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June 16th - Nick re-opens in "The Fantasticks!" off-broadway. June 12th - Nick performs at a BMI showcase in a number titled "A Really Nice Guy" written by composer Andy Monroe. June 10th - Nick begins rehearsals in NYC for the re-opening of the Off-Broadway productions of "The Fantasticks!" June 3rd - June 8th - Nick performs in a production of "The Fantasticks" At Casa Manana in Ft. Worth, Texas, Starring Lorenzo Lamas as 'El Gallo.' March 17th - Nick participates in another cycle of 24 Hour Plays. The event will be produced, written, acted and directed by the same group of artists who were members of The Old Vic's "New Voices" this summer, but they will be presenting the plays as their own entity, the first of many performances by New York's newest theater company. (With a new name coming soon!) Celebrity guest artists participating will be announced soon. February 28th - Nick has been notified that he has been selected by Elaine Orbach to receive "The Elaine and Jerry Orbach Musical Theater Fellowship" for 2008. This award will be presented to Nick by The Theater Hall of Fame at The Friar's Club on June 19th, 2008. The award is part of The Theater Hall of Fame's effort in recognizing emerging artists in New York City. February 24th - Nick closes the off-Broadway revival of "The Fantasticks!" with much of the original cast, including Burke Moses, and writer/Directore Tom Jones. January 21st - Nick rejoins the Off-Broadway cast of "The Fantasticks!" and reunites with friends Burke Moses and Julie Craig to finish out the rest of the show's run. "The Fantasticks!" will close on February 24th, 2008. December 23rd - Nick ends his run in The Arvada Center's "La Cage Aux Folles." And goes home for Christmas! December 15th - Nick is asked to return to the off-broadway cast of "The fantasticks!" upon his return to New York City in the New Year! Welcome him back as 'Matt' on January 21st! November 20th - Nick opens in the Arvada Center's prodution of "La Cage aux Folles" in the role of 'Jean Michel.' October 28th - Nick plays his last performance with the off-broadway cast of "The Fantasticks!" before leaving for Denver, Colorado to begin rehearsals for "La Cage Aux Folles." September 26th - Nick is asked by writing team Marty Johnson and Jonathan Waller to sing the leading role of "Brown" on the demo recording of their new musical, "A Superhero." Recording will take place in Manhattan at the end of October, check back for incredible songs from the show including, "Fixation," "Superheros Are Real," and " It's IMpossible." September 25th - Nick sings at The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine with Fansticks castmates Julie Craig and Ivan Hernandez as entertainment for the "More Wonderful World" Awards. August 14 th - Nick participates in a reading of a new Musical entitled, "One for My Baby" based on the songbook of Harold Arlen. Nick portrays the character 'Rick' a Sinatra-esque, slick, opportunistic gigolo who sings the popular standards "It's only a paper moon" "Come Rain or Come shine," and "Lose That Long face." August 9th - Nick performs at "Broadway in Bryant Park" with castmates Julie Craig and Burke Moses. Also performing that day are the casts of "Wicked," "Spring Awakening," and "The Color Purple." July 30th - Nick begins performances of the fantasticks! in the role of Matt. He will be taking over the role after having understudied it for... quite some time. July 10th and 11th- Nick performs the role of Matt in "The Fantasticks!" while anthony Fedorov is out sick. July 8th - Nick flies to Los Angeles, California to record a demo of the new musical "Alive At Ten" at the request of writers Ryan Scott Oliver and Kirsten Guenther. July 2nd- Nick performs at The Atlantic Theater in Kevin Spacey's "Old Vic: New Voices 24 Hour Plays." The play he is cast in is titled "Keep Truckin", Written by Mike Lew, and Directed by David Rattura. Nick portrays a GermaPhobic, prospective car-buyer. (More in "Journal" section) June 29th - June 28th- Nick participates in yet another workshop in preparation for the Old Vic: New Voices 24 Hour Plays which will be performed at The Atlantic Theater on Monday July 2nd. The Workshop was lead by Steve Winter from the Old Vic Theater in London, and a panel of industry professionals Nick met and talked with included: Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy, Bob Lupone, Warren Leight, Julie Halston and Will Cantler. (More in "Journal" section) June 4 th - Nick participates in a workshop with Kevin Spacey in preparation for the Old Vic: New Voices 24 Hour plays. (More in "Journal" section) May 22nd to May 24th- Nick performs the role of "Matt" in The Fantasticks while anthony Fedorov is away. (More in "Journal" section) May 11th - Nick is selected to be an actor in the New York Pilot program for "The Old Vic: New Voices 24 Hour Plays" directed by Kevin Spacey. In 24 hours, a group of actors, directors and writers come together and produce several short plays that are performed at the end of the 24 hour cycle. Kevin Spacey will oversee the program, as well as lead a day long workshop with all the actors prior to the 24 hour cycle. May 11th - Nick turns 22. May 10th - Nick Graduates from New York University. April 24th- Nick and the entire cast of "The Fantasticks!" Are nominated for a Drama League Award for Most Oustanding Revival of a Musical. The Drama League Awards will be presented at the Mariott Marquis in Times Square on May 11th, 2007. April 20th- Nick is selected by "Dance Spirit Magazine" to be featured in an upcoming issue as part of 25 performers under the age of 25 to "Keep an Eye on". April 16th- Nick performs at "The Duplex", a piano bar on Christopher street, singing the songs "Getaway" from 'Alive At Ten' and "What Alan Likes" from 'I Sing'. April 16th- Nick finally adds songs to the "Song Page" of his website. NOw put Nick on your iPod! April 15th- Nick performs the role of 'Matt' in 'The fantasticks!' at the 2pm performance. Although, the show is cut 4 minutes short when the buidling's fire alarm went off during 'They Were You' and the audience had to leave. (Read more in the journal section.) April 3rd- Nick performs in a reading of "Alive at 10", written by Kirsten Guenther and Composer Ryan Scott Oliver. March 30th- Nick performs in "A Taste of Broadway" at The Salvation Army Theater. The performance was a benefit concert for underprivelged New York School Children, and was also broadcast to U.s. Troops in iraq via The Military Channel. March 29th- Nick begins rehearsal for the reading of "Alive At Ten" to be performed on April 3rd. March 26th- Nick performs in "At This Performance" - a Broadway understudies concert. He Appeared with fellow Fantasticks Cast members Julie Craig and stuart Marland. Nick Sang "I can see it" from The fantasticks and "What Do I Need With Love" From Thoroughly Modern Millie. Also appearing were understudies from Broadway productions of "Mamma Mia", "The Pirate Queen", "Les Mis", "In The Heights", and "Jaque Brel..." The Evening was a huge success! Special thanks to casting director Stephen DeAngelis for putting it together! March 24th- Nick will make an appearance with The cast of "The Fantasticks!" at Lincoln Center on Wednesday April 11th at 5:30PM for a CD signing, to promote the cast Album. (Yes, as "The Mute" Nick can Not be heard on the Cast Album. Come Say Hi anyway...) March 23rd- Nick Has an adution for a reading of a new musical titled "Feeling Electric" with Music by Tom Kitt, a Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and direction by James Lapine. February 28th- Nick is asked by Scott Alan to participate in the "Monday NightS New Voices Series" at The Duplex in April. It will be an all men's night, as the performance in March will be a Ladies night. For more information on The series, visit http://scottalan.net/mnnv.html February 21st- Nick Has an audition for the INdependent Film "With God On Our Side." February 22nd - Nick begins his week run as Matt in The Fantasticks! February 21st- Nick participates in a reading of a new musical Entitled "With Glee" (Formerly "Bad Kid School") Written by John Gregor, and Directed by Ryan Mekenian. February 16th - Nick is asked by Casting Director Stephen DeAngeles to perform in an upcoming Broadway understudies concert. Nick Will perfrom "I can see it" from the fantasticks, as well as antoher song of his choice. He will be joined by understudies from Wicked, Les Mis, Mama Mia, and more. February 14th- Nick has a second callback for Avenue Q , this time for director Evan Ensign. February 10th - Nick has a preliminary audition for a warner brothers pilot titled "Gossip Girl", a new series by the creator of "The O.C." February 8th- Nick has a callback for Avenue Q , for casting director Cindy Tolan. February 2nd - Nick has an audition for a reading of "The Yellow Wood" at The York Theater. January 30th- Nick has an audition for the broadway company, and first national tour of Avenue Q. January 24th- Nick Performs the role of Matt in The Fantasticks! And is able to do so with Leo Burmester playing Hucklebee in his last week with the show. January 18th- Nick has been named the #1 "TOP PERFORMER" FROM THE 2006 STRAWHAT AUDITIONS. OF THE HUNDREDS OF PERFORMERS AUDITIONING, NICK received the most callbacks from attending theaters. For more Alumni information from strawhat, visit http://strawhat-auditions.com/update.htm The Top performers section is listed at the bottom of the page. January 9th- Nick is informed that he will be performing the role of "Matt" in The Fantasticks for all 8 performances beginning February 22nd and ending Febrary 28th. Get your tickets now!!! January 5th- Nick is asked by writers Ryan Scott Oliver and Kirsten GUenther to again portry the role of 'Jake' in their new musical "Alive At Ten." This time in a full fledged reading of the entire show! The reading will take place on Tuesday, April 2nd, and will feature a new cast composed of Broadway and Off-Broadway Performers. |
2006
December 30th - Nick Performs The Role of Matt in Todays Matinee Performance. A Happy New Year to All! December 20th - Nick Performs the role of Matt once again in this evening's performance. Another successful show! December 12th - Nick performs in a reading of a the new musical "Alive At Ten". The reading is extremely well recieved by the auience and may be picked up for production this summer. Writers Kirsten Guenther and Ryan Scott Oliver will continue writing the show, and may use Nick in future readings. December 4th - The cast of "THe Fantasticks" has successfully raised over $20,000 for broadway cares: Equity Fights Aids, a charitable organization that raises money twice a year for people Around the world living with Aids and HIV. In six weeks of collecting after performances, The cast was able to raise this amazing amount. Congratulations to all, And thank you to our generous Audiences! December 2nd - Nick Begins rehearsal For a reading of "alive at ten", a new musical based on the Pamela Smart story, written by Ryan scott Oliver and Kirsten Guenther. Nick Will play the role of Jake, a student who has an affair with his teacher, then murders her husband. The reading will take place on Tuesday December 12th. November 19th - Nick goes on as Matt for both performances of The "Fantasticks!" Although it's his first performance as Matt, both shows were quite successful! October 30th - Nick Makes his off-Broadway debut in the revival of "The fantasticks!" at the snapple theater center in times square. Nick plays the silent role of "the Mute", but understudies the young leading role of "Matt". October 13th - Nick has a callback for the off-broadway production of "The Fantasticks!" and later that day is offered a contract to join the show! He will continue being a full-time student, as well as becoming a full-time working new york actor! |