Birmingham’s Jordan Fisher Tackles Iconic Role In Fox’s Live Broadcast Of “Rent”

By Alec Harvey

Jordan Fisher was a 9-year-old in Trussville, outside of Birmingham, when he first was exposed to “Rent,” albeit illegally.

“A buddy of mine gave me a bootleg of the show, and I fell in love with it,” says Fisher, who got an early start doing theater at Red Mountain Theatre Company in Birmingham. “I binged it, watched it six or seven times over the course of a weekend.”

Now, 15 years later, after starting a recording career, starring in TV series such as “Liv and Maddie” and “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” gaining fans in Disney’s “Teen Beach” TV movies, starring in “Grease: Live” on TV and “Hamilton” on Broadway, not to mention winning the 25th season of “Dancing With the Stars,” Fisher is about to tackle what he calls a dream role. He stars as Mark in “Rent,” airing live on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. central time on Fox.

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