Chaz Wolcott
Chaz Elliot Wolcott was born in Columbus, Ohio where he started dancing at the age of one and hasn't stopped since. From there came his first musical, The Who's Tommy, as the four year old version of the title character.His dance training continued as his family moved to Nevada, and competed on "Good Morning America" in their Gr...
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Chaz Elliot Wolcott was born in Columbus, Ohio where he started dancing at the age of one and hasn't stopped since. From there came his first musical, The Who's Tommy, as the four year old version of the title character.His dance training continued as his family moved to Nevada, and competed on "Good Morning America" in their Greatest Dancer in America Challenge in the tap category at age fourteen.Chaz completed his BFA in dance performance from Oklahoma City University in 2010, all the while building his resume working for various theater companies over the summer. A mere three days after his graduation, he landed the dream role of Mistofolees in the national tour of Cats. Since then Chaz has been busy performing, teaching, and raising money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.In 2014, he achieved another life-long dream of being cast in the national tour of Disney's Newsies. In 2016 he was a part of the live capture of Newsies in Los Angeles which was screened in movie theaters through Fathom Events February and March of 2017. Show less «
It's been a long time waiting for it. I'm very excited. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to know if this is really happening. I saw the movi...Show more »
It's been a long time waiting for it. I'm very excited. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to know if this is really happening. I saw the movie as a little boy. It was a newer thing to see boys dancing and that it was cool for boys to dance even though others told me the opposite. It provided that for me and my generation that it was cool and that I could be in a movie one day, a movie musical. I knew that I had to do this. Show less «
I love proving all of those people wrong, especially people who told me that it was going to be too hard. What's funny is now the only conta...Show more »
I love proving all of those people wrong, especially people who told me that it was going to be too hard. What's funny is now the only contact I have with those people is them asking me for tickets to a show. I am so glad that I made that decision because I just wouldn't be happy otherwise. Being a performer has its trials and tribulations, and I've definitely had some tough times, but if you have to do it, you just have to do it. Show less «
With Newsies, I've gotten to meet a lot of young people across the country who are inspired by the show and who look up to the performers in...Show more »
With Newsies, I've gotten to meet a lot of young people across the country who are inspired by the show and who look up to the performers in the show. I think they put us in a different category than them, and I find that kind of odd. It's important for them to always know and remember that we were the same kid. I was the kid that waited at the stage door to get autographs from people and took every master class that came to my hometown. Nowadays we're so connected because of social media, and they think of us as some type of celebrity and something unattainable, but I was the same as them when I was their age. I want the younger generation to keep doing their thing and know that a career in performing arts is totally possible. You don't have to be born into it. You don't have to have a big break. We all grew up the same way. We all started at a dance studio or a theatre and worked our way up and learned a lot of lessons along the way. We all had the same humble beginning. It's important to know that sometimes it seems so far away, but it's really not that far. It's completely attainable. Show less «
