iHeartRadio Broadway sat down with Tituss Burgess to discuss his return to Broadway as 'Harold Zidler' in Moulin Rouge! Burgess discusses his emotional return to Broadway, keeping his energy up doing 8 shows a week, and his love for his castmates. Watch the interview in the player above!
A veteran of the stage, Tituss Burgess made his Broadway debut as ‘Eddie’ in Good Vibrations and has played ‘Hal Miller’ in the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys, ’Nicely-Nicely Johnson’ in the 2009 revival of Guys and Dolls, and ’Sebastian’ in the original Broadway cast of The Little Mermaid. For four seasons he starred as ’Titus Andromedon’ in the hit Netflix comedy series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” receiving nominations for four consecutive Emmy Awards, a SAG Award, and two Critics’ Choice TV Awards. He reprised his role in the Netflix interactive special “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend” and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting actor. Tituss was most recently seen in the second season of the Apple TV+ musical comedy “Schmigadoon!” Previously, he starred in the Netflix films Set It Up and Dolemite Is My Name, as well as MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect. An accomplished voice actor, Tituss starred in the animated musical comedy series “Central Park” for Apple TV+, for which he was nominated for his sixth Emmy Award.
Burgess will play a limited engagement through Sunday, December 17.