Local actor ‘pumped’ to perform Queen rock musical at Caesars
Local actor Sean Sennett spent his 25th birthday on a stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City — making his off-broadway debut.
“It was the most incredible experience I have ever had in my entire life,” Sennett said. The Windsor local landed a role in the Queen jukebox musical “We Will Rock You” which will be making a stop in his hometown Friday and Saturday to perform at Caesars Windsor Colosseum.
“You just look out at the end of the show and everybody has their phones out and you know, their flashlights on swinging them through the air and it’s just mesmerizing, like a sea of stars or something — it’s just unbelievable.”
“We Will Rock You,” based on the music of Queen with a book by Ben Elton, tells the story of a group of Bohemians living in a post-apocalyptic Orwellian state in the distant future, where everyone thinks, dresses and acts the same. The Bohemians are on a mission to restore the world of free-thinking, fashion and rock music.
“It’s really a rockin’ show,” Sennett said. “It sort of feels like a concert but you get that theatre experience as well, because like Freddie (Mercury) said, any of his stuff that’s performed is a theatrical experience rather than a live concert.”
Sennett plays Paul Mccartney, as the Bohemians choose their names from past posters that have lasted through the century. He describes Paul as off-kilter and a little crazy with a “sweet mohawk.”
“Since it’s so far in the future and they ’ve been disconnected from, I guess, proper society there’s just this animalistic nature to them that’s sort of like rock ’n roll in their gut.” he said.
Since September, Sennett has been touring North America, resting most nights in a coffin bunk in the bus’s sleeping quarters with 12 of his castmates as the show rolls from city to city.
“It’s exhausting that’s for sure when you have shows in different cities every single day,” he said. “We had a stretch where we had
seven different shows in seven different cities.”
He said the experience so far has been “fantastic,” citing the birthday show as a tour highlight so far. His family flew from Windsor to New York City that day to watch Sennett take the stage at the Hulu Theatre in Madison Square Garden.
He said he’s “pumped” to bring the show to Windsor, and thinks it will be one of the best, filled with many friends and family seeing the show for the first time.
“To play Caesars Windsor, you know you grow up with this place being there ... and all these stars come,” Sennett said.
“I saw the Tenors there and I absolutely adore them, and I get to perform on the same stage as them and rock the crowd in Windsor, it’s going to be great.”
“I just want to thank everybody there and I can’t wait to see everyone.”