Broadway BUZZ

Critically acclaimed, Tony Award nominated actor and singer Will Chase was most recently seen on Broadway in the revival of Kiss Me, Kate. He most recently appeared on HBO's Sharp Objects, FX's American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, Netflix's Stranger Things and HBO's The Deuce, and starred in the ABC drama Time After Time. Best known as country star Luke Wheeler on ABC's Nashville, his other television appearances include recurring roles on CBS’s Madam Secretary and The Good Wife, Quantico, Rescue Me, and as Michael Swift on NBC's Broadway-inspired Smash, as well as appearances on Blue Bloods, White Collar, Pan Am, Royal Pains, and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Film credits include Butterflies of Bill Baker (Best Actor-Chain NYC Film Festival), Four Single Fathers, and Shaft. Known as one of Broadway's "most versatile leading men", he received the 2013 Tony Award Nomination and Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination for Best Featured Actor in A Musical for his portrayal of John Jasper in the Broadway revival of The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. His other Broadway credits include Something Rotten, Billy Elliot, Aida, Lennon, Nice Work If You Can Get It, High Fidelity, The Full Monty, Miss Saigon, and Roger in Rent, which was captured on the big screen in RENT: Filmed Live On Broadway. Will can be heard on several Original Broadway Cast Recordings as well as three seasons of cast albums for the show Nashville. He has performed all over the world and has sung with the renowned New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Cincinnati Pops, and the Colorado Symphony. Having studied conducting with Atlanta Symphony's Robert Spano, Will has premiered countless compositions, and has worked and performed with some of the most important composers and musical luminaries in the world.