Tony Award-winning star Aaron Tveit makes Erie debut at Mercyhurst

EDITOR’S NOTE: While this performance is sold out, additional tickets may be released on the evening of the performance, Wednesday, May 3. Seats will be sold to patrons waiting in the cancellation line on a first-come, first-served basis. The box office will open at 6 p.m., but patrons may start lining up earlier in the day.

Tony Award-winning theatre, television, and film star Aaron Tveit makes his much-anticipated Erie debut on Wednesday, May 3, at Mercyhurst University’s Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center.

Tveit earned a Tony Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award leading the cast of the world premiere production of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” A stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s critically acclaimed film, the Grammy-nominated show premiered on Broadway in the summer of 2019.

In July 2021, he was seen in Apple TV+’s new series “Schmigadoon!” opposite Cecily Strong, Keegan Michael-Key, Alan Cumming, and Kristin Chenoweth, and he currently appears in season two. He also appeared in Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Stories” and Audible and Broadway Video’s podcast “Hit Job,” alongside Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson.

Television audiences know him from the USA network series “Graceland,” the CBS comic-thriller “Braindead,” and the Emmy Award-winning television musical “Grease: Live,” where he played Danny Zuko opposite Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens. Most recently, Tveit was seen in Hallmark’s “One Royal Holiday.” He has also had numerous guest-starring roles on “The Good Fight,” “Gossip Girl,” “The Good Wife,” “Ugly Betty,” and “Law & Order: SVU.”

Tveit’s film credits include “Les Miserables,” where he portrayed the character Enjolras alongside Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, and Russell Crowe, “Out of the Blue,” “Created Equal,” “Better Off Single,” “Undrafted,” “Premium Rush,” “Howl,” and “Ghost Town.”

On Broadway, he starred in “Catch Me if You Can” in the role of Frank Abagnale Jr. and created the role of Gabe in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, “Next to Normal,” which he also developed off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre.

In addition to “Wicked” and “Hairspray” on Broadway, he starred in the national tours of “Hairspray” and “Rent.” He is featured on the cast recordings of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” “Catch Me if You Can,” and “Next to Normal,” as well as his solo album, “The Radio in My Head: Live at 54 Below.”

Tveit has received numerous honors for his work in theatre, including the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance in “Next to Normal” and the Actors Equity Association Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Actor. Nominations included Distinguished Performance from the Drama League, Best Male Dancer from the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, and Outstanding Featured Actor from the Outer Critics Circle Awards, all for his work in “Catch Me if You Can.”

Tickets for his 7:30 p.m. performance, priced $25-$50, can be purchased online at the MIAC ticketing website, over the phone at 814-824-3000, or in person at the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center box office (open Tuesday-Thursday, noon to 5 p.m.). Each order is subject to a $3 per ticket processing fee, regardless of purchase or payment method.

This performance is sponsored by H. Jack Langer Plumbing & Heating Co. The spring 2023 MIAC Live series is made possible through the generosity of Wm. T. Spaeder Company, and the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Scott Enterprises, Dr. & Mrs. Robert Guelcher, Aetna, Cumulus Media, and the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority.