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GARY BEACH A native of Alexandria, Virginia, and a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, Mr. Beach was nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Albin in the revival of La Cage aux Folles. Mr. Beach received 2001 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his performance as Roger DeBris in Mel Brook's smash The Producers. He filmed the much-anticipated big-screen version of that show. He also created the role of Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, winning both Tony and Ovation award nominations. Other Broadway credits include Annie, Doonesbury, The Moony Shapiro Songbook, Broadway Bash and Sweet Adeline (Encores!), Something's Afoot and 1776. Mr. Beach appeared in the original Los Angeles productions of both Beauty and the Beast and Les Misérables and toured nationally with the James Kirkwood comedy Legends! starring real-life legends Mary Martin and Carol Channing. Regionally, Mr. Beach appeared in Closer Than Ever (L.A. premiere), Lend Me a Tenor, She Loves Me (Comet Award), Of Thee I Sing (Helen Hayes nomination). Television audiences may have seen him on the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors (where he portrayed Mrs. Wiggins honoring his friend, Carol Burnett), Recording The Producers, Queer as Folk, Jamie Foxx, Murder She Wrote, Cheers, Sisters and so on. Other film work includes Defending Your Life and Man of the Century. Recordings: The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, Home for the Holidays, Les Misérables (symphonic version) and Sondheim at the Movies.
Bio as of August, 2006.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Design - September, 1994 - Watch now.
Downstage Center (audio)
Gary Beach - February, 2005 - Listen Now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
Website:
www.garybeach.com
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