

Ann Roth - Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ann Roth - To Kill A Mockingbird

[sleepypositives]

I love you Taylor. I have no idea how to explain how much you inspire me.

[generouspour]

if anyone has any bootlegs of any plays (but especially the ones that were up for tonys yesterday) PLEASE dm me so we can trade! here is my list

[moviemosaics]

The nominees for Best Original Musical, Best Original Play, Best Musical Revival, and Best Play Revival at the 73rd Tony Awards

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

IT IS FINALLY DONE!!!!

[revolutions-to-revelations]

I want to see Gary so bad.

[katharsis-ravyn-turbes]

Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

[shakespearenews]

Nathan Lane and friend in Gary. Photo: Julieta Cervantes

“It’s a weird paradox of Broadway, where it’s practically a commandment that a big name needs to sit atop the title of a play like Mac’s — but the truth is that Gary doesn’t necessarily want a name. It wants a rebel. It wants, like its hero, to attack complacency with creativity and irreverence, honesty and joy. It wants to be a downtown play frolicking subversively inside an uptown theater, and that—on top of its Jenga tower of existing aspirations—is a tricky task. Gary’s got heart and brains and guts (many, many guts), and, at the risk of seeming immoral, it could still use some cleaning up.“

[musicalswithmemes]

MY TONY PREDICTIONS

Best Play: I want it to be Gary, but it's probably gonna be The Ferryman

Best Musical: HADESTOWN ALL THE WAY!!! But I can also see The Prom or Tootsie winning

Play Revival: Boys in the Band hopefully, but it's probably gonna be All My Sons or Burn This

Musical Revival: Oklahoma definitely

Book: Hadestown or The Prom

Score: Hadestown for SURE

Actor (Play): Jeff Daniels or riot

Actress (Play): I want Janet McTeer, but it's probably gonna go to Ferryman

Actor (Musical): Santino Fontana or Damon Daunno

Actress (Musical): Eva plz, but I wouldnt be mad if Caitlen Kinnunen won

Featured Actor (Play): Benjamin Walker!!!!!!!! Needs!!!!!!! A Tony!!!!!!! So does Brandon Uranowitz, but BEN WALKER PLZ

Featured Actress (Play): I want it to be Celia Keenan-Bolger, but it's probably gonna be the girl from Ferryman

Featured Actor (Musical): Patrick Page or André DeShields, but I lean more to Patrick. Wouldnt be mad if Ephraim won either

Featured Actress (Musical): AMBER GRAY!!!!!! PLZ!!!!! Wouldn't be mad if Ali Stoker won either

Set (Play): Gary is my personal pick, again probably gonna be The Ferryman

Set (Musical): HADESTOWN (or Beetlejuice)

Costumes (Play): Gary or Bernhardt/Hamlet

Costumes (Musical): Hadestown or Beetlejuice

Lighting (Play): Network or Mockingbird

Lighting (Musical): Hadestown. Period

Sound (Play): Network!

Sound (Musical): Hadestown or Oklahoma

Directing (Play): Mockingbird or Ferryman

Directing (Musical): I'm hella torn between Hadestown and Oklahoma. They both had incredible direction. Oklahoma took an aged dinosaur of a show and made it fresh. Hadestown is just HADESTOWN

Choreo: Hadestown or Ain't Too Proud

Orchestrations: Hadestown or Oklahoma!