SHOWCASE What Wayne and BD are doing essentially, are preparing this show for Broadway. They wanted to find a place to cast locally and work through the show. So, while there will be some small performances, and it will culminate to one big show on the Wilson Center Stage, it is really about the work; a workshop essentially. We met for two weeks in August and then had a small performance in front of a small audience to show what we had done. We meet back up in January. Like the story in the film, the main character mentors students through music. That is what BD and Wayne are doing. Life imitating art, imitating life kind of. I am very honored to be a part of it along with so much talent. Besides theatre - what else do you do for fun? I love music. I play piano and other instruments...I do a lot of composing, and would love to score a film one day. What are your future plans? I plan to go to college and continue
BD Wong - BIO: BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his Broadway debut in “M. Butterfly.” He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the television series All-American Girl (1994), and has made guest appearances on Sesame Street (1969) and The X-Files (1993). He was in the off-Broadway musical revival of “As Thousands Cheer” and followed with a critically acclaimed performance as “Linus” in the revival of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” returned to SVU, and is now starring in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures.”
BD WONG and WAYNE BARKER
studying acting and musical theater. What challenges did you have to overcome? I continue to work on my confidence, and believing in myself. It is funny how
so many, if not all of us attracted to the stage, suffer so much with insecurity and social anxiety.
- Source: IMDb.com
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