Jason Danieley

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Jason D. Danieley (born July 13, 1971, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor, singer, concert performer and recording artist. He is married to fellow Broadway star, Marin Mazzie.

Biography

The New York Times called Danieley “The most exquisite tenor on Broadway”.[1] After classical voice training at the University of Missouri and Southern Illinois University,[2] Danieley left without graduating and at the age of 25 made his Broadway debut in the Harold Prince-directed revival of Candide, as the title character. Prince was quoted in The New York Times as saying "It's unusual in the world of musical theater to find someone who can sing as well as he can act, mark my words: Jason has an extraordinary future ahead of him."

Just prior to his Broadway debut Danieley made a huge splash in the New York theatre community in a show written by Richard Rodgers’s grandson, Adam Guettel. The show was Floyd Collins, based on the tragedy of caver Floyd Collins. With a mixture of Appalachian and classical music, this was a good vehicle for Danieley's talents, having a classical background, but being raised on old-time, country and gospel music.

Danieley has starred in other Broadway hit shows like The Full Monty, also in London's West End and the Kander & Ebb musical Curtains. Composer John Kander wrote the song I Miss The Music specifically for him. He also starred at Carnegie Hall, as Lt. Joseph Cable, in the Emmy nominated concert version of South Pacific, which was filmed and aired on PBS’ Great Performances.

Danieley's career on and off Broadway combined with his classical background led to a natural crossover into singing with most of the country's leading symphonies and pops orchestras. A frequent guest artist with Boston, Philadelphia and New York Pops and The San Francisco Symphony he’s also appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (at the Hollywood Bowl), St. Louis, Utah, Minnesota and Buffalo Symphonies.

Danieley met his wife, Marin Mazzie, in an off-Broadway play that they performed together called Trojan Women: A Love Story.[3] In 2005 Danieley and Mazzie recorded their first album Opposite You on PS Classics. The Variety critic wrote "When they sing, the heart seems to beat a little faster…emotional strength to envelop the listener and melt the heart… This is one savvy pair...". The San Francisco Chronicle labeled them "Broadway's golden couple”. [citation needed]

Danieley launched his solo recording career with the self-titled album Jason Danieley & The Frontier Heroes, combining Americana music from the Great American Songbook and Broadway repertoire. His other recordings include the cast albums of Curtains, Floyd Collins, Candide, The Full Monty, Dream True, the compilation CDs of Jule Styne in Hollywood, The Stephen Schwartz Album and two Boston Pops albums, A Splash of Pops and My Favorite Things.

Danieley joined the cast of Broadway's Next to Normal, replacing Brian d'Arcy James in the role of Dan as of July 19, 2010, opposite Mazzie, who replaced Alice Ripley as Diana, making them a real-life couple portraying an onstage fictional married couple.

Family

Jason Danieley was born in St. Louis to Larry and Carole Danieley. He has been married to actress Marin Mazzie since October 19, 1997.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ New York Times review
  2. ↑ Jason Danieley Performer of the week
  3. ↑ Fitzgerald, T. J. "Mazzie and Danieley Making Beautiful Music at Feinstein's", BroadwayWorld.com, March 27, 2009

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