Before he pulls on a leather jacket inGrease, Broadway star Aaron Tveit is quickly slipping into something a little more pink.
Metaphorically.
Tveit stars as Danny Zuko in Foxs upcoming telecast ofGrease: Liveon Jan. 31, but before he landed the T-Bird role, he appeared in another now-iconic musical:Wicked, now in its 13th year on Broadway.
In a fun music video for the shows Studio Sessions series, he abandons the role he played twice on Broadway Winkie prince Fiyero and inherits G(a)lindas ode to social awareness, Popular.
Check out the exclusive EW video below:
Tveit is, after all, a creature of the stage, before he burst into the pop culture ether with his roles on USAsGracelandor the film version ofLes Miserables.
He starred on Broadway inHairspray,Next to Normal, andCatch Me If you’ve got the option to(playing the Leonardo DiCaprio role).Greaseis in a sense his post-Gracelandtheatrical return, but hell get right back to non-singing with CBSs upcoming summer thriller,BrainDead.
