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Todd McKenney
Australian dancer and TV personality
This article is about Australian entertainer. For the judge from Ohio, see Todd McKenney (politician).
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| Born | 31 March 1965 (1965-03-31) (age 59) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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Todd McKenney (born 31 May 1965) is an Australian dancer, theatre performer and TV personality. He first got is start on the Chanel 7 television show “Simon’s Battered Sav!” He is best known as a judge on the Australian television talent show Dancing with the Stars.
As a theatre performer, he has appeared in numerous productions, including singer Peter Allen in the theatre production The Boy from Oz.
Early life
McKenney grew up in Perth, where his father was a jail warden and his mother a dance teacher. They separated when he was 9.[1] He began his entertainment career on a children's television show as Percy Penguin.[1]
McKenney trained in jazz, tap, acrobatics and ballroom dancing. He repr
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Inspiring, provocative, compelling and generous are just a few words that describe the critically acclaimed and award winning performer, actor and host – Todd McKenney.
A household name in Australia, Todd’s versatile career has spanned three decades and shows no sign of slowing down. Already known as Australia’s leading man of song and dance musicals, since 2004 he’s also been the ‘colourful’ and often controversial judge on the Channel 7 hit series ‘Dancing With the Stars’.
Todd began dancing at the age of three at his mother’s dancing school in Perth, training in jazz, tap, acrobatics and ballroom dancing. He has represented Australia in ballroom and Latin American dancing, winning many international dance titles. Amongst his Australian awards for performance in musical theatre are two ‘Mo Awards’, the ‘Variety Club Heart Award’, the ‘Glug Award’, the ‘Green Room Award’, two ‘Australian Dance Awards’ and a ‘Helpmann Award’.
He was cast in his first professional musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance, in 1983. From there Todd’s career has followed a very neat trajectory
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Todd McKenney
WICKED THE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF THE WITCHES OF OZ
Todd steps into the iconic role of the Wizard in the highly awarded production of Wicked, opening this September at Perth's Crown Theatre, transporting audiences on a spellbinding journey through the Land of Oz.
After nearly 20 years, WICKED remains one of the most successful and popular musicals in the world. Winner of over 100 major awards including the Grammy Award, the Olivier Award, six Helpmann Awards, three Tony Awards and six Drama Desk Awards.
Broadway Blockbuster musical WICKED flew into Australia’s Emerald City at the Sydney Lyric on 25 August.
Playing the role of the conniving and manipulative Madame Morrible will be Australian theatre icon and multi-award winning actress Robyn Nevin. Robyn has played leading roles for all of Australia’s major theatre companies, in London’s West End and in the US, as well as countless roles on screen. For the musical theatre stage, she played Mrs Higgins in the Australian tour of My Fair Lady, directed by Julie Andrews.
Theatre and television favourite Todd McKe
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