DAILY DISH:
Kushnier Broadway bound
1 NOV/11

JOHN COULBOURN,
QMI Agency


TORONTO - Holy smoke! Ex-pat Winnipeg boy and perennial Toronto fave Jeremy Kushnier has joined the cast of the Stratford Festival’s Broadway-bound production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, understudying both Christ and Judas and playing a priest/apostle.

Although the New York-based Kushnier is best known for his run as Tommy DeVito in the Toronto production of Jersey Boys, other Toronto appearances include runs in Tommy, Rent, Aida and, most recently, Next To Normal.

After it closes its extended run in Stratford’s Avon Theatre Sunday, the Festival’s acclaimed production of JCSS is slated to open a limited run at in La Jolla Playhouse in California Nov. 18 before decamping to the Great White Way for a Broadway run at the Neil Simon Theatre, slated to begin Mar. 22.