Searching
for an Australian for a comedy production ... US comic and TV star Wayne Brady.
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The Daily Telegraph reports
US comedian Wayne Brady is set to enter the local TV market, with plans to scout for talent to star in a new project to be shot in Australia.
The Whose Line Is It Anyway? improv king, who is also the current co-host of the US version of Let's Make A Deal, is set to arrive in Sydney early next month for a series of live shows at the Enmore Theatre. He will also be scouting for candidates to star in an upcoming comedy production.
It's understood 40-year-old Brady wants a single comedian to build a series around, with the Grammy winner (and respected TV producer) planning a tour of local comedy clubs.
"My hope is at some point soon to create a sitcom or even a new improvised sitcom to shoot in Australia, because so many Australian actors, both in film and TV, are just so immensely talented," Brady told arts writer Chris Hook.
"Not just a little bit but talented enough to come across the water and get American roles and do it better than Americans and I think that's amazing. Also, comedically, you have the strongest guys so I'd like to find the next person (to break through) and come up with a vehicle to cast them.
"I might pop up in an improv club - so don't worry if you see me at the back of the club laughing."
An acclaimed stand-up comedian, Brady is considered one of the most versatile performers in Hollywood, having won a Grammy in 2008 for his cover of Sam Cooke's A Change Gon' Come.
He has also had recurring roles in sitcoms How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock, Everybody Hates Chris and voice roles in American Dad and Robot Chicken.
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