Brandon Uranowitz

Brandon Uranowitz
Occupation
  • Stage actor
  • Television actor

Brandon Uranowitz is an American stage and television actor,[1] best known for one of the lead roles in Baby It's You!, the Broadway musical which tells the story of singer Florence Greenberg. [2] [3] [4] Prior to Baby, It's You!, Uranowitz had the role of Mark on the national tour of Rent.[5]

Background

Uranowitz grew up in New Jersey and graduated from New York University with a degree in theater arts from their Tisch School of the Arts. Uranowitz also had minor appearances in the television series Law & Order: CI, As the World Turns and Soul Man.

Career

Theater

Uranowitz trained at NYU and had roles in off-Broadway productions prior to being cast in Rent. He was part of the ensemble cast of Evita at the Papermill Playhouse, held the roles of Richard in Richard III and the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well at Classical Studio, the role of Cardinal Bellarmin in Galileo at The Skirball Center, the role of Dante in Only Children at The Abe Burrows Theatre, the role of Feste in Twelfth Night at the Kirk Theatre,[6] and the role of Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs / Broadway Bound at the Old Globe.[7][8]

In the jukebox musical Baby It's You!, Uranowitz played the role of Stanley,[4] the blind composer and son of Florence Greenberg as played by the Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel.[2][3][9] In their review of the musical, Variety made note that the "show is continually perked up by... ...Brandon Uranowitz (as a long-suffering press guy and Goldberg's blind son)."[3] Uranowitz is currently in the Broadway production of An American in Paris. He was nominated for a Tony Award for this role.

Recognition

Of Uranowitz's appearance as Feste in Twelfth Night, MusicOMH wrote "Uranowitz rocks it... ...playing the fool character with restrained glee.",[10] Play Shakesphere wrote "Brandon Uranowitz’ effortless command of the language and, again, his willingness to explore his characters’ depth makes him absolutely spellbinding."[11] For his performance, Uranowitz received a Play Shakesphere Falstaff Award nomination for 'Best Supporting Performance, Male'.[12]

Of Uranowitz's contribution as part of the ensemble cast in the Julius Shulman's 1998 production The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway, The New York Times wrote he "was a testament to youthful enthusiasm and lung power".[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Brandon Uranowitz". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Winer, Linda (September 2, 2012). "review: "Baby It's You!". Newsday. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Suskin, Steven (April 27, 2011). "review: Baby It's You!". Variety. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brown, Scott (Apr 27, 2011). "Black Music Gets Whitewashed Again in Baby It’s You!". New York Magazine. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ Lapointe, André (January 10, 2010). "Rent : The Broadway Tour". Regard en Coulisse (in French). Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Gregory (January 2009). "Review, Twelfth Night". Curtain Up. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  7. ↑ Lowerison, Jean (October 7, 2010). "Old Globe double-dips with Neil Simon’s "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound"". San Diego Gay & Lesbian News. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  8. ↑ Hebert, James (September 26, 2010). "Globe's 'Broadway' a brooding return to Brooklyn". San Diego Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  9. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (April 27, 2011). "review: "Baby It's You!". New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  10. ↑ Patterson, Richard (September 2, 2012). "review: Twelfth Night". musicOMH. Retrieved January 2009.
  11. ↑ Barbot, Matthew (January 15, 2009). "If Music Be the Food of Love, Rock On". Play Shakesphere. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Falstaff Awards for 2009". Play Shakesphere. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ Graeber, Laurel (January 9, 1998). "Family Fare". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2012.

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