Broadway Actors’ Biographies.
Danny Burstein
Broadway: A Class Act; Titanic; Company; Saint Joan; The Seagull; Three Men On A Horse; A Little Hotel On The Side; The Flowering Peach. Off-Broadway: Mrs. Farnsworth; Psych; All In The Timing; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; The Boys From Syracuse; Sail Away; Merrily We Roll Along; Weird Romance. Regional: Harmony – La Jolla (Drama-Logue Award); Time And Again – Old Globe, Harold & Maude – Paper Mill. Film/TV: Transamerica; BBC-TV’s Fabulous; Conviction; Law & Order; Ed; Hope & Faith. Recordings/Commercials: a whole lot of ‘em. Beautiful wife: Rebecca Luker. Genius sons: Alexander and Zachary.
Georgia Engel
Launched her theatrical career playing Minnie Fay in Hello Dolly with Ethel Merman. She then joined the original production of House Of Blue Leaves. She also appeared as Mickey in My One And Only. She co-starred as Sister Mary Leo in Nunsense: The 20th Anniversary Tour and Sister Amnesia in Nunsense and Nunsense Jamboree. On television, she played Georgette in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (2 Emmy nominations). Recently, she appeared as Pat McDougal in Everybody Loves Raymond (3 Emmy nominations). A grateful member of equity for over 35 years, Georgia gives special thanks to her teachers over a lifetime and to her precious family and friends.
Sutton Foster
Broadway: Jo in Little Women (Tony Award nomination); Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award); Eponine in Les Misérables; the 20th Anniversary of Annie; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Grease. Other New York: performed concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Joe’s Pub; Actors’ Fund benefit performances of Funny Girl and Chess. National Tours: Les Misérables; Grease; The Will Rogers Follies. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse; Old Globe Theatre; Pittsburgh CLO; Goodspeed Opera House. Recordings: Little Women and Thoroughly Modern Millie original Broadway cast recordings; The Maury Yeston Songbook. Proud Equity Member.
Danny Burstein
Broadway/Off-Broadway: Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis; Elvis in the short-lived The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public; Craig Prince in the infamous Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. National Tours: Corny Collins in Hairspray; Teddy Slaughter in The Full Monty. Los Angeles: The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert), The Masada, Bells are Ringing (Blake Barton) and Strike Up the Band (Timothy) for Reprise!. Regional: Boulevard of Broke Dreams (Harry Warren) at Coconut Grove Playhouse; Violet (Monty) at Laguna Playhouse; That’s Christmas at the Shubert, Chicago. TV: The Drew Carey Show; Beverly Hills, 90210 (Phil Harris); Disney’s Geppetto; The Kennedy Center Honors; The Rosie O’Donnell Show.
Edward Hibbert
Broadway: After The Night And The Music; Wicked; Seussical; Carousel (Lincoln Center); Sweeney Todd; Singin’ In The Rain. Off-Broadway: Takin’ A Chance On Love (Obie Award); Assassins; Godspell; The Gifts Of The Magi; Eating Raoul; Flora, The Red Menace; A Little Night Music. National Tours: 42nd Street; Show Boat directed by Harold Prince. Regional: Dracula; The Gamester; 3hree; Man of La Mancha; George in George M!. TV: Mary and Rhoda; Law and Order; New York Undercover; S.V.U.; Wonderland; Out Of The Box. Cartoon Voices: Doug, PB, and J Otter. Film: Quiz Show; Jennifer 8.
Garth Kravits
Off-Broadway: Toxic Audio; Loudmouth. Regional: The Drowsy Chaperone, Los Angeles; The Lion in Winter (with Ed Asner); Sheldon Harnick’s Dragons; Esther and Brighton Beach Memoirs, Toronto. Film: Sweet November. TV: Nash Bridges; Hollywood Squares. Garth spent the last seven years singing worldwide with the rock band The House Jacks. Love to Josephine, Louis, Delia and Sly, now and always. Member of Actors’ Equity since 1993.
Lenny Wolpe
Broadway: Craven in Sly Fox. New York: Making Faces with Kravits and Jones (U.S. Comedy Festival Award), Rumble in the Redroom. Regional: Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Henry V (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC); Free Will and Wanton Lust, Goodnight Desdemona…, Billy Nobody, (Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company); The Diary of Anne Frank, Season’s Greetings, Tintypes (Roundhouse Theatre). Film: The Stepford Wives; Sweet November. TV: Richard Bay on The Practice; Roger on Wanda at Large; guest appearances include Friends; Law & Order: SVU; Yes, Dear; According to Jim; CSI; Becker; Strong Medicine; Everybody Loves Raymond; Ed; Gilmore Girls. Member AEA.
Linda Mugleston
Broadway: Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street (revival); Tess in the original company of Crazy for You; Mrs. Bixby in the original company of The Civil War; Ellie in Hal Prince’s Show Boat; Anytime Annie in 42nd Street. Other New York/Off-Broadway: Mrs. Ford in Lone Star Love, Mary in The Jazz Singer, and Beth in An Unfinished Song. Regional: Miss Hannigan in Annie; Countess in A Little Night Music; Vera in Mame. TV: Ryan’s Hope; Nickolodeon; Law & Order: Criminal Intent, numerous commercials. Family: husband John Milne and sons T.J. and Sam. Thanks, Lynn and Ruby. Member of Actors’ Equity since 1981.
Natalie Venetia Belcon
Broadway: Once On This Island (original cast recording); Ain’t Misbehavin’; Big River; The Gospel at Colonus; Dreamgirls (dir. Michael Bennett). Off-Broadway: Dessa Rose (Lincoln Center/NY Drama Desk Nominee); From the Mississippi Delta (Circle in the Square); Once On This Island. Regional: Polk County (McCarter Theatre, Berkeley Rep/Bay Area Theater Critics Award); Smokey Joe’s Café (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities); Dreamgirls (CLOSBC/ 2000 Ovation Award-winner); South Pacific (CLOSBC). Raisin (ICT, Long Beach/LA Drama Critics Circle Award nominee); The King and I (Sacramento Music Circus). TV: Guest-starring roles on Crossing Jordan, Kate Brasher, Law & Order, and The Hughleys.
Bob Martin
The Drowsy Chaperone (NAMT’s 2004 Festival of New Musicals, Ahmanson) Canadian Credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Fringe of Toronto, Theatre Passe Muraille, Winter Garden), An Awkward Evening With Martin and Johnson, The Good Life, Alumni Café, Skippy’s Rangers (National Tour), Second City Toronto (Artistic Direct 2003-2004): Invasion Free Since 1812 (Dir.), Sordido Deluxo (Dir.), Old, Wine New Bottles, What Fresh Mel Is This?, Last Tango On Lombard, Tragically Ohip, Second City National Touring Company (Two National Tours). Film: Childstar, Last Night, Torso, Clubland. Television: Puppets Who Kill (Series Regular), Made in Canada, Burnt Toast, Getting Along Famously, Slings & Arrows. Television Writing: Sling & Arrows (Writer, Creative Producer), Made in Canada, Twitch City. Four Gemini Nominations, One LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Five Canadian Comedy Awards, 2004 WGC Screenwriting Award for Slings & Arrows. Bob is happily married to Janet Van De Graaff.
Patrick Wetzel
Broadway/Off-Broadway: The Producers; The Scarlet Pimpernel; High Society; Once Upon A Mattress; Victor/Victoria; She Loves Me; The Secret Garden; La Cage Aux Folles (original production); Change in the Heir; Forbidden Broadway; No Frills Revue. Other New York: 1-2-3-4-5 (Manhattan Theatre Club); White Lies. National Tours: Cats; Annie; Singin’ In The Rain; Hello, Dolly! Regional: The Drowsy Chaperone (Ahmanson Theater), George M!, Lucky In The Rain (Goodspeed); The Times (Long Wharf); Das Barbecü; Happy End; The Hostage (Center Stage Baltimore). Film: The Producers; 1999. TV: Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Law & Order: SVU; Curb Your Enthusiasm. Member of Actors’ Equity since 1981.
Jay Douglas
Broadway: The Sound of Music, Copperfield, Into the Light, Onward Victoria. Off-Broadway: Mayor, Brownstone, Company, The Wonder Years. National Tours: Little Shop of Horrors, …Forum, South Pacific. Regional: Baker’s Wife (Baker), Gypsy (Herbie opposite Betty Buckley). Allergist’s Wife (Papermill Playhouse), A Class Act, Radio Gals (Pasadena Playhouse), Rothschilds, No Way to Treat a Lady (Coconut Grove), Fiddler… (Tevye in six productions), Fiorello, She Loves Me (Reprise-LA). TV: Series Regular: Baby Talk, You’re the One. Guest Star on over 80 shows from L.A. Law, ER, Six Feet Under, And the Band Played On to Golden Girls, Ally McBeal and The Chappelle Show.
Kecia Lewis-Evans
Broadway Debut! 5 National Tours, 2 feature films, 1 TV show, countless regional productions, several starring roles, Landscape Designer (inside/out design), and Creative Director for Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. A 20-year member of Actors’ Equity, 1 husband, 1 son, 2 cats and a sweet little bungalow in Burbank.
Beth Leavel
Broadway/Off: Grease! (Rizzo), Saturday Night Fever, Bat Boy, Avenue X. Tours: Les Misérables (Eponine), Grease! (Rizzo), Starlight Express. Film: West of Brooklyn, Parting Words, Lucky, The Kids Table (NY Indie Best Supporting Actress Award), Grind. 2004 & 2005 HBO Aspen Comedy Festivals (FOR THE KIDS Sketch). AEA Member. To my sweetheart, Danny.
Troy Britton Johnson
Broadway: ‘Young Buddy’ in Follies; Thoroughly Modern Millie. Off-Broadway: ‘Dino’ in Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night; ‘Pete’ in Summer of ’42. National Tour: Jimmy Smith in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Regional: Marty (Huntington Theatre); The Possession of Mrs. Jones (Zephyr Theatre). Film: Contradictions of the Heart. TV: Commander in Chief, Numb3rs, Night Stalker. AEA Member.
Jason Kravits
Broadway: The Producers (performed by Leo Bloom), Thou Shalt Not (cast album), Annie Get Your Gun (cast album), Ain’t Broadway Grand. Other NY: Sondheim’s Opening Doors at Carnegie Hall, Golden Boy and Pajama Game (Encores!) National tours: The Producers (LA), Joseph… Dreamcoat (w/ Donny Osmond). Television/film: The Producers, Today, Rosie O’Donnell, Tony Awards. Proud AEA member.
Amy Spanger
Broadway: Little Me, Opening Doors (Carnegie Hall) Off-Broadway: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Reefer Madness. Nat’l Tours: The Boy Friend (Maisie). Proud member of Actors Equity. Love to Joel.
John Bolton
Broadway: The Full Monty (Malcolm); Miss Saigon (Chris). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Matt). Television: The Dana Carvey Show. Regional: Old Wicked Songs (Stephen); Very Good Eddie (The Frenchman, Goodspeed); Crazy For You (Bobby).
Jenifer Foote
B’way: #5. Off-Broadway: Lone Star Love. World Premiere: A Girl Called Dusty as Dusty Springfield. Tours: Evita, Beauty and Beast, Jerome Robbins, Heartstrings. Regional: Eva, Kate, Mrs. Anna, Grizabella. Soundtracks: “Shaggy Dog,” “Enchanted.” Thanks Case!
Richard Vida
Broadway: La Cage, Sunset Blvd., Guys & Dolls, Cats, Anything Goes. National Tours: Hairspray, The Full Monty, Big, Sugar Babies, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. 8 City Center Encores!. TV: Law & Order: SVU.
Joey Sorge
Broadway: In My Life, Encores! Bye Bye Birdie. Regional: White Christmas (Mike Nulty, Original Cast), Crazy for You (Papermill/PBS), King of Hearts (Goodspeed). Member AEA.OBC Albums Rule! Thanks, Broadway Angel.
Glenn Turner
Broadway: 42nd Street, The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, Once upon a Mattress, Showboat, City of Angels. TV: Law and Order: SVU, Hope and Faith, Newhart, Picket Fences. Love to Laurie, Emily and Alex.