1. Kyle Jean-Baptiste was the youngest, as well as the first Black actor, to play the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables on Broadway.
11 Facts About Kyle Jean-Baptiste
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste was slated to be a cast member of the revival of the musical The Color Purple.
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste lived in Canarsie, Brooklyn, with his parents and two sisters, Kelsey and Keely, with whom he was close.
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste attended Fiorello H LaGuardia High School, where he was accepted on a Vocal audition during the end of Junior High School.
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In 2011, Kyle Jean-Baptiste attended Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, where he studied under the tutelage of Victoria Bussert, Scott Plate, Timothy Mussard, Joanne Uniatowski, Adam Heffernan, Gregory Daniels, Sara Whale, Heidi Glynias, and others.
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Educational Productions that Kyle Jean-Baptiste had roles in included: Carousel, Les Miserables at The New London Barn Playhouse, Love Story The Musical, Murder Ballad The Musical.
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Regional shows Kyle Jean-Baptiste performed in included Singin' in the Rain, The Music Man, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste made his first appearance as Jean Valjean on July 23,2015, going on for Ramin Karimloo while the latter was on vacation.
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste was slated to appear with Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson in the Broadway production of The Color Purple later in 2015.
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste died on August 29,2015, at Woodhull Hospital in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, after falling four stories, from a fire escape, at the residence that his family were temporarily relocated to after a fire at their primary residence.
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste went out to view a full moon with a friend, and at around 4am Jean-Baptiste lost his balance on his way back into his room.