Kurt Hummel is a 25-year-old Off-Broadway actor, living in Manhattan, New York. Heās married to Blaine Anderson, and hopes to someday be a Tony Award-winning Broadway star.
2015 was a big year for Kurt Hummel. He got married - finally - to the only man heās ever truly loved, he successfully led a bunch of hyper-talented high-schoolers to a National Show Choir Championship victory, and he helped the school that had been a prison for him become a safe haven for artistically minded students. Even just a few years prior, Kurt hadnāt thought even one of those things would ever be possible, let alone all three - but here he is, thriving.
After returning to New York with the New Directions safely in the hands of Sam Evans, Kurt finished his undergrad at NYADA, proving once and for all that obstacles are just fuel for his ambition. In his final semester of his senior year, Kurt auditioned for and - incredibly - won a role in the cult āclassicā, The Golden Apple, which, Kurt would tell anyone who listened, was the first Off-Broadway musical to transfer to Broadway - nevermind that it immediately flopped upon its arrival. Encores! put on the performance, with only ten days of rehearsal for a four-day run of the cultiest cult show of Broadway, and Kurt lived for it. While no great lover of the classics on which it was based, Kurt found himself living in the musical world. He read all of the Iliad and the Odyssey and stayed on top of his schoolwork, and fully embraced the campy, over-the-top aesthetic. They were the NYT Criticās Pick, and that didnāt mean nothing.
After graduation, Kurt auditioned, somewhat on a wim, for Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. It was exactly the sort of musical that Kurt would have died to see, replete with hyper-talented newcomers to Broadway (much like himself), puck-rock imagery and religious irreverence, so he thought why not? With low expectations, no pressure and a low chance of success, a successful performance and a rock-solid education behind him, he got it. Just a role in the chorus, but he got it. He was on Broadway, for real this time! For longer than four days, for real. It was a dream come true. He wasnāt one of the primaries, no, but he was on a Broadway stage, and that was more than enough for him. It kept him busy - wore him out, actually - but it was like heād finally come alive; like everything heād been through and everything heād worked for finally had a reason. Like he had a reason.
It was just a role in the chorus, but it sparked his career, as twelve-time Tony Award-nominated shows are wont to do, even for those not specific to the nomination area. He remained in the chorus for its entire run, just under a year, and after that, it was a whirlwind. He moved from Comet to Anastasia, again as a chorus member, though this time with the added pressure of being a swing for a couple of named roles. He worked on a few workshops, a few screen tests, and kept auditioning throughout his tenure on both shows, refusing to ever for a moment get complacent or rest on his not-nearly-shiny-enough laurels.
Now, finally, his hard work took him to Jersey Boys, where heās currently starring as none other than Frankie Valli, his naturally wide, higher-leaning range earning him the part when the actor from the touring cast decided not to keep the role. Itās off-Broadway, but heās still playing a character with an actual name, which is a huge step up - and not just a name, but the name, the eponymous character. Itās weird, being the Ā Itās more than he ever expected - Kurt privately considers his getting this role as a middle finger to everyone who thought he couldnāt pull off āleading manā. Really, though, aside from the baggage, he loves the whole aesthetic: the glittery red suits really do something for him, what can he say?
Professionally, Kurt wants to keep on his upward trajectory going. He hopes to originate a musical or play, he wants to lead a role on Broadway, he wants to win a Tony, be part of a touring cast, maybe help out with screenwriting or directing - maybe jump to TV or the silver screen someday, who knows. Heās still interested in fashion; he and Isabel still keep in contact, so thatās not something heās completely given up, either, and heās not writing the possibility of getting into that career later, either, though the idea of cutting his teeth in not one but two highly competitive creative industries makes him a little queasy.
Personally, Kurtās happy romantically and socially, for the first time in his life, but...well, he hasnāt quite worked up the courage to say it out loud yet, but Kurtās been thinking about himself and Blaine as fathers. Heās terrified, of course, and he knows that he hasnāt even figured out how to be the perfect husband yet, but...well, he thinks theyād be pretty good at it. Heās not sure if heād want to go to the artificial insemination or surrogate route, since he thinks it would be incredible to have something half-his or half-Blaineās, or the adoption route, since there are so many unloved children in the world, but...he knows, deep in his heart, that he and Blaine are meant to be parents. He just doesnāt know when or how to make that happen yet - but he knows thereās nothing he and Blaine canāt do.
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