By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com
I am so excited that actor, author, director, and filmmaker Andrew Keenan-Bolger helped the Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast celebrate Halloween this year!
Andrew starred as Jesse Tuck on Tuck Everlasting on Broadway, where he was nominated for a Drama League Award. He also created the role of Crutchie in the Original Broadway Cast of Newsies, where he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. Andrew reprised his role in the record-breaking Newsies: The Broadway Musical film. He also appeared in the Broadway casts of Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, and A Christmas Carol. Andrew also appeared on the First National Tours of Spelling Bee, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Mary Poppins, and Ragtime.
He also appeared on several TV shows including The Undoing (HBO), The Blacklist (NBC), The Other Two (HBO), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), and One Life to Live (ABC). Several media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone, highlighted Andrew Keenan-Bolger’s film work. He is the director of the award-winning short films Sign and The Ceiling Fan and co-author of the Penguin Random House children’s series Jack & Louisa.
Count Dracula (James Daly) seduces Jonathan Harker (Andrew Keenan-Bolger) in Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)
Andrew Keegan-Bolger stars as Harker in the Off-Broadway production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. The play takes place in the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, where a meek English real estate agent makes a harrowing journey to meet a mysterious client – who happens to be the legendary Count Dracula (James Daly). As famed female vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and company chase the Count from Transylvania to the British countryside to London and back, their antics are guaranteed to create audience’s pulses and cause bloodcurdling screams – of laughter.
On this special Halloween episode of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Andrew Keenan-Bolger shared the similarities and differences between Crutchie, Harker, and Jesse Tuck, along with creating “Vampiral Moments of the Weeks” for Dracula the Podcastula with his cast members.
To learn more about Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors and get tickets to the production, visit their website!
You can also connect with Andrew Keenan-Bolger on social media. Visit his Instagram & TikTok channels.
