Bandstand cast - great variety of colleges represented in the cast

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My S is raving about Bandstand - he was blown away by the show. As the mom of a soon-to-be MT college applicant, I enjoyed perusing the cast list. Such a great variety of schools…

Laura Osnes (Julia Trojan): University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Corey Cott (Donny Novitski): Carnegie Mellon University
Beth Leavel (Mrs. June Adams): University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Alex Bender (Nick Radel): Manhattan School of Music & James Madison University
Joe Carroll (Johnny Simpson): University of Michigan & RADA
Brandon J. Ellis (Davy Zlatic): University of North Carolina, Greensboro
James Nathan Hopkins (Jimmy Campbell): Berklee College of Music
Geoff Packard (Wayne Wright): College Conservatory of Music (University of Cincinnati) & SUNY Stonybrook
Mary Callanan (Ensemble): University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Max Clayton (Ensemble): College Conservatory of Music (University of Cincinnati)
Andrea Dotto (Ensemble): Montclair State University
Ryan Kasprzak (Ensemble) Marymount Manhattan College
Erica Mansfield (Ensemble): Did not attend college
Morgan Marcell (Ensemble): Boston University
Drew McVety (Ensemble) New York University
Jessica Lea Patty (Ensemble): Florida State University
Keven Quillon (Ensemble): James Madison University
Jonathan Shew (Ensemble): Syracuse University
Ryan VanDenBoom (Ensemble): CAP21/New York University
Jaime Verazin (Ensemble): DeSales University
Patrick Connaghan (Swing): Western Michigan University
Matt Cusack (Swing): University of the Arts
Andrew Leggieri (Swing): Penn State University
Becca Petersen (Swing): Brigham Young University
Mindy Wallace (Swing): American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Kevin Worley (Swing): Webster University

Yassss!!!

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Great to see this variety!

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Cory Cott is a hometown kid - and one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I was fascinated by the evolution of Bandstand. We saw it in fall of 2015 at Papermill playhouse - and thought the cast was great, but the show was “rocky” at best. (Uneven pacing/tempo of story, confusing plot holes etc). There have been many changes, and for me, the show is better for them. Also on a fun note, in 2015 When Cory was at the piano he faced the audience… so you couldn’t see his hands as he “played”. He has been WORKING on that over the last year and a half, and it shows in the staging- lots of scenes where you can SEE him playing :slight_smile: