Gary Beach
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Gary Beach is a Tony Award-winning American actor, primarily in Broadway musical theatre.
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[edit] Biography
He was born on October 10, 1947 in Alexandria, Virginia, and is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, the same school as Terrence Mann, his Beauty and the Beast costar.
He and his partner, Jeff Barnett, live in New York City.
[edit] Career
His television credits include the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors, "Recording the Producers" (a documentary for PBS), Queer as Folk, Murder, She Wrote, Cheers, Sisters, Arli$$, and Saved by the Bell.
He performed in the chorus of Les Misérables: The Complete Symphonic Recording.
A familiar and popular Broadway performer, Beach has had several notable career highlights, including creating the roles of Lumiere (Tony Award nominee) in Beauty and the Beast in 1994, and Roger DeBris in The Producers, for which he won the Tony in 2001. As Zaza/Albin in the 2004/5 revival of La Cage aux Folles, he earned another Tony nomination. Beach returned to his role as Roger De Bris in The Producers while the movie version was in release, thus becoming the first artist to play the same part on Broadway and in a film at the same time.
Other Broadway credits include Annie, Doonesbury, The Moony Shapiro Songbook, Broadway Bash, Sweet Adeline (Encores), Something's Afoot and 1776.
He toured nationally with the James Kirkwood comedy Legends! starring real life legends Mary Martin and Carol Channing.
In addition to his Broadway credits, Beach is well known for his Summer stock theatre performances. For years he would return to Sacramento as a Music circus favorite. His last performance there was in the show "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum". It was after this production that he went into rehearsals for "The Producers".
Beach played Thénardier, the role that he originated in the original Los Angeles production, in the recent revival of Les Misérables on Broadway, at the Broadhurst Theatre. Beginning in March 2008, Beach assumed the lead role of King Arthur in the Broadway national tour of Spamalot and will stay with the tour until late summer.
[edit] Broadway theatre credits
- Spamalot (2008)
- Les Misérables (revival) (2006 - 2008)
- La Cage aux Folles (revival) (2004)
- Funny Girl (benefit concert) (2002)
- The Producers (2001)
- Beauty and the Beast (1994)
- Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy (1983)
- The Moony Shapiro Songbook (1981)
- Annie (1977 - 1983)
- Something's Afoot (1976)
- 1776 (1969 - 1972)
[edit] National tours
- Annie
- Beauty and the Beast
- Les Misérables
- Legends! (with Mary Martin and Carol Channing)
- Spamalot
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 2004 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical (La Cage Aux Folles)(nominee)
- 2001 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical (The Producers) (winner)
- 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical (The Producers) (winner)
- 2001 Drama Desk Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical (The Producers) (winner)
- 1994 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Beauty and the Beast) (nominee)
| Preceded by Boyd Gaines for Contact |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical 2001 for The Producers |
Succeeded by Shuler Hensley for Oklahoma! |
[edit] External links
- GaryBeach.com
- Gary Beach at the Internet Broadway Database
- Gary Beach at the Internet Movie Database
- Gary Beach - Downstage Center 2005 interview at American Theatre Wing.org
