Aaron singing The Star Spangled Banner at the opening event of the Broadway softball league. May 12, 2011. This is how it's done . No need for show off vocal gymnasts.
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Blackbook Magazine interview with Aaron from March 9, 2011
Aaron Tveit of 'Catch Me If You Can' Takes Us Around Soho
From a table inside Manhattans Jane restaurant, Aaron Tveitpart Disney prince, part Abercrombie & Fitch modelthrows on his Ray-Ban Wayfarers and starts singing. I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can, he croons to the venues waitstaff and a few early birds. Song comes easily and often to Tveit, and lucky for all of us, hes got a golden set of pipes. A true triple threat, the 27-year-old, New York-based actor has already successfully crossed over from Broadway (Next to Normal, Rent) to television (Ugly Betty) and film (Ghost Town), and back to the Great White Way, where his turn as the notorious Frank Abagnale in the Broadway debut of Catch Me If You Can will probably make him a star.
I am there so much for work that I try to escape as much as possible, Tveit says of New Yorks Theater District while trudging through the snow-covered streets of Soho en route to his next favorite hang. When hes not shuttling between Astoria, Queenswhere he lives with a roommateand Times Square, Tveit ventures downtown to catch his breath. Still, hes not complaining about his busy schedule. Theres nothing like being on the stage, he says. Its different every time, and the immediate response from the audience is like nothing else. Its been over a year since Tveit was last seen on Broadway, but this month hell take the stage for the first previews of Catch Me If You Can, reprising a role hes been perfecting for the past five years.
Over a pint of Stella Artois at his preferred Gramercy bar, Plug Uglies, Tveit reveals that, three years ago, he was asked to do a screen test for the role of Finn on TVs Glee (a part that eventually went to Cory Monteith). He removed himself from contention, however, opting instead to follow his passion for the theater and continue working in Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can. I think that shows great and Im glad its gone on to be a huge success, he says, but it wasnt right for me at the time.
Between playing Gossip Girls congressional candidate Trip van der Bilt (which had him making clandestine moves on Blake Livelys Serena), nerd-hunk playwright Zachary Boule on Ugly Betty, and Allen Ginsbergs lover Peter Orlovsky in Howl, Tveit has locked lips with some of Hollywoods hottest stars. Everyone asked me at the Howl opening about kissing James Franco, but in that department, Blake definitely takes the cake, he says, donning a crinkled smile that could make just about anyone blush.
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Source: Blackbook Magazine
Aaron Tveit of 'Catch Me If You Can' Takes Us Around Soho
From a table inside Manhattans Jane restaurant, Aaron Tveitpart Disney prince, part Abercrombie & Fitch modelthrows on his Ray-Ban Wayfarers and starts singing. I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can, he croons to the venues waitstaff and a few early birds. Song comes easily and often to Tveit, and lucky for all of us, hes got a golden set of pipes. A true triple threat, the 27-year-old, New York-based actor has already successfully crossed over from Broadway (Next to Normal, Rent) to television (Ugly Betty) and film (Ghost Town), and back to the Great White Way, where his turn as the notorious Frank Abagnale in the Broadway debut of Catch Me If You Can will probably make him a star.
I am there so much for work that I try to escape as much as possible, Tveit says of New Yorks Theater District while trudging through the snow-covered streets of Soho en route to his next favorite hang. When hes not shuttling between Astoria, Queenswhere he lives with a roommateand Times Square, Tveit ventures downtown to catch his breath. Still, hes not complaining about his busy schedule. Theres nothing like being on the stage, he says. Its different every time, and the immediate response from the audience is like nothing else. Its been over a year since Tveit was last seen on Broadway, but this month hell take the stage for the first previews of Catch Me If You Can, reprising a role hes been perfecting for the past five years.
Over a pint of Stella Artois at his preferred Gramercy bar, Plug Uglies, Tveit reveals that, three years ago, he was asked to do a screen test for the role of Finn on TVs Glee (a part that eventually went to Cory Monteith). He removed himself from contention, however, opting instead to follow his passion for the theater and continue working in Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can. I think that shows great and Im glad its gone on to be a huge success, he says, but it wasnt right for me at the time.
Between playing Gossip Girls congressional candidate Trip van der Bilt (which had him making clandestine moves on Blake Livelys Serena), nerd-hunk playwright Zachary Boule on Ugly Betty, and Allen Ginsbergs lover Peter Orlovsky in Howl, Tveit has locked lips with some of Hollywoods hottest stars. Everyone asked me at the Howl opening about kissing James Franco, but in that department, Blake definitely takes the cake, he says, donning a crinkled smile that could make just about anyone blush.
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Source: Blackbook Magazine
LOL. I was going to post some photos of his Gossip Girl days but wasn't sure if anyone else would know him from that
No problem. I have some older interviews with him to post too, but there will be more new stuff coming with the ramp up to his new series Graceland which starts in June. Until then...
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Singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" at Joe's Pub, NYC, October, 2008.
Hang in there, at 1.30min it gets good. This is a really good live version.
Hang in there, at 1.30min it gets good. This is a really good live version.
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I first read this as "I did this guy" and was like you go girl but then reread it.
LOL!
Aaron Tveit: From Broadway To "Les Mis" To "Graceland"
Whether you know him for his work on Broadway (Catch Me If You Can, Next To Normal), film (Enjolras in Les Miserables) or television (recurring as Tripp on Gossip Girl), Aaron Tveit has been turning heads for quite some time now.
One thing he hasnt done before been a series regular on television. That changes this summer when Tveit headlines the new USA crime drama Graceland. As Undercover FBI agent Mike Warren, Tveit will join a Southern California safe house (dubbed Graceland for its safety and sanctuary for the undercover agents) where hunky Daniel Sunjata (also a stage vet for his work as a gay baseball player in Take Me Out) plays veteran agent Briggs who teaches Mike the ropes.
We caught up with Tveit at NBCs recent TCA party and not only talked about Graceland but whether Tveit will be rushing back to the stage as soon as his hiatus begins.
AfterElton: Talk to me about stepping into this character, who is a newbie of this FBI world.
Aaron Tveit: My character, Mike, is a really smart guy. Hes coming out of Quantico, the FBI Academy. Top of his class, great practical scores but thrown into this house where I have to get my sea legs per se. But I think the best thing about it is if you notice in the pilot everyone talks about Mike but Mike doesnt really say anything about himself. As things go on, not everything is as it seems with Mike. Everyone plays up that hes book smart but I think Mikes a little more smarter that that.
AE: From what I saw in the pilot, he seems like he keeps things close to the vest.
AT: Thats the thing Ive been thinking a lot about. They say this guy graduated at the top of his class but to do that, the different kind of intelligence that he has to have psychologically so its been fun to play with that as an actor and really sit back and observe other people before you necessarily jump in.
AE: What is going to learn from Briggs but also what does he have to teach Briggs?
AT: Im happy to hear you say that because I think thats really if the show is successful and we hopefully run for awhile I think that will be a big part of what the story we tell is. These guys, I think, are an adversary but also have a really common bond the fact that theyre both brilliant agents and really smart. If theres a line in the sand between right and wrong I think theyre just on either side of it so I think its really interesting to see and hopefully were going to each learn a lot about each other and I hope that we can come together and then move forward together because I think it will be interesting to see how each of us is changed by the other person.
AE: Youre no stranger to TV, but this is a role you could end up playing for a long time.
AT: Yeah, this is my first series regular role in a show so I feel very blessed to have found such an amazing character and story and script my first time out. I feel really great about it.
AE: A lot of other TV actors who come from Broadway tend to rush back to the stage when they finish their season. Is that your plan?
AT: Yeah, I mean, I dont know what will be as soon as were done whether its a play or a musical or if its a movie. Im open to anything. I dont have a direct plan but I definitely want to go back to the stage and I want to work on stage the rest of my life so I hope Im going to be able to continue to do all three.
AE: How is it to take on a role where singing is not a part of it whatsoever?
AT: Its a little different. I definitely dont wake up in the morning and check if I have my voice, which I do every day when Im in a musical. But I do approach it the same way with the background work that I do. I prepare the same for a musical that I do for this. The singing element is the only thing thats different.
AE: The other thing with a TV audience in the world of Twitter and social media, people want to know about you and your life. Has that come up yet?
AT: A little bit. Thats something I faced that to a certain extent in New York doing theater, also. My personal life Ive always really tried to keep personal. Im not on social media myself so those are just decisions that I made already in the past to keep those things separate, so Im going to try to continue to do that with this.
AE: Do you see social media as a good thing or ?
AT: I think its a good thing in that obviously there are pros and cons. I think its great for the sharing of information. For instance, when things break now, my friends tell me they see it on Twitter before its even on CNN. I think its good for promotional purposes but as far as personal stuff, its peoples choices whether they want to use that and I choose not to do it myself.
AE: People are noticing you more for Les Miserables, but I saw you several years ago on Broadway in Next To Normal. I still think you were robbed of a Tony nomination!
AT: Oh, thank you! Thank you very much. I love that show, and it was such a wonderful experience so thank you.
AE: Where do you see yourself in the next 5-10 years. Is there a plan?
AT: Id hope to be doing Graceland for awhile but I would like to just be able to continue to go back and forth between doing a movie, doing this show and getting back onstage.
Graceland premieres this summer on USA.
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Whether you know him for his work on Broadway (Catch Me If You Can, Next To Normal), film (Enjolras in Les Miserables) or television (recurring as Tripp on Gossip Girl), Aaron Tveit has been turning heads for quite some time now.
One thing he hasnt done before been a series regular on television. That changes this summer when Tveit headlines the new USA crime drama Graceland. As Undercover FBI agent Mike Warren, Tveit will join a Southern California safe house (dubbed Graceland for its safety and sanctuary for the undercover agents) where hunky Daniel Sunjata (also a stage vet for his work as a gay baseball player in Take Me Out) plays veteran agent Briggs who teaches Mike the ropes.
We caught up with Tveit at NBCs recent TCA party and not only talked about Graceland but whether Tveit will be rushing back to the stage as soon as his hiatus begins.
AfterElton: Talk to me about stepping into this character, who is a newbie of this FBI world.
Aaron Tveit: My character, Mike, is a really smart guy. Hes coming out of Quantico, the FBI Academy. Top of his class, great practical scores but thrown into this house where I have to get my sea legs per se. But I think the best thing about it is if you notice in the pilot everyone talks about Mike but Mike doesnt really say anything about himself. As things go on, not everything is as it seems with Mike. Everyone plays up that hes book smart but I think Mikes a little more smarter that that.
AE: From what I saw in the pilot, he seems like he keeps things close to the vest.
AT: Thats the thing Ive been thinking a lot about. They say this guy graduated at the top of his class but to do that, the different kind of intelligence that he has to have psychologically so its been fun to play with that as an actor and really sit back and observe other people before you necessarily jump in.
Tveit (right) and co-star Daniel Sunjata talk up Graceland at the TCAs.
AE: What is going to learn from Briggs but also what does he have to teach Briggs?
AT: Im happy to hear you say that because I think thats really if the show is successful and we hopefully run for awhile I think that will be a big part of what the story we tell is. These guys, I think, are an adversary but also have a really common bond the fact that theyre both brilliant agents and really smart. If theres a line in the sand between right and wrong I think theyre just on either side of it so I think its really interesting to see and hopefully were going to each learn a lot about each other and I hope that we can come together and then move forward together because I think it will be interesting to see how each of us is changed by the other person.
AE: Youre no stranger to TV, but this is a role you could end up playing for a long time.
AT: Yeah, this is my first series regular role in a show so I feel very blessed to have found such an amazing character and story and script my first time out. I feel really great about it.
AE: A lot of other TV actors who come from Broadway tend to rush back to the stage when they finish their season. Is that your plan?
AT: Yeah, I mean, I dont know what will be as soon as were done whether its a play or a musical or if its a movie. Im open to anything. I dont have a direct plan but I definitely want to go back to the stage and I want to work on stage the rest of my life so I hope Im going to be able to continue to do all three.
AE: How is it to take on a role where singing is not a part of it whatsoever?
AT: Its a little different. I definitely dont wake up in the morning and check if I have my voice, which I do every day when Im in a musical. But I do approach it the same way with the background work that I do. I prepare the same for a musical that I do for this. The singing element is the only thing thats different.
AE: The other thing with a TV audience in the world of Twitter and social media, people want to know about you and your life. Has that come up yet?
AT: A little bit. Thats something I faced that to a certain extent in New York doing theater, also. My personal life Ive always really tried to keep personal. Im not on social media myself so those are just decisions that I made already in the past to keep those things separate, so Im going to try to continue to do that with this.
Tveit with co-star Eddie Redmayne in the film adaptation of Les Miserables
AE: Do you see social media as a good thing or ?
AT: I think its a good thing in that obviously there are pros and cons. I think its great for the sharing of information. For instance, when things break now, my friends tell me they see it on Twitter before its even on CNN. I think its good for promotional purposes but as far as personal stuff, its peoples choices whether they want to use that and I choose not to do it myself.
AE: People are noticing you more for Les Miserables, but I saw you several years ago on Broadway in Next To Normal. I still think you were robbed of a Tony nomination!
AT: Oh, thank you! Thank you very much. I love that show, and it was such a wonderful experience so thank you.
AE: Where do you see yourself in the next 5-10 years. Is there a plan?
AT: Id hope to be doing Graceland for awhile but I would like to just be able to continue to go back and forth between doing a movie, doing this show and getting back onstage.
Graceland premieres this summer on USA.
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Just want to add there are some gifs above that I forgot to credit, they come from enjolrasthechief
Here's some more of Aaron on the red carpet for Les Mis (I think a lot of celebs probably walk away from the photogs like this..lol)
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Here's some more of Aaron on the red carpet for Les Mis (I think a lot of celebs probably walk away from the photogs like this..lol)
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Backstage at the 2013 Academy Awards with Russell Crowe.
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