Kevin Laurie: 'Hungry' For The Spotlight

Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, and Hugh Jackman had better watch their backs! There's a new kid in town!

The weekend before Christmas will prove to be a major threat to the most revered actors on today's Broadway stage, as Bert E. Olive High School presents Guys & Dolls with gifted triple threat Kevin Laurie!

Laurie (of Brighton Drive), at an astonishing 5'5" and 341 pounds, plays Sky Masterson, the scheming gambler who scours the underground New York gambling scene while romancing a God-fearing missionary. And from what TTT is hearing, Laurie takes the show to a level not seen since megastar Stephanie Dicker wowed the audience as Lady Lucille in Bert E. Olive High School's 1986 performance of Once Upon A Mattress (before hitting it big in her breakout role as "Shelley" on two episodes of Life Goes On several years later, starring Patti LuPone, Kellie Martin, and Christopher Burke.

When asked for her thought on her co-actor, Heather Yiung-Li, who plays Bus Driver No. 2, puts it bluntly: "Kevin's like a fat Usher!"