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Ace Young's Broadway Lightning Strike

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Ace Young’s Broadway Lightning Strike

Smiling warmly amid the flashing bulbs of paparazzi at the Times Square Planet
Hollywood, Ace Young seems ready made for Broadway and the hit revival of
Grease. Having first come to national attention as a finalist in Season 5 of
American Idol, Young’s rise has been fast and filled with remarkable choices.
Whether playing a role on the television series Bones, or writing a hit single
with American Idol Hit Man Daughtry, Young doesn’t shy away from a challenge and
seems to welcome each new experience.

“I didn’t think I’d get to be on Broadway this early in my career,” he confessed
during an interview with www.Broadway.tv shortly after his debut as Kenickie in
Grease. In some sense, there is a poetry to the fact that he’s making his debut
in the hit musical revival. “When I saw Grease I was actually a little kid,”
smiles Ace, “I remember walking and I said to myself that if I ever get to play
any part I want to be Kenickie.”

Ace loves Grease. He is enthusiastic about dancing on the car in the show,
appreciative for his fellow cast members, and already seems to enjoy the
experience of Broadway. Before making his debut, Ace benefitted from a bit of
American Idol Broadway inside information having spoken with Talyor Hicks.
American Idol Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks spent the summer as the Teen Angel in
Grease. “Taylor gave me a lot of advice that I can’t say on camera,” grins Ace,
“But he and I are really good friends…He gave me a lot of ins and outs. So, I
felt very comfortable tonight when we kicked it off.”

Taking a minute to think back on his American Idol experience, Ace is reflective
about how that one experience has influenced so much that has come after. What
did he tell Broadway.tv he liked most about his Idol experience? “Just being in
everybody’s homes. Being on everybody’s minds once you get off the show,” says
Ace, “Being able to be myself. I mean, that’s huge. If I didn’t get to be
myself, I wouldn’t have been on Bones. I wouldn’t have done any of the stuff I
did. I wouldn’t have been able to do the album I wanted. I wouldn’t have met
Daughtry. He wouldn’t be my best friend. I wouldn’t have wrote “It’s Not Over.”
I wouldn’t be in New York.”

Putting the past behind, Ace looks ahead to the future, telling Broadway.tv that
he has lot of things up his sleeve. For the present though, he’s in Grease on
Broadway through January 18. It is another chapter in the ever evolving and
always interesting career of Ace Young. Go greased lightening!


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piece of music or some band so much that it hurts." ~ Almost Famous

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enough to have a personality and just unreal enough to be perfect." ~ Me


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