Orville Peck is in talks for a brand new Broadway present. (Getty)
Maintain on to your (cowboy) hats: homosexual nation music star Orville Peck is ready to return to his musical theatre roots with a brand new Broadway venture.
Everybody’s favorite masked queer cowboy could be best-known for his wide-ranging music collaborations – he’s labored with Trixie Mattel, Kylie Minogue, Elton John and Willie Nelson – however his first style of the trade got here in musical theatre.
As a baby, he took ballet classes for 12 years, earlier than shifting from South Africa to the UK to attend the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Artwork. And in 2014, he starred because the boy who by no means grows previous within the Olivier-Award-nominated comedy, Peter Pan Goes Fallacious.
Since then, he’s moved to Los Angeles and into nation music, launched three studio albums, together with final month’s Stampede which featured his collabs with Kylie, Elton and fellow nation singer Nelson.
Talking at an occasion on the Grammy Museum in LA on Tuesday (17 September), Peck was requested whether or not he would ever think about a return to Broadway, combining his musical skills along with his love of theatre and dancing.
In a brief however oh-so-sweet reply, he hinted that one thing of the type is within the works.
“It’s crossed my thoughts,” he stated, earlier than teasing: “Lately, it’s acquired attention-grabbing.”
Following his feedback, Selection was instructed by a supply that the brand new venture is within the “very early levels of improvement”.
Most individuals are nicely conscious of the person behind the masks: he’s Daniel Pitout, the previous drummer of Canadian punk band, Nü Sensae.
The musician and pal of music producer Diplo – no, that’s not a homosexual euphemism – has beforehand spoken out about his expertise of homophobia whereas making an attempt to interrupt into the nation music trade. “Lots of people [were] virtually laughing in my face, telling me that being an overtly homosexual man in nation would by no means work,” he stated final yr.
“I’ve [had] very discouraging moments in my profession… however I saved my chin up and refused to let anyone inform me that I couldn’t do what I needed. If somebody tells me I can’t do one thing, it makes me wish to do it much more.”
Fast, somebody inform him he can’t do Broadway.
Earlier this yr, he thrilled followers by posing nude – nicely, apart from the trademark masks and cowboy hat – for Paper journal.
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