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Will Roland
Will Roland
Actor

Theatre

Will Roland is an American actor best known for originating the role of Jared in the Broadway musical "Dear Evan Hansen". He is also known for his role in the 2017 film "One Penny".

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Tym Moss
Actor and Live Event Host

Theatre

Tym Moss is one of today's most dynamic New York City entertainers. As a singer, actor, and songwriter for television, film, and theater, he performs live, and his music is available on all online outlets.

Tags: New York City

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Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Tony Award Nominee

Theatre

Thomas Jefferson Byrd was a character actor who played in several of director Spike Lee's films. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 2003 Broadway revival of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".

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Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
3-Time Academy Award Winner and 3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Theatre

In a career spanning over four decades, Stephen Schwartz has written such hit musicals as "Godspell" (1970), "Pippin" (1972), and "Wicked" (2003). He has won three Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and has been nominated for six Tony Awards.

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Shereen Ahmed
Shereen Ahmed
Actress, "My Fair Lady" on Broadway

Theatre

Shereen Ahmed is an actress, who is currently performing in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway. "My Fair Lady" is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

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Satomi Hofmann
Actress, "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway

Theatre

Satomi Hofmann is an actress, singer, musician, composer, and arranger living and working in the New York tri-state area. She is currently starring in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway, with the role Wardrobe Mistress/Confidante.

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Sarah Stiles
Sarah Stiles
Actress

Theatre

Sarah Stiles is known for her work in Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2015 for her performance in "Hand to God".

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Samantha Sturm
Samantha Sturm
Actress, "My Fair Lady" on Broadway

Theatre

Samantha Sturm is an actress, who is currently performing in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway. "My Fair Lady" is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

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Sam Shepard
Playwright, Actor, Author, Screenwriter, and Director

Theatre

Sam Shepard's body of work spanned over half a century. He was the author of forty-four plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play "Buried Child".

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Russell Fischer
Russell Fischer
Actor

Theatre

Standing 5"6' with a tenor voice and falsetto range, Russell Fischer landed the role of Joe Pesci in the Broadway company of "Jersey Boys", marking his Broadway debut. He spent the next six years as an understudy for the role of Frankie Valli as well.

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Rebecca Larkin
Rebecca Larkin
Actress

Theatre

Rebecca Larkin is an actress and director, known for the short films "The Rub" (2017), "The Mariner's Revenge" (2014), and "Understanding Conflict" (2013), as well as "South Pacific" and "Avenue Q" on Broadway.

Tags: Avenue Q · Broadway · The Rub · The Mariner's Revenge · Understanding Conflict · South Pacific · Actress · Director · Short Film · Lincoln Center Revival

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Perri Gaffney
Actress and Co-Author, "The Business of Broadway"

Theatre

Perri Gaffney adapted her debut novel, "The Resurrection of Alice", into a one-woman play that won the 2014 African-American Arts Alliance of Chicago Outstanding Actress Award, and the 2014 Black Theater Alliance's Best Lead Actress Award (Chicago).

Tags: Black Theater Alliance · Author · New York City · Audelco Awards · National Black Theatre Festival · Girl Friends · Short Stories · African-American Arts Alliance of Chicago · One-Woman Play · Monodrama

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Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone
Actress

Theatre

Patti LuPone is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.

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Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Actor, Director, Writer, and Producer

Theatre

Orson Welles was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film. In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two British Film Institute polls among directors and critics.

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Original Broadway Cast of Matilda the Musical
Original Broadway Cast of Matilda the Musical
Recording Group

Theatre

"Matilda the Musical" is a stage musical based on the 1988 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was adapted by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.

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Nkrumah Gatling
Actor

Theatre

Nkrumah Gatling is an actor, who played the roles of Marine and John in "Miss Saigon" on Broadway, as well as the role of Tribe in "Hair" on Broadway (July 5, 2011 - September 10, 2011).

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Nick Cordero
Nick Cordero
Tony Award Nominee

Theatre

Nick Cordero was a Canadian actor. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Cheech in the 2014 Broadway musical "Bullets Over Broadway".

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Nia Ashleigh
Actress, "The Lion King" on Broadway (January 16, 2012 - September 23, 2012)

Theatre

Nia Ashleigh is an actress who played the role of Young Nala in "The Lion King" on Broadway (January 16, 2012 - September 23, 2012).

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Neil Simon
Neil Simon
3-Time Tony Award Winner

Theatre

Neil Simon wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He received more combined Academy Award and Tony Award nominations than any other writer.

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Neal Bennington
Founder and Creative Director, Broadway Sings for Pride

Theatre

Neal Bennington founded Broadway Sings for Pride, in response to tragic suicides within the LGBTQ+ community. The live concert series has received support from Carol Channing, Neil Patrick Harris, Bernadette Peters, Channing Tatum, and many others.

Tags: Broadway · Carol Channing · Neil Patrick Harris · Bernadette Peters · Channing Tatum · Suicides · Nathan Lane · Wendy Williams · Joy Behar · New York City

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N'Kenge
Actress, "Motown: The Musical" on Broadway

Theatre

N'Kenge is an actress who originated the role of Mary Wells in "Motown: The Musical" on Broadway. This Broadway darling was recently seen on television, as a presenter at the 58th Annual New York Emmy Awards.

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Mitch Weiss
Entertainment Manager and Co-Author, “The Business of Broadway”

Theatre

Mitch Weiss has over 35 years of management experience in theatre and music. He has managed over 180 Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including Tony Award winners "A Chorus Line", "The Grapes of Wrath", and "Beauty and the Beast".

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Michael G. Carr
Stage Play Writer and Pastor

Theatre

Michael G. Carr is a noted stage play writer, producer, revered pastor, and entrepreneur, the New Jersey native has earned local acclaim in the theater community. As Founder of Initials Entertainment & Productions (IEP), he was able to quench his thirst.

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Matt Doyle
Matt Doyle
Actor

Theatre

Matt Doyle is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his work in "Spring Awakening", "War Horse" and "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway, and as Glenn Mangan/Juliet in the 2011 Shakespeare film adaptation "Private Romeo".

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Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry
Playwright and Writer

Theatre

Lorraine Hansberry was a playwright and writer. She was the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play "A Raisin in the Sun", highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation in Chicago.

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