page_title: Darren Criss
section_title: Theater
hierarchical_section_title: Darren Criss / Career / Theater
caption_attribution_description: עברית: תמונה מתוך ההופעה של דארן כריס בתחיית הברודווי בשנת 2015 למחזמר "Hedwig And The Angry Inch" כשהוא שר את השיר "Wig In a Box"
context_page_description: Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He rose to fame starring on the television series Glee and received Emmy and Golden Globe acting awards for his leading role as spree killer Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. He has also appeared on Broadway and in film and has released several recordings as a soloist and in a band.
  A founding member and co-owner of StarKid Productions, a musical theater company based in Chicago, Criss first garnered attention playing the lead role of Harry Potter in, and writing most of the music and lyrics for, StarKid's musical production of A Very Potter Musical. The theater troupe made Billboard history when their original album, Me and My Dick, became the first charting student-produced musical recording, debuting at number eleven on the Top Cast Albums chart in 2010. Criss has also starred on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In 2015, Criss co-founded Elsie Fest which is touted as "New York City's first outdoor music festival celebrating tunes from the stage and screen".
caption: Criss during Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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