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Wardell has played the role of Noel in every production of Ride the Cyclone before joining the American cast in Chicago. Notable credits include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Hal in Loot, Freddy in My Fair Lady (Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre); Lance in 500 Words (Green Thumb Theatre for Young Adults) and Ensemble in Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nicola Tesla (Electric Company Theatre and The Belfry Theatre). He recently performed in the Musical Works in Concert festival in Toronto, a new musical festival. Mr. Wardell hails from small-town British Columbia, Canada, and has made his home in Toronto. After Ride the Cyclone, he will be returning to Toronto, where—with creative partner Rielle Braid— he will write, rehearse, stage, co-direct and music-direct his Christmas show, Terrible Adults: Rielle and Kholby and the Lost Spirit of Christmas, which will also tour to Whitehorse and Vancouver.

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Off-Broadway New York Premiere at MCC, 2016
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RIDE THE CYCLONE World Premiere Cast Recording Out Today on CD Photo
RIDE THE CYCLONE World Premiere Cast Recording Out Today on CD

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that Ride the Cyclone: World Premiere Cast Recording – based on the critically acclaimed musical that has sold out hit productions across the US and Canada – is available on CD online and in stores, starting today Friday, December 3.
RIDE THE CYCLONE World Premiere Cast Recording to be Released on CD in December Photo
RIDE THE CYCLONE World Premiere Cast Recording to be Released on CD in December

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that Ride the Cyclone: World Premiere Cast Recording – based on the critically acclaimed musical that has sold out hit productions across the US and Canada – will be available on CD online and in stores on Friday, December 3 and is now available for pre-order.
BWW Album Review: Don't Be Afraid to RIDE THE CYCLONE of Life Photo
BWW Album Review: Don't Be Afraid to RIDE THE CYCLONE of Life

You’ve been warned: This is one trip you’ll never forget! Ride the Cyclone: World Premiere Cast Recording was recently released through digital and streaming formats via Ghostlight Records. The show features book, music, and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell and the album is produced by Brooke Maxwell, who also serves as music director and conductor, and provides arrangements and orchestrations. Kevin McCollum and Morris Berchard are the executive producers.
RIDE THE CYCLONE World Premiere Cast Recording Out Today Photo
RIDE THE CYCLONE World Premiere Cast Recording Out Today

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that Ride the Cyclone: World Premiere Cast Recording – based on the musical that has sold out hit productions across the US and Canada – is available in digital and streaming formats today, Friday, May 7.
Exclusive: First Listen to 'This Song is Awesome' From RIDE THE CYCLONE Photo
Exclusive: First Listen to 'This Song is Awesome' From RIDE THE CYCLONE

BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first listen to 'This Song is Awesome,' a new track from Ride the Cyclone!
World Premiere Cast Recording of RIDE THE CYCLONE Will Be Released Next Week Photo
World Premiere Cast Recording of RIDE THE CYCLONE Will Be Released Next Week

Ride the Cyclone: World Premiere Cast Recording – based on the critically acclaimed musical that has sold out hit productions across the US and Canada – will be released in digital and streaming formats on Friday, May 7.
Alliance Theatre Stages RIDE THE CYCLONE Photo
Alliance Theatre Stages RIDE THE CYCLONE

Rehearsals are underway for the Alliance Theatre's upcoming production of the critically acclaimed new musical, RIDE THE CYCLONE.
New And Immersive Adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL Set In The Historic Campbell House  Photo
New And Immersive Adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL Set In The Historic Campbell House Museum

The Three Ships Collective - with the support of Soup Can Theatre - is proud to present a new and immersive adaptation of Dickens' timeless holiday classic set in the historic Campbell House Museum! Audiences are invited to step into the world of Victorian London and follow flinty miser Ebenezer Scrooge on his ghostly journey of redemption.
VIDEO: First Look at 'What the World Needs' From RIDE THE CYCLONE Photo
VIDEO: First Look at 'What the World Needs' From RIDE THE CYCLONE

Check out a song from the new musical, Ride the Cyclone, 'What the World Needs' Check out the cast in action below!
VIDEO: Check Out 'This Song Is Awesome' From the New Musical RIDE THE CYCLONE Photo
VIDEO: Check Out 'This Song Is Awesome' From the New Musical RIDE THE CYCLONE

Check out a song from the new musical, Ride the Cyclone, 'This Song Is Awesome' Check out the cast in action below!
VIDEO:  Check Out 'Waiting for the Drop' From the New Musical RIDE THE CYCLONE Photo
VIDEO: Check Out 'Waiting for the Drop' From the New Musical RIDE THE CYCLONE

Check out a song from the new musical, Ride the Cyclone, 'Waiting for the Drop' Check out the cast in action below!
BWW Review: ACT and 5th Ave's RIDE THE CYCLONE - A Haunting Thrill Ride You Must Take Photo
BWW Review: ACT and 5th Ave's RIDE THE CYCLONE - A Haunting Thrill Ride You Must Take

ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre's current joint production, 'Ride the Cyclone', now playing at ACT, is one of those quirky little musicals that on the surface should not work. I didn't really know what to expect going in but based on what it is, it's problematic at best. Fortunately for us the brilliant writing team of Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond have done it in such a way that it definitely does work and then some. Allow me to explain.
RIDE THE CYCLONE, A Co-Production Between The 5th Avenue Theatre And ACT Opens This W Photo
RIDE THE CYCLONE, A Co-Production Between The 5th Avenue Theatre And ACT Opens This Week

Ride the Cylcone, this season's dark and hilarious co-production between The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT - A Contemporary Theatre, is now in preview performances and has its official opening night this Thursday, March 22 at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre. The award-winning director and choreographer Rachel Rockwell has continued to refine and explore the world of Ride the Cyclone with its writers Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond, returning to direct after working on its two previous U.S. productions in Chicago and Off Broadway. This co-production, which is the eighth collaboration between The 5th and ACT, will showcase new developments to the script and score. At least one third of the script has been newly created for this production, which is in addition to countless small but crucial tweaks and refinements. These new developments have continued to define and shape the world that the Saint Cassian High School Chamber Choir inhabits onstage.
VIDEO: Get a First Look at RIDE THE CYCLONE at The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre Photo
VIDEO: Get a First Look at RIDE THE CYCLONE at The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre

The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT - A Contemporary Theatre present the West Coast premiere of the dark and hilarious new musical Ride the Cyclone
Casting Announced For RIDE THE CYCLONE - A Darkly Hilarious Carnival Tale of Life and Photo
Casting Announced For RIDE THE CYCLONE - A Darkly Hilarious Carnival Tale of Life and Death

Complete casting has been announced for the West Coast premiere of the dark and hilarious new musical Ride the Cyclone, the 2017/18 co-production between The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT A Contemporary Theatre.
Photo Coverage: Buckle Up! MCC's RIDE THE CYCLONE Celebrates Opening Night

The New York City premiere of MCC Theater's new musical Ride the Cyclone, the third musical in MCC's now-iconic 30-year history of producing new works for the American theater, began previews on November 9, 2016 at the Lucille Lortel Theater and opened just last night November 30. 
MCC Theater Extends RIDE THE CYCLONE Due To Popular Demand " Now Through December 29

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced a two-week extension - now through December 29, 2016 - for the New York City premiere of MCC Theater's new musical Ride the Cyclone, the third musical in MCC's now-iconic 30-year history of producing new works for the American theater.
Photo Flash: First Look at MCC's RIDE THE CYCLONE!

MCC Theater presents the thrilling New York City premiere of the new musical Ride the Cyclone, which marks just the third musical in MCC's now-iconic 30-year history of producing new works for the American theater. With book, music and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, Ride the Cyclone had its celebrated U.S. premiere in 2015 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater under the direction and choreography of Rachel Rockwell, who returns for the MCC production.
BWW Review: Teen Angels Compete For A Second Chance in RIDE THE CYCLONE

For a musical about the accidental death of six teenagers and a contest to select just one of them to return to life, Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond's Ride the Cyclone, mounted by MCC after development in Canadian cabarets and a successful Chicago run, is curiously lacking in any kind of emotion or tension.
Broadway AM Report, 11/14/2016 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN, GREAT COMET and More!

Today's big news: DEAR EVAN HANSEN begins previews on Broadway, while 'GREAT COMET' takes its official opening bows tonight and more!

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