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Darren Everett Criss (born February 5, 1987) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and composer. He is also a founding member and co-owner of StarKid Productions, a media and musical theater production company based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for portraying Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee.
Criss first garnered attention playing the lead role of Harry Potter in StarKid's musical productions of A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel. In January 2012, he made his Broadway debut, starring as J. Pierrepont Finch in the revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Criss was born in San Francisco, California, the youngest son of Cerina (née Bru) and Charles William Criss, a banker and a former director of the San Francisco Opera, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the Stern Grove Festival, and San Francisco Performances. Criss is Eurasian – his mother, a native of Cebu, Philippines, is of Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino descent, while his father, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is of Irish descent. He has an older brother named Charles "Chuck" Criss (born April 15, 1985), a musician and member of the indie rock band Freelance Whales. Criss and his brother were raised in San Francisco, apart from 1988 to 1992, when the family relocated to Honolulu, Hawaii, and their father started the East West Bank, serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Aaron Kyle Tveit ( /təˈveɪt/; born October 21, 1983) is an American theatre and film actor originally from Middletown, New York. He is known for originating the roles of Gabe in Next to Normal and Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can. He also is known recurring role in The CW's teen drama Gossip Girl as Tripp, Nate Archibald's cousin and Serena van der Woodsen's ex-lover.
Tveit graduated from Middletown High School in 2001, where he was active both in theater and sports, playing golf, soccer and basketball while also performing in all four of his school's theater productions. He turned down business school scholarships to major in vocal performance at Ithaca College, a decision his parents supported, before switching to musical theater after his freshman year because he missed acting and theater.
Tveit left Ithaca College after two years to join the national tour of Rent as Steve and covering Roger/Mark. Following Rent, he was cast as Link Larkin in the first national tour of Hairspray.
Actors: John Anthony Loftus (producer), John Anthony Loftus (editor), Libby Seward (miscellaneous crew), Libby Seward (producer), Libby Seward (writer), Libby Seward (director), Elsie Carroll (actor), Denise Quinn (writer), Cilian Jacob (actor), Éadaoin Breathnach (composer), Elaine Stone (actor), Georgia Tuohy (actor), Bel Maher (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Family, Fantasy, History, Short,Actors: John Anthony Loftus (producer), John Anthony Loftus (editor), Libby Seward (miscellaneous crew), Libby Seward (producer), Libby Seward (writer), Libby Seward (director), Elsie Carroll (actor), Denise Quinn (writer), Cilian Jacob (actor), Éadaoin Breathnach (composer), Elaine Stone (actor), Georgia Tuohy (actor), Bel Maher (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Family, Fantasy, History, Short,Actors: Gemma Craven (actress), Dominic Mafham (actor), Mark Dymond (director), Mark Dymond (writer), Mark Dymond (producer), Mark Dymond (actor), Jo Bourne-Taylor (actress), Olivia Caffrey (actress), Adrian Ross Magenty (actor), Robert Rowe (actor), Jane Cunliffe (actress), Nic Franklin (editor), Nic Franklin (director), Nic Franklin (producer), Nic Franklin (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe (miscellaneous crew), Gary Betsworth (actor), Christina Kim (producer), Christina Kim (costume designer), Gina Atwater (editor), Gregory Jones (actor), Daniel Stagliano (actor), Robert L. Poole (writer), Joonhan Lee (miscellaneous crew), Joonhan Lee (producer), Robert L. Poole (director), David Gable (actor), Jayda Thompson (producer), Hyosang Jung (composer), Richard Scott (actor),
Plot: The story of a man who will go to any extreme to correct his effeminate wave. Unbeknownst to him, Clarence's girlish salute has long been the subject of ridicule amongst friends, family, coworkers, small children, and the general public. While confiding in a friend one day, Clarence learns that due to his questionable masculinity, he may (amongst other things) be fired from his job. Clarence's paranoia leads him to a secret underground support group known as 'FHA...Flappy Hands Anonymous'.
Keywords: absurdism, office, satire, two-word-title, written-by-directorActors: Christoph Tallerico (composer), Katherine Huang (editor), Neena Page Ramsey (writer), Mia Whikehart (actor), Claudia Lovera (director), Mahmoud Salimi (editor), Maggie Lee Hart (actor), Wesley Fleming (producer), Lauren Leasure (costume designer), Matthew Krueger (actor), Matthew Fisher (actor),
Genres: Drama, History, Short,Actors: John Moran (actor), Stuart Voytilla (writer), Luke Brown (editor), Luke Brown (producer), Luke Brown (writer), Luke Brown (director), Kevin Lax (composer), Elizabeth M. Kelly (actress), David Max Steinberg (producer), Marianne Roetzheim (costume designer), Angelique McKinney (producer), William Roetzheim (producer), Arianna McKinney (actor), Glenda Moygazel (costume designer),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Jonathan McDevitt (director), Jonathan McDevitt (actor), Jonathan McDevitt (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan McDevitt (producer), Jonathan McDevitt (writer), Jonathan McDevitt (composer), Jonathan McDevitt (editor), Harlan J. Strauss (actor), Harry McDevitt (actor), Zachary McDevitt (actor), Andrew Danish (actor), Sean Lanigan (actor), Sean Lanigan (miscellaneous crew), Kristy Jordan (miscellaneous crew), Kristy Jordan (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance, Short,Actors: Christopher Bunworth (actor), Kelly Hucker (editor), Kelly Hucker (writer), Kelly Hucker (director), Andrew Kavanagh (composer), Trevor Major (actor), Gemma Bishop (actress), Rod Lara (actor), Andrea Powell (actress), Ben Lannon (actor), Aileen Dorset (actor), Elizabetta Logozzo (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Sidney Kean (actor), Anna Pernicci (director), Anna Pernicci (writer), Daz Crawford (actor), Beryl Nesbitt (actress), Alfred Hoffman (actor), Leila Hoffman (actress), Paul Tropea (producer), Nigel Honey (editor), Tyrone De Rizzio (actor), Maureen L.H. Raphael (producer), Amanda Fairfowl (actress), Chane Lee Atkins (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Lionel Barrymore (actor), Richard Carlyle (actor), Francis Joyner (actor), Arthur Rankin (actor), Anne Cornwall (actress), Charles Maigne (writer), Charles Maigne (director), Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), William P. Carleton (actor), Augustus E. Thomas (writer), Leslie Stowe (actor), Jack Ridgeway (actor), Doris Rankin (actress), Carolyn Lee (actress), William David (actor),
Plot: Milt Shanks lives a shamed life, hated by his neighbors for having been a traitor to the North in the American Civil War. But Shanks carries with him a secret, one he promised Abraham Lincoln to tell no one.
Keywords: 1860s, american-civil-war, based-on-novel, based-on-play, false-accusation, farm, farmer, held-at-gunpoint, illinois, patriotism