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One of Australia\\u2019s most versatile performing artists, Todd McKenney is an award winning and critically acclaimed performer on stage and screen. As an actor and the leading man of song and dance in musical theatre productions, he has entertained Australians for 40 years, from the main stage to intimate venues.

It\\u2019s not surprising that Todd McKenney is a household name. National exposure came with his delicious portrayal of the acerbic adjudicator on\\xa0Dancing with the Stars\\xa0- a television juggernaut that has completed multiple seasons.

Todd\\u2019s stage credit roll and career highlights include his most notable role of Peter Allen in the Australian hit production\\xa0The Boy From Oz, in which he performed over 1000 shows nationally and became one of the longest running and most successful musical productions in Australian history.

Todd\\u2019s first professional musical role was in 1983 in Andrew Lloyd Webber\\u2019s\\xa0Song and Dance. His career followed with lead and headline roles in\\xa0Cats, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Crazy For You, Born Yesterday, Camelot, Pirates of Penzance, Cabaret, Strictly Ballroom, La Cage aux Folles, Singin\\u2019 In the Rain, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Orpheus In the Underworld\\xa0for Opera Australia,\\xa0Annie the Musical, Grease, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks\\xa0and\\xa0Anything Goes.\\xa0

In 2018 he stepped into the stilettos and successfully took on the role of Frank N\\u2019 Furter in\\xa0The Rocky Horror Show\\xa0in Melbourne. In 2019 Todd stepped out on stage as Australia\\u2019s Greatest Showman in the title role of\\xa0Barnum, and most recently played Lord Farquaad in the hit musical\\xa0Shrek and Lord Chancellor Sebastian\\xa0in Rodgers and Hammerstein\\u2019s\\xa0Cinderella.

As a dancer, his journey started at the age of three at his mother\\u2019s dancing school in Perth, training in jazz, tap, acrobatics and ballroom dancing. He represented Australia in ballroom and Latin American dancing, winning many international dance titles. Amongst his Australian awards for performance in musical theatre he has two Mo Awards, the Variety Club Heart Award, the Glug Award, the Green Room Award, two Australian Dance Awards and a Helpmann Award.

On the small screen Todd has starred in the hit show\\xa0Winners and Losers\\xa0on the 7 Network.\\xa0 He has also appeared as a guest judge on\\xa0Australia\\u2019s Got Talent, hosted on a range of morning Television programs and appeared as an entertaining guest across all networks. On radio Todd co-hosted Sydney\\u2019s MIX106.5 breakfast radio program with Sonia Kruger for two years and is a regular guest on the airwaves.

In 2020, Todd played\\xa0Lewis in the award winning feature film\\xa0Unsound.\\xa0On the small screen Todd has appeared in the acclaimed ABC series\\xa0Significant Others;\\xa0an engrossing, intelligently crafted six-part series about a missing persons case.\\xa0

On a personal level, Todd had the delight of becoming a father in 2007 and his daughter Charlotte is the light of his life. He is a student of Auslan sign language and has worked within the deaf community all around Australia. Todd is also a keen supporter of The Grace Centre For Newborn Intensive Care at the Children\\u2019s Hospital at Westmead and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.

Over the past year, Todd has starred as Wilbur Turnblad in\\xa0Hairspray the Musical and Sebastian in Cinderella.\\xa0In 2023 he commences a tour of his one-man show -\\xa0Todd McKenney sings Peter Allen and lots more!\\xa0A perfect way to celebrate 40 years on the boards!

For dates and details go to\\xa0www.toddmckenney.com.au

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