Filming in Manhattan gives Gossip Girl access to lots of East Coast talent, and one of Broadway’s young hunks is about to make his television debut on the CW series.  Jesse Swenson is currently involved in the stage musical Spring Awakening, both as an ensemble cast member and understudy for the role of “Melchior.”  There’s speculation in the Gossip community that he’ll be playing “Leo,” a character Jenny befriends and dates in the novel I Like it Like That…but who knows?  We do know that Jesse studied theatre at the Boston Conservatory, and is the lead vocalist of a new wave, power-pop British band (isn’t everyone, these days?) called Bubble & Squeak.  They recorded an album in 2005, and recently issued their second full-length release, “Dancing is an Emotion”, to iTunes.  The triple-threat newcomer also has a film role—his first—in Fade to White, currently shooting in New York.  Will Jesse attend prep school with the other social clique-sters?  Find out, when five new episodes begin April 14 on WBNX.

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