John Arthur Hill (born October 23, 1977) is an American musical theater actor who is most well known for his role of Jason McConnell in the Off-Broadway run of '' Bare: A Pop Opera''. He also developed a following on his former website "John Hill Online" with his videos entitled "Johnny and Kooks", comedic videos he made with his friend Katharine Leonard. The pair released a single on iTunes entitled "About You". He grew up in

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and currently resides in

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where he is producing television programs.

Theatre

He has also appeared in the Broadway musicals ''

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'' (original Broadway cast as Fender), and ''

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'' (original Broadway cast as Mark Herron). In ''The Boy from Oz'' he also understudied the roles of Greg and the lead role Peter Allen. He never went on as Peter Allen. In ''Hairspray'' he also understudied the roles of Link Larkin and Corny Collins. He did go on as Link Larkin. He starred opposite

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and

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in the original Off-Broadway cast of '' Bare: A Pop Opera'' in the leading role of Jason. He was supposed to return to this role when the show was supposed to move to a new theatre after a few months of break, but the move never happened. A demo of 11 tracks from this production was recorded, but the remaining tracks were never recorded when the production never resumed. He did appear in the "Bare's Back Concert" after the show closed, which most of the cast returned to perform in concert. He also appeared in '' But I'm A Cheerleader'' (a musical adaptation of the movie of the same name) at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2005. In June 2006, he wrote and performed the solo show ''Skinny Corpse'' at The Duplex in Manhattan, directed by Ben Rimalower. He also took part in the mini-musical '' Prop 8: The Musical''.

Work in television

In 2007, he produced an 8-part documentary MTV called ''Show Choir''. This program followed the real life choir "IMAGES" of Morgantown High School in

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. It followed the transformation of the choir and its members.
He has also served as producer for the Nickelodeon reality show ''

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'', ''Tori and Dean'', ''All About Aubrey'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and G4's ''Attack of the Show''.
He was the co-executive producer and writer, as well as an on-camera panelist/pundit on the short-lived Bravo show ''The Approval Matrix'' based on the popular feature in ''New York Magazine''. In 2011 Hill accepted the role of executive producer of ''The A-List: Dallas'', a spinoff of the popular LOGO hit.
He is currently a producer on ''

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'' and host of ''The Feels'' on Radio Andy,

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Channel. He also writes for ''

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'' on

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where Cohen serves as host.

Personal life

Hill is gay. He was previously in a relationship with his Radio Andy costar

Recordings

* Single: About You by "Johnny and Kooks" (available on iTunes) * ''

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'' as Fender * ''

'' original Broadway cast as Mark Herron * '' Bare: A Pop Opera'' original cast recording (never completed, a demo of a few songs was released) * ''But I'm A Cheerleader'' demo recording

References

External links

* *
The official Johnny and Kooks website

John Hill profile at Broadwayworld.com
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