Jeffrey Kare currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. Having been born and raised in Northeast Ohio, he took interest in live theater at age 11. He also had the great pleasure of seeing shows at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, enjoying many trips to New York, participating in local theaters both onstage and off, even worked on backstage crew at the Players Guild Theater in Canton, where he earned himself a Golden Guild nomination. Jeffrey also has such a vast knowledge of the theater world, even getting to know about lots of shows and people in the broadway community past and present.
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First Show:
AnnieFavorite Show:
West Side StoryFavorite Stories:
- BWW Interview: Laurel Harris of Broadway's JAGGED LITTLE PILL - I really loved getting to know this Broadway chorus girl/understudy.
- How It All Began? The Story of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - I really loved getting to dive into the history of this groundbreaking rock opera.
- BWW Exclusive: A History of ANNIE on Broadway and Beyond - I really loved getting to dive into the history of this classic.
- BWW Exclusive: The Story of How RENT Came to Be - I really loved getting to dive into the history of this groundbreaking rock opera.
- The Making of America's Musical- 1776: The Story Behind the Story - I really loved getting to dive into the history of this classic.
BWW Reviews: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT National Tour at North Carolina Theatre
January 21, 2015
January 21, 2015
Based on material previously written by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, featuring a catalog of many recognizable songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Nice Work If You Can Get It tells the story of wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter, who meets rough female bootlegger Billie Bendix on the weekend of his wedding. Jimmy, who had been married three times before, is preparing to marry Eileen Evergreen, a self-obsessed modern dancer. Thinking that Jimmy and Eileen wouldl be out of town, Billie and her gang hide cases of alcohol in the basement of Jimmy's Long Island mansion. But when Jimmy, his wife-to-be and her prohibitionist family show up at the mansion for the wedding, Billie and her cohorts pose as servants, causing hijinks galore.
BWW Reviews: ANNIE National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
December 11, 2014
December 11, 2014
Based on the Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, the musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC, finds herself a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
BWW Reviews: North Carolina Theatre's A CHORUS LINE
October 15, 2014
October 15, 2014
Focused on seventeen dancers auditioning for spots on the chorus of a Broadway show, A Chorus Line is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. It also provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.
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