Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor. He is best known for originating the roles of Crutchie in Newsies and Jesse Tuck in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Robertson Ay in Mary Poppins, Jojo in Seussical, and Chip in Beauty and the Beast.

In 2010, Keenan-Bolger co-created the web series Submissions Only with Kate Wetherhead. He serves as the series' director and editor. He has also directed two short films, Sign and The Ceiling Fan.

Early life and education A Detroit native, Keenan-Bolger is the brother of Celia Keenan-Bolger and Maggie Keenan-Bolger. He graduated from Renaissance High School and the University of Michigan, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in musical theatre, in 2007.

Career As a teenager, Keenan-Bolger was in the original 2000 cast of Seussical on Broadway, as an alternate Jojo. He made his Broadway debut in the mid-1990s as Chip in Beauty and the Beast, and appeared Off-Broadway in the 1999 return engagement of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden as Young Scrooge. The actor was featured in the first national tours of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as Leaf Coneybear, Ragtime as the Little Boy, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Young Max. Other theater credits include High School Musical on Stage! at North Shore Music Theatre and Perez Hilton Saves the Universe at the 2008 Fringe Festival.

He has also been seen on television as Christophe on the series The Naked Brothers Band and as a weekly commentator on FNMTV on MTV. His film credits include Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Marci X.

Keenan-Bolger created a video blog to promote North Shore Music Theatre's production of High School Musical in which he starred. Keenan-Bolger was a regular on fellow web series The Battery's Down. He is noted for his performance of the song 'You're in Vegas' which is available for download on iTunes.

In 2010, Keenan-Bolger co-created the web series Submissions Only with fellow Broadway performer Kate Wetherhead. He serves as the series' director and editor.

On October 12, 2010, he took over the role of Robertson Ay in the Broadway production of Disney's Mary Poppins and later played the part on the National tour. He created the role of Omar in the 5th Avenue Theater production of Disney's Aladdin (July 2011) and played Crutchie in Disney's Newsies (March 2012), a role he originally created at the Paper Mill Playhouse (September 2011). His last performance date as Crutchie was on March 11, 2013, so he could begin rehearsal for his role in the musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting. He was supposed to star as Jesse Tuck, with performances beginning on July 28, 2013, at Boston's Colonial Theatre, but the show was delayed due to the lack of availability of a suitable theatre for its subsequent transfer to New York. He next performed in A.R. Gurney's drama Family Furniture, which ran from November 12 to December 22, 2013, at The Flea Theater in the TriBeCa section of New York City. He played the part of Billy Frazier in the 2014 romantic comedy film The Rewrite, starring Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei.

He revisited the role of Jesse Tuck in the Broadway production of Tuck Everlasting which opened on April 26, 2016, and ran until May 29, 2016.

On May 23, 2017, Bolger revisited his role of Crutchie in the live-on-stage Newsies musical film.

Personal life Keenan-Bolger married Scott Bixby, the former White House reporter for The Daily Beast, on October 13, 2018.

Filmography Film and television Year Title Role Notes Unknown One Life to Live Leo 3 episodes 1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Chip (singing voice) 2003 Marci X Chip Spinkle 2008 The Naked Brothers Band Christophe 4 episodes 2008–2015 The Battery's Down Andrew 13 episodes 2013 Shit I Love Cinematographer Short 2014 Looking Alex 1 episode 2014 Are You Joking? Corey 2014 The Rewrite Billy Frazier 2014 It Could Be Worse Twink Slave 1 episode 2015 Nurse Jackie Angus 1 episode 2015 Broadway Draft 2015 Anchor Short 2015 Serial: The TV Show Self, filmed by, and director Short 2015 Death and Cupcakes Dale Blankenship Short 2016 The Ceiling Fan Director Short 2016 If Love Were All Director Short 2016 Sign Director Short 2017 Newsies: The Broadway Musical Crutchie 2018 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Perry 1 episode 2018 Three Rivers Roy TV movie 2020 The Undoing Jason Reynolds 2 episodes 2021 The Other Two Himself 1 episode 2021 The Blacklist Andrew Freeson 1 episode 2023 Mikey's Army Director, executive producer and editor Short 2023 The Nana Project Editor 2025 On Swift Horses Rosie 2025 V13 Hanisch TBD Flirting With Possibilities Charlie Short

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1996 Beauty and the Beast Chip Broadway replacement 1998 Ragtime Little Boy National tour 1999 A Christmas Carol Young Scrooge Off-Broadway 20002001 Seussical the Musical Jojo Broadway alternate 2007 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Leaf Coneybear National tour 2007 High School Musical on Stage! Ryan Evans North Shore Music Theatre 2008 Perez Hilton Saves the Universe Zac Efron/Tom Cruise/Sarah Jessica Parker, etc. New York Fringe Festival 2008 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Young Max National tour 2009Mary PoppinsRobertson Ay National tour 20102012 Broadway replacement 2011NewsiesCrutchie Paper Mill Playhouse 20122013 Broadway original cast 2013 Family Furniture Nick Off-off-Broadway 2014 Tuck Everlasting Jesse Tuck Alliance Theater 2015 Ever After Gustave Paper Mill Playhouse 2016 Newsies Crutchie Pantages Theatre 2016 Tuck Everlasting Jesse Tuck Broadway original cast 2017 Kris Kringle the Musical Kris Kringle Off-Broadway 2019 Little Shop of Horrors Seymour Cape Playhouse 2021 Seven Deadly Sins Philippe Off-Broadway 2023 Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Harker & Others Off-Broadway 2024 Scarlett Dreams Kevin Off-Broadway 2025 Titanique Victor Garber Off-Broadway

Concerts Year Title Songs 2014Submissions Only at 54 Below Sings: "More of You", "Uh-Oh", "I Got a Reading" and "Nobody Does Mean Like Me"Introduces: "Chin in My Hands"

Web Year Title Role Notes 20102014 Submissions Only Donny Rich Also Producer, Writer, Director, Video Editor, and Cinematographer 2014 SHERLOCK - The Musical (Season 3) Dr. John Watson Produced, Written, and Directed by YouTube channel AVByte 2020 Stars in the House Himself 3 episodes

Scripted podcasts Year Title Role 2018 Wolverine: The Long Night Deputy Bobby Reid