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STAGE TUBE: Aaron Tveit Dishes on His Past Costars from GREASE, LES MIS & More!

By: Feb. 11, 2016
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DEFYING GRAVITY: the songs of Stephen Schwartz is the world premiere concert production that is set to become the most exciting musical theatre event down under, playing at Sydney's Theatre Royale February 12-13. This event celebrating this incredible body of work is headlined by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster (Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Aaron Tveit (LES MISERABLES movie, Next To Normal, Catch Me If You Can) who will appear alongside internationally renowned West End star Joanna Ampil (Miss Saigon, LES MISERABLES, Cats), Helpmann Award winner Helen Dallimore (Blood Brothers, Legally Blonde) and David Harris(Miss Saigon, Legally Blonde) who is returning to Australia for this event. Making a very special guest appearance is Tony Award winning Broadway, TV and film icon Betty Buckley (Cats, Pippin, Sunset Boulevard, Carrie) in her debut Sydney performance.

Below, Tveit stops by Sydney's 'Morning Show' to chat about the upcoming concert, his new TV series, and his past costars!

Tveit is an American theater, television and film actor. He will be seen next in the upcoming feature films "Stereotypically You" and "Undrafted." This summer, he will be featured in the network thriller "Braindead." Tveit recently starred in the cable series "Graceland." Prior to "Graceland," he portrayed the character "Enjolras" in Tom Hooper's 2012 award-winning film adaption of "Les Miserables." Other feature credits include "Big Sky," "Howl," "Premium Rush" and "Ghost Town." On Broadway, he starred in "Catch Me If You Can," and also created the role of "Gabe" in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical, "Next To Normal." Other Broadway credits include "Wicked," "Hairspray" and "Rent." Recently, Tveit starred in the critically acclaimed U.K. revival of "Assassins," portraying John Wilkes Booth. Television audiences will also recognize him from his recurring role of "Trip Van der Bilt" on "Gossip Girl," as well as numerous guest-starring roles on "The Good Wife," "Ugly Betty" and "Law And Order: Special Victims Unit."




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