Showbiz Nation LIVE! Interview with STOMP’s JOHN ANGELES

Performer/Actor JOHN ANGELES discusses his decade long involvement with STOMP and talks about what makes the show a international success. STOMP is currently playing the Broadway Playhouse through January 1, 2017. For more information visit BroadwayInChicago.com

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Mr. Angeles is from Fort Worth, TX, where he began his music training studying percussion. He went on to study percussion and music performance at TCU where he got his bachelor’s degree in music education. He was a proud member of the 2001 DCI world champions, the Cavaliers, where he marched snare drum. Throughout college and thereafter, John has performed with various percussion groups and bands, and has toured the world doing performances and clinics. John would like to thank his parents, family, and his friends for helping make his dreams come true, and dedicates his performances to them all.

Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to Chicago to play the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E Chestnut) November 16, 2016 through January 1, 2017. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past 20 years, having performed in more than 50 countries and in front of more than 24 million people.

Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, STOMP continues its phenomenal run with four global productions: the ongoing sell-out production at New York’s Orpheum Theatre, a permanent London company, and North American and European tours. Throughout its life, the show has continued to change by creating new material; this year, it will incorporate two new pieces. It is safe to say you will never again look at supermarket carts or plumbing fixtures the same way… or paint cans, or kitchen sinks or…

STOMP, an overwhelming success marked by rave reviews, numerous awards, and sell-out engagements, is the winner of an Olivier Award for Best Choreography (London’s Tony Award), a New York Obie Award, a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatre Experience and a Special Citation from Best Plays.

In addition to the stage shows, STOMP has been an overwhelming success marked by rave reviews, numerous awards, an Academy Award nomination, four Emmy nominations and one Emmy Award for their acclaimed HBO special Stomp Out Loud, noteworthy TV appearances including The London 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, The Academy Awards (produced by Quincy Jones), Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and a series of award-winning international commercials.

The performers “make a rhythm out of anything we can get our hands on that makes a sound,” says co-founder/director Luke Cresswell. A unique combination of percussion, movement and visual comedy, STOMP has created its own inimitable, contemporary form of rhythmic expression: both household and industrial objects find new life as musical instruments in the hands of an idiosyncratic band of body percussionists. It is a journey through sound, a celebration of the everyday and a comic interplay of characters wordlessly communicating through dance and drum.

Synchronized stiff-bristle brooms become a sweeping orchestra, eight Zippo lighters flip open and closed to create a fiery fugue; wooden poles thump and clack in a rhythmic explosion. STOMP uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – dustbins, tea chests, radiator hoses, boots, hub caps – to fill the stage with a compelling and unique act that is often imitated but never duplicated.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets for STOMP are now on sale. For more information, visit www.BroadwayInChicago.com or www.stomponline.com. 

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