Name Corey Cott Role Actor | Spouse Meghan Woollard (m. 2012) | |
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Born March 30, 1990 (age 33) ( 1990-03-30 ) Cleveland, Ohio Occupation Stage Actor, singer, dancer Similar People Jeremy Jordan, Victoria Clark, Jack Feldman, Harvey Fierstein, Alan Menken | ||
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Corey Michael Cott (born March 30, 1990) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Jack Kelly in the Broadway musical, Newsies, replacing Jeremy Jordan and for originating the role of Donny Novitski in the Broadway musical Bandstand.
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- Corey cott on diehard rent fandom his shakespearian dream roles naming a newsies twerk captain
- Meet the newsies jack kelly corey cott
- Early life and education
- Stage
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Meet the newsies jack kelly corey cott
Early life and education
Cott was born in Columbus, Mississippi, while his dad was flying A-10 fighter jets in the Air Force. He grew up in Spring Arbor, Michigan and Chagrin Falls, Ohio and is the older brother of Carly Cott and actor Casey Cott.. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Stage
Cott began his professional acting career while attending Carnegie Mellon, booking shows with Pittsburgh's professional theater company Pittsburgh CLO. He had roles in their productions of Miss Saigon, Jekyll and Hyde, and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Soon after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Cott moved to New York City. Shortly thereafter, he booked the role of the Jack Kelly alternate in the Broadway musical Newsies. He took over that role permanently, on September 5, 2012.
Cott appears in the musical Bandstand as a WW II veteran in 1945, which opened on Broadway on April 26, 2017. He had also starred in the new musical's premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse, in October 2015.
Personal life
Cott married Meghan Woollard in January 2013. They met while singing in church, in Pittsburgh. Their first child, Elliott Michael, was born on May 1, 2017.
Cott grew up with Ben Fankhauser, a fellow Newsies co-star. They performed together in several local youth theatre productions.