Greg Page, the original Yellow Wiggle, is stepping onto the stage in a new role. He will star as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Australian production of the hit Broadway musical, Annie. This marks Page's first foray into commercial musical theatre.
Former Yellow Wiggle Greg Page announces new role in Sydney production of hit Broadway musical, Annie, playing Franklin D Roosevelt
"I am excited to announce that I will be joining the incredibly talented cast of Annie as I make my commercial musical theatre debut in this wonderfully joyful musical," the 53-year-old said. Though he’s a veteran of the stage, Page admitted that the world of scripted musical theatre is uncharted territory for him.
Page last appeared in a stage musical in 1987, playing Jonny Casino in a high school production of Grease. "I don't often think about the fact that I nearly died - but I did," he wrote in an SBS Insight first-person piece published on Wednesday. "Waking up in hospital and seeing my news story covered on every major TV channel as well as in the digital media, I knew I could use my profile to leverage awareness for something that I knew nothing about," he said.
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