ObituariesBroadway Alum Aaron Carter Passes Away At 34
The child star played JoJo in Seussical, as well as Matt in the long running Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks.
By
Margaret Hall
November 05, 2022
Former child star and Broadway alum Aaron Carter passed away November 5 in Lancaster, California. He was 34. A cause of death has not been given.
Born December 7, 1987, Mr. Carter was thrust into the spotlight from an early age as the younger brother of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter. Soon he pursued a music career of his own, opening for the boy band in 1997 at only 10 years old. He quickly became one of the last teen idols of the 20th century, with his debut self-titled album achieving gold status, and his sophomore effort Aaron's Party (Come Get It) selling more than three million copies in 2000.
In 2001, Mr. Carter came to Broadway, playing JoJo in Seussical during the final months of the production's run. In 2011, he returned to the stage as Matt in The Fantasticks, extended multiple times due to audience demand. A scheduled 2021 stage appearance in the Las Vegas engagement of Naked Boys Singing was cancelled.
Mr. Carter is survived by his son, Prince.
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Carter Debuts in The Fantasticks
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Carter Debuts in The Fantasticks
Pop singer Aaron Carter returned to the New York Stage in the long-running Off-Broadway production of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks, beginning Nov. 7 at the Snapple Theatre Center. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Juliette Trafton, Matt Dengler and Aaron Carter
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Bill Bateman, Juliette Trafton, Aaron Carter and Tom Flagg
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
Surrounded by period-accurate, 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
