RENT's Telly Leung Joins Cast of ABC's 'LIMELIGHT' Pilot

BroadwayWorld is happy to report that Telly Leung will be taking a short hiatus from the RENT tour to shoot the pilot episode of "LIMELIGHT" for ABC Television.

Telly has posted the storyline of the pilot on his website, it is described as, "A group of young hopefuls - dancers, musicians and actors - spend a grueling weekend auditioning their hearts out for a chance to win a place in New York City's prestigious Paige Academy of Performing Arts."

The young actor plays the role of Kevin Cotton - "an aspiring dancer auditioning for the Paige Academy of the Performing Arts. A kid with a lot to lose, Kevin has run away from his gay-bashing hometown in the midwest and has no where to go if he doesn't make it into the Academy"Telly Leung's Broadway credits include Rent (Steve and Angel), Sondheim's Pacific Overtures and Flower Drum Song. Telly also originated the role of Boq in the Chicago company of Wicked. Favorite regional credits include: M. Butterfly (Philadelphia Theater Company), Barnaby in Hello, Dolly! (The MUNY), Godspell (Paper Mill Playhouse), Thuy in Miss Saigon (Pittsburgh CLO), Lun Tha in The King and I (North Carolina Theater), and Seth / Shem in Children Of Eden (Fords Theater). Television credits include: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and the 2008 Tony Awards. Telly is featured on the original cast recordings of Pacific Overtures and Wall to Wall Stephen Sondheim (recorded live from Symphony Space). BFA Carnegie Mellon University.

Rent, The Broadway Tour, is directed by Michael Greif, who received 1996 Tony and Drama Desk nominations as well as the Obie Award for Rent, and choreographed byMarlies Yearby who received a Tony Award nomination for her work on the musical. Tim Weil, the show's original music supervisor and conductor, serves as music supervisor.

For more information on Telly Leung visit his website, www.tellyonline.net.

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