Curt Hansen www.curthansen.com is an American-born actor/singer. A Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 native, Curt has performed on Broadway in the final cast of Hairspray

Hairspray (musical)

Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues...

, as well as other Broadway readings and workshops. Recently Curt was the Gabe understudy/cover in the Tony award winning Broadway musical Next to Normal and is playing the role of Gabe in the first national tour of the show. He also performed in the Mark Taper Forum production of Jason Robert Brown's acclaimed musical Parade

Parade (musical)

Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical was first produced on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on December 17, 1998. The production was directed by Harold Prince and closed 28 February 1999 after only 39 previews and 84 regular...

. and has done both national and regional commercial work.

Big Time Rush

Curt was a member of the band Big Time Rush

Big Time Rush (band)

Big Time Rush is an American boyband formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of members Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson. Big Time Rush was created through the Nickelodeon television series with the same name. The band released its debut...

 along with James Maslow

James Maslow

James David Maslow is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for playing the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and is a member of the boy music group with the same name.-Early life:...

, Carlos Pena Jr.

Carlos Pena, Jr.

Carlos Roberto Pena, Jr. is an American actor, dancer and singer. He is best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush as Carlos García.- Early life :...

 and Logan Henderson

Logan Henderson

Logan Phillip Henderson is an American actor, dancer, rapper and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his starring role as Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series, Big Time Rush, as well as being a member of the Big Time Rush band itself.-Early life:Henderson was born and raised in North...

, as well as the original lead role in the series

Big Time Rush

Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...

. He starred in the un-aired pilot, and also recorded Famous and This Is Our Someday with the other members for the pilot. However due to unexplained circumstances, he was replaced with Kendall Schmidt

Kendall Schmidt

Kendall Francis Schmidt is an American actor and singer-songwriter; he is best known for playing Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush and has played small roles on different TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, and Frasier...

 in post production, and so the pilot was re-filmed with Kendall playing the lead role.

He later returned to the series to play Dak Zevon, a Zac Efron

Zac Efron

Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and became known with his lead roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray...

 parody, in the episode "Big Time Photo Shoot" and the TV Movie "Big Time Concert

Big Time Concert

Big Time Concert is the 2010 second made-for-television movie of the series film franchise/season one finale for the television series, Big Time Rush. It stars Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr., Logan Henderson, Ciara Bravo, and Stephen Kramer Glickman. It premiered on Nickelodeon on...

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