Nick Burrage
by Mark G. Auerbach
The Burrage family of Westfield is supplying a second Broadway musical with Westfield talent. While one son, Joshua, finished a national tour of Newsies to join the Broadway revival of Cats, his older brother Nick has joined the cast of the recent Broadway hit, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. That show is touring nationally through June of 2018.
“Cinderella will be my first professional musical, says Burrage, who graduated from Westfield High School in 2012. “In Cinderella, I will be playing the Raccoon as well as a member of the ensemble”, he added. .
Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote Cinderella as a television special for Julie Andrews in 1957; there were two remakes for TV, one in 1965 featuring Lesley Ann Warren, and one in 1997 starring Brandy. Playwright Douglas Carter Beane adapted Cinderella for the Broadway stage in 2013, where it had a successful run.
“Prior to Cinderella, most of my professional experience has been in the concert dance world”, says Burrage. “The majority of my dance training at Marymount Manhattan College was ballet and modern, so I began immediately pursuing concert work while in school. I began dancing with Emery Lecrone Dance, a New York City based contemporary ballet company in 2014, while I was still in school. Lecrone staged a dance at Marymount, and cast me”.
Burrage finished his studies and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, and performed with the dance company at Jacob’s Pillow and in two seasons at The Joyce Theater in New York City.. He has also done some commercial work including a fashion show for Kenzo and H&M, as well as some pre-production workshops for some other musicals/shows/
Burrage begins performances in Cinderella in Anchorage in October, and most of the tour stops announced at present are west of The Mississippi. For details on Cinderella: http://www.cinderellaonbroadway.com/
Brother Josh is in Cats on Broadway through December 30. While he was in the national tour of Newsies, the show was filmed, and it will be available for streaming on Netflix in September.
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Mark G. Auerbach studied theatre at American University and the Yale School of Drama. He’s worked for arts organizations and reported on theatre for newspapers and radio. Mark produces and hosts ArtsBeat Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB Radio.
