Seventeen-year-old Ramon Reed is truly one talented individual. Disney Channel fans will unquestionably recognize Reed from his stint on the hit show, Just Roll With It. Broadway aficionados will know him as Young Simba in “The Lion King”. Well, Reed is headed to capture the hearts of a new target audience as he stars in the Netflix feature adaption of 13: The Musical.
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As per Deadline, the musical, which ran from October 2008 to January 2009, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, follows twelve-year-old Evan Goldman. Goldman moves from NYC to small-town Indiana and has to grapple with his parents’ divorce as he prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, in addition to navigating the complicated social circles of a new school.
13: The Musical, the Broadway version, was first at featuring an all-teenage cast and band. Also according to the popular news outlet, 13: The Musical served as professional debuts of two of musics most famous faces: Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies.
In addition to Reed, 13: The Musical, will also star another BCKOnline favorite face, JD McCrary (Black Is King, The Lion King, The Payne’s, Little).
Additional cast include Eli Golden (The Wizard of Lies), Gabriella Uhl, Frankie McNellis (Sony’s Honey Girls, Black-ish), Lindsey Blackwell (The Change-Up), Jonathan Lengel, Nolen Dubuc (Good Boys), Luke Islam (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers), Shechinah Mpumlwana (Uncorked, Blue’s Clues & You), Kayleigh Cerezo, Wyatt Moss (The Move), Liam Wignall, and Khiyla Aynne (Work It, Ponysitters Club).
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Recently, Reed sat down with JustJaredJr.com and shared ten fun facts that we all need to know about him. Check out what he had to say about his new passion, favorite dinner, and more.
What’s Ramon’s newest passion?
My new found passion is trading options in the stock market.
What’s Ramon’s favorite dinner?
My favorite dinner is homemade meatloaf, garlic mashed potatoes and green beans.
What pass time does Ramon enjoy the most?
One of my enjoyable pass time activity is playing Solitaire.
This fruit is definitely not on Ramon’s top-ten favorites list.
I strongly dislike cantaloupe. I’m really not sure how people like this fruit.
Ramon has a sweet tooth!
My favorite snacks are oatmeal cream pies and freshly baked sugar cookies.
How many push-ups can Ramon do?
I do 200 push-ups a day.
Ramon has added podcaster to his resume!
I have a new podcast out called A Rare Moment with Ramon Reed. You can listen and watch here @raremomentpodcast.
To fold or not to fold..not is the answer.
I love washing clothes, but I do not like folding them. Someone should invent a clothes folding machine.
Ramon was nervous to take on his latest role.
Because it had been some time since I sang and danced at the same time, I was extremely nervous to take on the role of Eddie in 13: The Musical.
Ramon wants to become a pet owner, one day.
I love dogs but never owned one. I’ve been asking for a pet dog for at least 4 years, hopefully my request will be granted in the near future.
13: The Musical premieres Friday, (8/12), on Netflix!
