At the end of 2023 it is announced that Jeangu will play the role of Jesus in the rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, directed by Ivo van Hove. The theater spectacle runs from January 2024 to November 2024 and receives rave 5-star reviews in all national newspapers. Jeangu is also nominated for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Major Musical at the 2024 Musical Awards. His new single Young, Awkward & Lonely is released on April 26, 2024
JEANGU MACROOY
In The Nieuwe Kerk
Monday 18 November 2024
The seeds for the musical journey of Jeangu Macrooy (Paramaribo, 1993) are planted when he receives a guitar from his parents at age thirteen. Shortly after, a musical duo is formed with his
twin brother Xillan. However, Jeangu’s musical ambitions are big, and lead to his move from Suriname to the Netherlands in 2014. There, a musical collaboration takes off with producer/composer Perquisite, who signs him to his label Unexpected Records and becomes his music producer and manager. His debut EP Brave Enough (2016) is released in April 2016 and from that moment on, Jeangu’s career finds itself on the fast track. He is named 3FM Talent, performs as a supporting act for artists including Selah Sue, is a recurring guest on Dutch
national television talk show De Wereld Draait Door, plays at Eurosonic Noorderslag and is nominated for Best New Artist at the Edison Pop Awards (Dutch Grammys)
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