Killian Donnelly to Play Charlie Price in Kinky Boots on Broadway from Dec 6 2016

Killian was in the opening cast for the London production of Kinky Boots with Matt Henry who both originating their roles and he played through until August 13 2016. Now Killian will hit the boards at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway with his co star Todrick Hall (Lola).
Kinky Boots is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein.
Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, which was inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price. Having inherited a shoe factory from his father, Charlie forms an unlikely partnership with cabaret performer and drag queen Lola to produce a line of high-heeled boots and save the business. In the process, Charlie and Lola discover that they are not so different after all. Need Tickets Broadway!
Killian Donnelly b June 25, 1984 is an Irish-born musical theatre performer. He has appeared in musicals and plays, such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Commitments, Memphis and Kinky Boots. Donnelly is from Kilmessan, in County Meath, Ireland, where he was a member of the St Mary’s Musical Society. He has one sister, Eimear, and one brother, Ciaran, who still live in Ireland, while Donnelly takes up residence in London. Donnelly is a tenor and plays piano and guitar.

Donnelly was scouted by a theatre agency while performing in a production in Ireland. He then made the move to London to pursue a career in musical theatre, securing a role in the West End production of Les Misérables

Career
Donnelly has appeared in many different roles around Ireland and has also directed and written shows. His first theatre role was in 2005 where he featured in the chorus of The Wireman at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. He then continued to play Rod in Singin’ in the Rain and Ethan in The Full Monty, both at the Olympia Theatre, Tony in West Side Story at the Solstice Theatre, Aladdin in Aladdin and Collins in Michael Collins: A Musical Drama, both at the Cork Opera House, Prince Charming in Cinderella at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and Chorus in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Gate Theatre.
In 2008, he joined the West End production of Les Misérables as a swing and, as a member of the cast, was part of the Les Misérables concert with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on the Isle of Wight. He became second cover Javert and Enjolras in the following season of 2009/10, during which time he also performed the lead role of Jean Valjean as an emergency cover multiple times. With the following cast change he was promoted to principal Enjolras and was officially listed (and performed) as third cover Valjean. He eventually finished in Les Misérables on 18 June 2011.
Donnelly’s next role was Raoul in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre. During this time, he also featured in commercials for McDonald’s and Jameson Whiskey, and appeared on such television shows as The Tudors, The Open House, The Late Late Show and Showbands. He later performed in You Should Be Dancing at the National Concert Hall.

On 3 October 2010, Donnelly played the role of Courfeyrac in the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables at The O2 Arena in London. He also played the role of Combeferre in the film of the show, released in 2012.
On 12 November 2012, Donnelly took over the role of Tony in Billy Elliot The Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
On 20 August 2013, it was confirmed that Donnelly would originate the role of Deco in the West End Musical The Commitments from 21 September. The following year Donnelly began playing the role of Huey in Memphis from 9 October 2014 for which he was nominated as Best Actor in a Musical in the 2015 Olivier Awards
On 23 April 2015, it was announced that Donnelly would play Charlie in the West End production of the musical Kinky Boots, at the Adelphi Theatre. The first preview was on 21 August 2015. On 29 February 2016 Donnelly was nominated as Best Actor in a Musical at the 2016 Olivier Awards. He left the show on 13 August 2016 and moved back to Ireland to take up the role of Jackie Day in Donegal, a new play by Frank McGuinness.
Moving on to New York and from 6 December 2016 he will reprise his role of Charlie Price in Kinky Boots, this time on Broadway.

Theatre Work

Kinky Boots (Al Hirschfeld Theatre Broadway) – Charlie
Donegal (Abbey Theatre Dublin) Jackie
Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre London) – Charlie
Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre London) – Huey Calhoun
The Commitments (Palace Theatre London) – Deco
Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre London) – Tony
The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre London) – Raoul
Les Miserables (Queens Theatre London) – Enjolras – understudy for Jean Valjean & Javert
Michael Collins (Cork Opera House) – Collins
Sweeney Todd (Gate Theatre Dublin) – Chorus
The Full Monty (Olympia Theatre) Ethan Girad