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Frank James Michael Grande Marchione (born January 24, 1983),〔Murphy, T. Michelle. ("10 Facts you won’t learn about Frankie Grande on ''Big Brother 16''" ), Metro.us, September 22, 2014, accessed December 3, 2014〕〔Grande, Frankie. (Frankie J. Grande biography ), Blacksheepus.com, accessed April 4, 2015〕 usually credited as Frankie Grande〔〔("Big Brother Cast: Frankie Grande" ), ''CBS'', August 11, 2014〕 or Frankie J. Grande,〔(Broadway Cast ), RockofAgesMusical.com, accessed January 21, 2015〕 is an American dancer, musical theatre actor and singer, producer, TV host and YouTube personality. He is the older half-brother of singer and actress Ariana Grande. He performed on Broadway as Franz in the musical ''Rock of Ages'' (2014–2015) and in ''Mamma Mia!'' (2007–2010) and has played roles Off-Broadway, in regional theatre productions and on tour. Grande has produced Broadway shows and both produced and appeared in cabaret acts, including his own one-man show. In 2012, Grande established a YouTube channel and has also been building a following on Twitter and Instagram. In 2014, he was a contestant on the reality television series ''Big Brother 16''. He was a judge on the 2015 season of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' and hosted a TV special, ''Worst.Post.Ever: With Frankie Grande'', about using social media. His philanthropic work includes co-founding the non-profit arts organization "Broadway in South Africa" and work for buildOn. == Early life, career and philanthropy == Frankie Grande was born in New York City, the son of Victor Marchione, a physician,〔Grande, Frankie. ("Frankie Grande: Smoking 'Ain't Cute,' Guys" ), ''The Advocate'', April 1, 2015; and ("Blow on This! IntelliQuit, World's First Stop Smoking Biosensor and Platform Launches a Crowdfunding Campaign with Kickstarter" ), IntelliQuit press release, October 14, 2014〕 and Joan Grande, chief executive officer of telephone and alarm system company Hose-McCann Communications.〔McLean, Craig. ("Ariana Grande: 'If you want to call me a diva I'll say: cool'" ), ''The Telegraph'', October 17, 2014; and ("About Hose-McCann Communications" ), Hose-McCann Communications, accessed October 1, 2014〕〔Schultz, Brandon. ("Frankie Grande on Big Brother and the Hetero-Homo 'Zankie' Showmance That Had Everyone Talking" ), ''Out'' magazine, October 2, 2014〕 He grew up in Englewood, New Jersey and moved with his mother to Boca Raton, Florida, at age 10, where he later attended Pine Crest School.〔Erstein, Hap. ("Boca-to-Broadway buddies producing Tony-nominated show" ), ''Florida Weekly'', May 19, 2011, accessed July 26, 2014〕〔Musto, Michael. ("Frankie Grande, Ariana Grande’s Half Brother, Stars in ''Rock of Ages''" ), ''The New York Times'', November 12, 2014〕〔Cox-Henry, Joanie. ("Frankie Grande shares social media advice in upcoming TV special" ), ''Sun-Sentinel'', August 11, 2015; Marr, Madeleine. ("Frankie Grande is thinking big" ), ''Miami Herald'', September 11, 2015〕 He began performing in musicals in the fifth grade.〔Weiner, Natalie. ("Frankie Grande Talks Broadway, Twitter & (of Course!) His Sister Ariana" ), Billboard.com, November 5, 2015〕 His half-sister is singer and actress Ariana Grande,〔Lindner, Emilee. ("Ariana Grande Lashes Out in Defense of Her Brother" ), MTV, August 12, 2014, accessed October 21, 2014; and Lovece, Frank. ("Ariana Grande, raised Catholic, turns to Kabbalah over brother Frankie Grande's homosexuality" ), ''Newsday'', October 21, 2014〕 and he has a half-brother, James Marchione.〔Gilkas, Bruce. ("Victor Marchione, son Frankie J. Grande and brother James Marchione pose at his new show ''Livin' La Vida Grande'' at 54 Below on January 20, 2015 in New York City" ), Getty Images, January 20, 2015; and Grande, Frankie. ("Watching the @Giants game with my little bro @Marchione1998" ), Twitter, November 8, 2015〕 Grande is openly gay.〔〔Turano, Sammi. ("Big Brother 16: Ariana Grande's Brother Cast" ), tvgrapevine.com, July 20, 2014〕 He graduated from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania in 2005, having triple-majored in biology, theatre and dance.〔 He considered medical school but decided to take a year off to pursue theatre.〔 He began his professional performing career by 2007, when he appeared as Boots the Monkey in a national tour of ''Dora the Explorer Live! (Dora's Pirate Adventure)'' and in regional theatre productions including the title role in ''George M!'', Mike Costa in ''A Chorus Line'' and Lewis in ''Pippin'', among others.〔Gans, Andrew. ("''Mamma Mia!'s'' Grande Named Mr. Broadway 2007" ), ''Playbill'', May 2, 2007, accessed July 26, 2014〕〔Sobel, Jon. ("''Big Brother's'' Frankie J. Grande, Half-Brother of Ariana Grande, Returning to Broadway in ''Rock of Ages''" ), ''Classicalite'', October 22, 2014〕 Later in 2007, he joined the Broadway cast of the musical ''Mamma Mia!'', in the ensemble and as understudy for Eddie,〔("Frankie James Grande" ), Playbill Vault, accessed July 26, 2014; ("Who's Who – Frankie James Grande" ), Broadway theatre program for ''Born Yesterday'', April 24, 2011, reprinted at Playbill Vault, accessed July 26, 2014; and ("Who's Who – Frankie James Grande" ), Broadway theatre program for ''Hamlet'', October 5, 2009, reprinted at Playbill Vault, accessed July 26, 2014〕 in which he performed for three years.〔〔Outwater, Myra Yellin. ("Muhlenberg opens summer musical season with ''Crazy for You''" ), ''The Morning Call'', June 5, 2013, accessed July 26, 2014〕 Grande was named "Mr. Broadway" in the "Mr. Broadway 2007" charity benefit.〔 He co-founded the non-profit arts organization "Broadway in South Africa", travelling to South Africa to teach performance arts to disadvantaged youth for seven years, before it merged with buildOn.〔Kupin, Jacob and Timothy Carroll. ("Frankie Grande – Interview" ), CreativeSpotlights.com, October 16, 2012, accessed July 26, 2014; Fullerton, Krissie. ("Grande, Vivino, Umphress and More Help Broadway in South Africa Celebrate the Holidays" ), ''Playbill'', December 14, 2010, accessed July 26, 2014; and Schreiber, Abby. ("Frankie Grande: Bad Boy of Twitter, Broadway and Big Brother (and Ariana's Brother)" ), ''Paper'' magazine, November 19, 2014〕 In 2013, Grande helped buildOn to build a school in a rural village in Malawi, in southeastern Africa, and in 2014 buildOn honored him for his efforts with its Global Impact Award.〔("buildOn Honors Frankie James Grande" ), buildon.org, May 2014; ("Frankie Grande School" ), buildOn.org, accessed July 28, 2014; and ("Frankie J. Grande Returns to Broadway in ''Rock of Ages'' Tonight" ), BroadwayWorld.com, November 10, 2014〕〔A 2015 video of Grande in Malawi shows him viewing the school that he helped to build there in 2013 and beginning a new school. Grande, Frankie. ("Frank Grande School Malawi" ), YouTube.com, January 6, 2015〕 Grande is an anti-smoking advocate.〔Grande, Frankie. ("Frankie Grande: Smoking 'Ain't Cute,' Guys" ), ''The Advocate'', April 1, 2015; and Grande, Frankie. (2015 cover of "Left Swipe Dat" anti-smoking PSA ), YouTube, March 23, 2015〕 Grande has produced shows on and off Broadway, including Broadway productions of ''Hamlet'' (2009) starring Jude Law, ''La Bête'' (2010–11) starring David Hyde Pierce, and ''Born Yesterday'' (2011) starring Jim Belushi.〔〔〔McPhee, Ryan. ("Broadway in the House! Frankie James Grande, Brother of Ariana Grande, to Compete on New Season of Big Brother" ), Broadway.com, June 19, 2014, accessed December 3, 2014〕 He also produced Brooke Shields' one-woman cabaret show in 2011.〔〔("Photo Coverage: Brooke Shields Plays Feinstein's" ), BroadwayWorld.com, February 2, 2011, accessed July 30, 2014〕 Grande has performed in cabaret acts in New York City, including at Birdland Jazz Club〔Blank, Matthew. ("'Miranda Sings Christmas Spectacular', With Lauren Kennedy and Frankie Grande" ), ''Playbill'', December 20, 2011, accessed July 26, 2014〕 and 54 Below.〔Gioia, Michael. ("Katie Thompson Celebrates Christmas With a 'K' Dec. 3 at 54 Below With Frankie James Grande, Julia Mattison and More" ), ''Playbill'', December 3, 2013, accessed July 26, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frankie Grande」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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