Everything Justin Guarini
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Justin to Lead Bucks County Playhouse's COMPANY, Directed by Hunter Foster - May 29-June 21, 2015
👤by BWW News DeskMarch 19 http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Justin-Guarini-to-Lead-Bucks-County-Playhouses-COMPANY-Directed-by-Hunter-Foster-20150319#
Bucks County Playhouse (BCP) Justin Guarini - the breakout star of AMERICAN IDOL and several Broadway musicals and plays - will return to Bucks County Playhouse as Bobby in COMPANY, May 29-June 21.
Playhouse Artistic Associates Hunter Foster and Lorin Latarro, who have joined forces for BCP's SUMMER OF '42, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' and NATIONAL PASTIME, will serve as director and choreographer, respectively. The creative team also includes: Jason Sherwood, Scenic Design; Jennifer Caprio, Costume Design; and Jake DeGroot, Lighting Design.
"Justin immediately came to mind as soon as we entertained the idea of bringing COMPANY to stage at BCP," said producing director Alexander Fraser.
"We are thrilled to have Justin back home at the Playhouse, in a role that is a perfect fit for his extraordinary talent," said executive producer Robyn Goodman.
This marks a homecoming for Mr. Guarani, a native Doylestown in Bucks County. After creating a sensation as the 1st runner up (to Kelly Clarkson) in the very first season of AMERICAN IDOL, Mr. Guarani's career has taken him from music to TV and film, as well as the stage: his numerous Broadway appearances include WICKED, ROMEO AND JULIET, AMERICAN IDIOT, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN and GOOD VIBRATIONS. He is currently appearing - through March 22 - in the ENCORES! revival of the musical PAINT YOUR WAGON at City Center in New York.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by George Furth, COMPANY has been one of the theatre's most enduring musicals since it debuted in 1970: It's Robert's 35th birthday, and his friends want him to settle down. During a hilarious array of interactions over dinner, drink and even a wedding, "those good and crazy people, my married friends," finally make Robert understand that being alone isn't really being alive.
COMPANY follows Bucks County Playhouse's season opener, the musical NATIONAL PASTIME, running April 2-19. BCP's 76th anniversary season will continues this summer with ON GOLDEN POND and ANIMAL CRACKERS, and closes with IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY in December.
Following last season's Broadway production of Terrence McNally's play MOTHERS AND SONS - which began its journey at Bucks County Playhouse in 2013 - it was recently announced that another BCP production, MISERY, based on Stephen King's novel, will open on Broadway this Fall starring Bruce Willis, marking the 2nd time in three years that a BCP show has landed on the Main Stem.
Alexander Fraser is BCP'S Producing Director; Robyn Goodman is Executive Producer; Stephen Kocis and Josh Fiedler are Producers.
Tickets to Bucks County Playhouse productions start at $29 and can be purchased by calling 215-862-2121 or online at bcptheater.org
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Pops Concert - March 15, 2015
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Pops Concert
Featured Event:
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Delaware Valley College
Student Center Auditorium
Student Center Auditorium
Two of Bucks County’s rising stars are now tearing up the boards on Broadway, and the Bucks County Symphony has snared them both to be our special Pops guest performers! CB West grad Jenny Lee Stern is currently appearing in “Rocky," and CB East grad Justin Guarini is in the hit-musical “Wicked.” Join us for an evening of Broadway melodies, and help us celebrate the success of two very special home-grown talents!
Justin Guarini
A native of Georgia, Justin Guarini has called Doylestown his home since 1990, and graduated from Central Bucks High School East in 1997. He studied theater and vocal performance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and attended the School for Film and Television in New York.
Justin achieved national recognition as a finalist in the first American Idol competition in 2002. Although he declined a role in the Broadway production ofThe Lion King to participate in the premier season of American Idol, Justin has recently been a featured performer in several Broadway shows, including Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown(Carlos), American Idiot (Will), and Romeo and Juliet (Paris). He is currently starring as Fiyero in the Gershwin Theatre’s production of Wicked.
Justin has also appeared in numerous regional theater performances, notably Rent (Roger), Chicago(Billy Flynn), Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph), and the world premiere production of Stephen King and John Mellancamp’s new musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (Drake). He has appeared as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and as a guest host on Live With Regis and Kelly, and for several years was a host on the TV Guide Network. Justin’s TV credits include Run Of The House(Fox) and Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney). He has produced two solo albums: Justin Guarini, andStranger Things Have Happened, and recently made his debut at a New York cabaret and restaurant, 54 Below, performing in Lovesick, a show he had created for a February 2014 performance at the Bucks County Playhouse.
Justin, a strong advocate of music in public schools, has served as a national spokes-person in support of music education programs. He has also participated in numerous charity fundraisers for Habitat For Humanity, Rockers On Broadway, and various children’s hospitals across the country.
Justin and his wife, Reina, live in Doylestown with their three children, Lola, William and Asher.
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