Frankie Grande

At 41 years old, Frankie Grande has this physical status:

Life and career

Frankie Grande was born in New York City, the son of Victor Marchione, a surgeon, and Joan Grande, chief executive officer of telephone and alarm system firm Hose-McCann Communications. He grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, and went with his mother to Boca Raton, Florida, where he later attended Pine Crest School. In the fifth grade, he started performing in musicals. Ariana Grande, a singer and actress, is his half-sister, and he has a half-brother, James Marchione. Grande is openly gay. He graduated from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania in 2005, earning triple-majors in biology, theatre, and dance. He considered medical school but decided against going to the theatre for a year.

Boots the Monkey was a professional performer 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. He appeared in the production and understudy for Eddie in which he appeared for three years, and in 2007, he appeared in the musical Mamma Mia!

Grande produced Broadway and Off Broadway, including Broadway productions of Hamlet (2009) starring Jude Law and revivals of La Bête (2010-2011) starring Jim Belushi, as well as Broadway productions starring Jim Belushi. In 2011, Brooke Shields produced a one-woman cabaret performance. Grande has appeared in cabaret shows in New York City, including at Birdland Jazz Club and 54 Below. In the "Mr. Broadway 2007" charity benefit, Grande was named "Mr. Broadway." Bobby appeared in a summer theatre production of the musical Crazy for You, beginning in 2013. At the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York, he also performed his own show, Livin' la Vida Grande.

Grande appeared in a revival of the musical Pageant in February 2014. He appeared at DigiFest NYC in June of this year. Grande appeared on the US reality television show Big Brother 16 in mid-2014. "controversial" is a television show that has been on display on MTV for 12 weeks, with some surprising, triggering, and downright amazing moments. Grande came in 5th out of 16 applicants.

Franz in the musical Rock of Ages for a two-month engagement in November 2014, she returned to Broadway as Franz in the musical Rock of Ages. On Good Day New York, he performed "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and performed "Hit Me With Your Best Shot." He co-hosted the American Music Awards' red carpet pre-show in the same month. Grande was one of "Our Favorite YouTube Stars" in 2014, according to TV Guide. He was featured in a 2014 ABC Nightline segment about entertainers who use social media to promote their brands. Michael Musto, a writer for The New York Times in 2014, described Grande as "friskily optimistic." Another reporter referred to him as "unabashedly optimistic about life."

Billboard included Grande in its list of "32 of the top social media celebrities on the Internet today" in 2015. Grande appeared at 54 Below in January 2015 for his one-man cabaret performance. He appeared in a music video for Lance Bass and modeled for Malan Breton at New York Fashion Week in February. Grande appeared on Entertainment Tonight in March as the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards' youngest interviewer. He appeared in the documentary short film "Malan Breton: A Journey to Taiwan," which received the 2015 New York City International Film Festival award for "Best Short Documentary." He appeared at DigiFest New York in June and then served as a judge for the #JoeyShineVideo Contest the following month. Grande was a judge on America's Best Dance Crew All-Stars: Road to the VMAs, 2015. Worst.Post.Ever: Frankie Grande about social media faux pas. He appeared on Big Brother 17 for the first month. In 2015, he co-hosted the American Music Awards' red carpet pre-show. He appeared in numerous events on his sister's The Honeymoon Tour throughout the year. Grande was nominated for a People's Choice Award in 2016.

In Los Angeles in January 2016, Grande revived his autobiographical one-man show, Livin' La Vida Grande. He and his sister launched "Frankie by Ariana Grande" in the same month. Grande co-hosted Amazon.com's Style Code Live (SCL), which covers celebrity trends as well as fashion and beauty news and advice, beginning in March 2016. The show encourages viewers to search for the items discussed and also ask questions in a live format. Every weeknight, it's on the show. According to a Washington Post review, the show was "something like a mash-up between QVC and E! News from the New York Times. Over a weekend in June 2016, Grande performed his cabaret act, Livin' la Vida Grande, at The Box in New York City. In a 2016 episode, he appeared in a guest panelist on Logo TV's Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul. Grande appeared on the UK reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother 18, finishing in sixth place in July and August. He shot a segment on fashion in SCL's Celebrity Big Brother house, and he rejoined SCL full-time in September 2016. Grande continued to host SCL until May 2017.

On The Today Show, he and Olivia Culpo reviewed the 2017 Golden Globes fashions. During New York Fashion Week in February 2017, Grande modeled for Propaganda by Richie Richie Richie Rich and again for Breton. He released "Queen" and an accompanying music video about his influence by 1970s glam rock icons in May 2017. In June, he formed YouCam Make-up, which links to the single. On the week, "Queen" debuted at number 35 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart for the week, dated July 15, 2017. Grande appeared on the CBS TV game show Candy Crush in July. He appeared on Vimeo's Indoor Boys the month after; for this he was nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2018 Indie Series Awards. In September 2017, he appeared in "Live & Dangerous," a two-part episode of Nickelodeon's sitcom Henry Danger, Season 3. Grande appeared in the season 2 finale of Netflix's Haters Back Off as a fictionalized version of himself in October 2017. He appeared on Fuse TV in December on Trivial Takedown.

Grande appeared in The Unauthorized Musical Parody of: Rocky at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles in January 2018. He hosted the red carpet and performed at the Make-Up Artists and Hairstylist Guild Awards in Los Angeles next month. Frank-N-Furter appeared in The Rocky Horror Show in Los Angeles and later joined the cast of the off-Broadway show Cruel Intentions: The Musical at (Le) Poisson Rouge in March 2018. Grande reprised Frankini in a fourth season episode of Henry Danger titled "Captain Man-kini" and also appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race in May 2018. He appeared on Indoor Boys for the second time in July. In a Muhlenberg production of How to Succeed in Company Without Really Trying, he appeared as Finch. "His Finch is utterly charming and has an adorable innocence that defies the manipulative tactics he uses to get ahead." In August, he appeared in a parody jukebox performance based on Céline Dion's music, Titanique: In Conceret. He appeared in the show's return engagement later this year. During the Covid-19 pandemic and in a live version of the program carried on Google's streaming service Stellar, he continued to perform in Titanique in pop-up concert appearances in Los Angeles and New York.

Grande also performed his one-man show at nightclubs. In July 2019, Frankini performs "Henry Danger: The Musical," in which he puts a curse on Swellview that makes everyone sing rather than talk. In late 2019, he reprised his role as Franz in a Rock of Ages production in Los Angeles. In the 2020 film Spree, Grande played Richard. He appeared in the Macy Gray film "Undone" (1921. Frankini appeared in many episodes of Danger Force from 2020 to 2022, and he played Frankini. SpongeBob BingePants has been hosting the Nickelodeon podcast since 2021, alongside Hector Navarro. Grande reprised the role of Frankini in a crossover episode of Side Hustle, and from June to September, he reprises Victor Garber in an off-Broadway engagement at The Asylum Theatre.

Grande's social media following reached more than 400,000 YouTube followers and 30 million views on YouTube, more than 2 million followers on Instagram, and one million followers on Twitter as of 2022.

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