Daniel J. Watts & Nick Blaemire will develop a new work, Quixote, as their New York Voices commission.
Daniel J. Watts is a 2020 Tony Award nominee and Outer Critics Circle Award Winner for his portrayal of Ike Turner in the hit broadway musical TINA. He has appeared in several Broadway shows including Hamilton, Memphis, and After Midnight. He received the Barrymore Award (Peoples Light) and the LA Ovation Award (Geffen Playhouse) for best featured actor for his portrayal of Sammy Davis, Jr. in Lights Out: Nat King Cole opposite Dulé Hill. His television credits include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “The Last OG”, “Blindspot”, and “Vinyl”.
Nick Blaemire is a writer and performer based in Brooklyn. At 23 years old, Nick made his Broadway debut twice over, at the same time — as an actor, he was in the original cast of Cry-Baby, and he also wrote the score to the Broadway one-night sensation rock musical Glory Days (book by James Gardiner), which has since had over 50 productions around the world, and re-opened in Japan in Fall 2021. He has since written six other original musicals.
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