Aspiring stars of tomorrow were recognized for their talents at the 31st Annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater on May 28 in Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center. Named for the legendary song-and-dance man and Pittsburgh native, the awards recognize excellence in high school musical theater
Jake Pedersen is following the yellow brick road to musical theater success. The 2017 Pine-Richland High School graduate recently joined the cast of the national Broadway touring company of “Wicked.” Pedersen, 23, is playing the part of Boq in the musical, which retells the story of “The Wizard of Oz”
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week.
When the Disney+ series “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” debuted in late 2019, Bethel Park native Joe Serafini had a recurring guest role in the show while still studying musical theater at the University of Michigan.
For season two, streaming on Disney+ Friday, the former CLO Mini Star has been upped to a series regular playing farm boy Seb, who’s dating fellow thespian Carlos (Frankie Rodriguez). (In a life imitating art twist, Serafini and Rodriguez are now a real-life couple.)
How Serafini, 23, landed the part is a bit of theater kismet that began in Pittsburgh.
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