The actors from the current revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s “Merrily We Roll Along” have skyrocketed in Gold Derby’s combined odds for the 2024 Tony Awards nominations. The prediction center displays commanding leads for Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe to win their respective categories. This is an understandable result considering this revival is the hottest ticket in town and this trio of performers has been ever-present in the media. But how often does a trio of actors from the same production pull off three separate acting victories at the Tony Awards?
It’s quite common for a musical to grab two acting trophies, but three awards is much rarer. To date, only 15 musical productions have earned three acting wins. The first time this feat occurred was at the 1956 ceremony, which was ironically the first time the Tony Awards ever announced a slate of nominees (previously...
It’s quite common for a musical to grab two acting trophies, but three awards is much rarer. To date, only 15 musical productions have earned three acting wins. The first time this feat occurred was at the 1956 ceremony, which was ironically the first time the Tony Awards ever announced a slate of nominees (previously...
- 3/14/2024
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
We also dropped by a rehearsal for Cameron Mackintosh's new production of the landmark musical Les Misrables, directed by John Caird. It starred Alexander Gemignani, Aaron Lazar, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gary Beach and Norm Lewis. Mackintosh told Ridge, 'I'm delighted to have the opportunity. The only thing I never expected or dreamt of was getting such a wonderful cast as this. Everybody we ever dreamt of wanted to be in it. We found some marvelously talented people that we didn't know, and I think it's one of the strongest casts of Les Mizthat's ever been anywhere.'...
- 4/26/2020
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies that have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Denis Akiyama (1952-2018) - Canadian Actor. He co-starred in Johnny Mnemonic, Pixels, Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Pacifier, Repo Men and Dead Ringers. He actually died of cancer on June 28. (THR) Gary Beach (1947-2018) - Actor. Mostly known for stage work, he played the director Roger DeBris in the musical remake of The Producers after playing the role on Broadway. He died on July 17. (THR) Freda Black (1960-2018) - Lawyer. As an assistant district attorney in Durham, she was one of the...
- 8/2/2018
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Gary Beach, the Broadway actor who created the role of Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and The Beast and won a Tony Award for his unforgettable turn as director Roger DeBris in Mel Brooks’ The Producers, died Tuesday in Palm Springs. He was 70.
His death was announced by his agent Steven Unger. No cause was given.
“I am the happiest boy in the fifth grade,” Beach said as he accepted the 2001 Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He was nominated for the award two other times: In 1994 for Beauty and the Beast (same category) and 2001 as Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Albin in the revival of La Cage aux Folles.
“Gary Beach, an actor of consummate skill and artistry, was a glorious human being,” said The Baruch Frankel Routh Viertel Group, the producers of The Producers, “a gifted, generous and incredibly funny actor whose...
His death was announced by his agent Steven Unger. No cause was given.
“I am the happiest boy in the fifth grade,” Beach said as he accepted the 2001 Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He was nominated for the award two other times: In 1994 for Beauty and the Beast (same category) and 2001 as Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Albin in the revival of La Cage aux Folles.
“Gary Beach, an actor of consummate skill and artistry, was a glorious human being,” said The Baruch Frankel Routh Viertel Group, the producers of The Producers, “a gifted, generous and incredibly funny actor whose...
- 7/18/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Gary Beach, who earned a Tony Award in 2001 for Mel Brooks’ Broadway musical “The Producers,” died Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., his agent Steven Unger confirmed. No cause of death was given.
Beach also earned Tony nominations for playing Lumiere in Disney’s 1994 Broadway adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast” and the drag star Albin in the 2004 revival of Jerry Herman’s “La Cage aux Folles.”
But he is best remembered for his turn as the flamboyantly gay director Roger de Bris who tries to stage the musical-within-a-musical “Springtime for Hitler” in Brooks’ musical comedy “The Producers.”
He won wide acclaim — and one of the show’s record-breaking 12 Tony Awards — for the role, first played by Christopher Hewett in Brooks’ 1967 film of the same name. “I am the happiest boy in the fifth grade,” he said on accepting the award on the stage of Radio City Music Hall.
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Beach also earned Tony nominations for playing Lumiere in Disney’s 1994 Broadway adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast” and the drag star Albin in the 2004 revival of Jerry Herman’s “La Cage aux Folles.”
But he is best remembered for his turn as the flamboyantly gay director Roger de Bris who tries to stage the musical-within-a-musical “Springtime for Hitler” in Brooks’ musical comedy “The Producers.”
He won wide acclaim — and one of the show’s record-breaking 12 Tony Awards — for the role, first played by Christopher Hewett in Brooks’ 1967 film of the same name. “I am the happiest boy in the fifth grade,” he said on accepting the award on the stage of Radio City Music Hall.
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- 7/18/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The Hollywood Bowls production of The Producers ends its limited run tonight, July 29, 2012. The cast features Richard Kind as Max Bialystock, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leo Bloom, Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia, Gary Beach as Roger De Bris, Rebecca Romijn as Ulla and Dane Cook as Franz Liebkind. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you Part 2 of extensive photo coverage of the all-star cast onstage. Scroll below for Act 2 and the curtain call...
- 7/29/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Hollywood Bowls production of The Producers ends its limited run tonight, July 29, 2012. The cast features Richard Kind as Max Bialystock, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leo Bloom, Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia, Gary Beach as Roger De Bris, Rebecca Romijn as Ulla and Dane Cook as Franz Liebkind. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you Part 1 of extensive photo coverage of the all-star cast onstage in Act 1, as well as Mel Brooks at the show...
- 7/29/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Mel Brooks’ The Producers is typically a thoroughly New York affair, due to the fact that it’s a slapsticky, backstage musical about a pair of corrupt Broadway producers determined to make the biggest flop in the history of the Great White Way. But last night’s production of the musical at the Hollywood Bowl came off — as you might expect, in such a thoroughly historic Los Angeles location — as a very Tinseltown take on the show.
And it wasn’t only because Hollywood stars like Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Dane Cook, and Rebecca Romijn were starring in the show, but...
And it wasn’t only because Hollywood stars like Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Dane Cook, and Rebecca Romijn were starring in the show, but...
- 7/29/2012
- by Tanner Stransky
- EW.com - PopWatch
More than 10 years after it won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards, Mel Brooks’ musical “The Producers” continues to enchant audiences. And several veterans of the show will be reuniting for a three-night engagement at the Hollywood Bowl, which opens July 27. Richard Kind returns to the role of Max Bialystock, which he played on Broadway, alongside Roger Bart, who originated the role of Carmen Ghia in the Broadway production before taking over the part of Leo Bloom opposite Kind. Also coming back are Gary Beach, who won a Tony Award for his turn as director Roger DeBris, and Susan Stroman as director/choreographer. For this production, “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson will play Bloom, with Bart returning to the role of Carmen, which earned him a Tony nomination. Kind and Bart recently spoke to Back Stage about the upcoming production.How does it feel to be working together again on...
- 7/24/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Jenelle Riley)
- backstage.com
Dane Cook will make his stage debut in the Hollywood Bowl’s production of Mel Brooks' "The Producers," playing the role of Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind who, in the play, pens the decidedly un-pc musical "Springtime for Hitler." He will play the character for only three performances, from July 27-29.
Cook will be joined by Richard Kind as Max Bialystock, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leo Bloom, Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia, Gary Beach as Roger De Bris and Rebecca Romjin as Ulla. Bart and Beach were seen in the original Broadway production of the show, which proved to be one of the biggest smashes in Broadway history.
This won't be the first time a well-known comedian stepped into the role of Liebkind. In the 2005 movie adaptation of the Broadway show (which itself was adapted from a 1968 movie), Will Ferrell took over the role from originator Brad Oscar.
So what...
Cook will be joined by Richard Kind as Max Bialystock, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leo Bloom, Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia, Gary Beach as Roger De Bris and Rebecca Romjin as Ulla. Bart and Beach were seen in the original Broadway production of the show, which proved to be one of the biggest smashes in Broadway history.
This won't be the first time a well-known comedian stepped into the role of Liebkind. In the 2005 movie adaptation of the Broadway show (which itself was adapted from a 1968 movie), Will Ferrell took over the role from originator Brad Oscar.
So what...
- 6/28/2012
- by Ross Luippold
- Huffington Post
The casting for the Hollywood Bowls production of The Producers is complete with the announcement of Dane Cook one of the countrys most popular comedians as Franz Liebkind. Cook joins previously announced cast members Richard Kind as Max Bialystock, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leo Bloom, Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia, Gary Beach as Roger De Bris, and Rebecca Romijn as Ulla.
- 6/26/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: As one of the country’s top touring standup comedians, Dane Cook has extensive experience onstage. But he is now going for a different type of onstage experience — in his theater debut, the actor-comedian has joined the Hollywood Bowl’s upcoming production of The Producers. He will play Franz Liebkind in the staging of Mel Brooks’ musical, which will hold three performances at the Hollywood Bowl — on July 27-29. Cook joins previously announced cast members Richard Kind as Max Bialystock, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leo Bloom, Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia, Gary Beach as Roger De Bris, and Rebecca Romijn as Ulla. Susan Stroman, winner of the Tony for both direction and choreography for the original Broadway stage musical, will direct and choreograph Hollywood Bowl’s fully staged production. Cook, repped by UTA, next toplines the upcoming NBC comedy series Next Caller.
- 6/26/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Bialystock and Bloom are back. Yes, The Producers returns to the spotlight, this time for a three-night engagement at the Hollywood Bowl, with two sitcom kings playing the scheming Broadway showmen. Richard Kind (Spin City) is set to play Max Bialystock, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) takes on the role of Leo Bloom.
No Nathan Lane or Matthew Broderick for this production, but there will be familiar faces from past incarnations of the peek-behind-the-curtain musical. Stage veterans Gary Beach and Roger Bart, who were in both the latest film and the 2001 Broadway run, will reprise their roles as Roger De Bris and Carmen Ghia,...
No Nathan Lane or Matthew Broderick for this production, but there will be familiar faces from past incarnations of the peek-behind-the-curtain musical. Stage veterans Gary Beach and Roger Bart, who were in both the latest film and the 2001 Broadway run, will reprise their roles as Roger De Bris and Carmen Ghia,...
- 5/31/2012
- by Emily Rome
- EW.com - PopWatch
Part Three of Our Four Part Interview with Bryan Batt
Photo by Pop Culture Passionistas
Most people know Bryan Batt as the closeted ad exec, Salvatore Romano, on Mad Men. But long before the cigarette-smoke filled '60s drama, Bryan was belting out tunes on Broadway. From Starlight Express to Cats to Beauty and the Beast, Bryan has had many adoring fans on the Great White Way over the years.
He talks a lot about his theater career in his new book She Ain't Heavy She's My Mother. We spoke with him more in depth about a few of his roles, his mother's involvement in his career, and the heavy duty star who kick started his career.
Passionistas: Your mother seemed so supportive of your career choice. Can you talk a little about that?
Bryan: Always with a smile and very supportive. An important thing I was told very early on,...
Photo by Pop Culture Passionistas
Most people know Bryan Batt as the closeted ad exec, Salvatore Romano, on Mad Men. But long before the cigarette-smoke filled '60s drama, Bryan was belting out tunes on Broadway. From Starlight Express to Cats to Beauty and the Beast, Bryan has had many adoring fans on the Great White Way over the years.
He talks a lot about his theater career in his new book She Ain't Heavy She's My Mother. We spoke with him more in depth about a few of his roles, his mother's involvement in his career, and the heavy duty star who kick started his career.
Passionistas: Your mother seemed so supportive of your career choice. Can you talk a little about that?
Bryan: Always with a smile and very supportive. An important thing I was told very early on,...
- 5/26/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
Several Broadway regulars, including two-time Tony Award nominee Michele Lee, Aaron Lazar ("A Little Night Music," "The Light in the Piazza"), Tony winner Gary Beach ("The Producers"), and Tony winner Len Cariou ("Sweeney Todd"), will participate in this year's "Broadway Backwards."Hosted by Florence Henderson, the event features performers singing familiar Broadway tunes written for the opposite gender but with all the lyrics, including the pronouns, unchanged. The show will be directed and choreographed by creator Robert Barley, with musical direction by Wayne Barker."Broadway Backwards" is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center and benefits both organizations. It takes place Mon., Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York.
- 1/22/2010
- backstage.com
The proud papa speaks: Leaving the stage door late Tuesday night, after his performance in Broadway's The Philanthropist, Matthew Broderick told People about the birth of his and Sarah Jessica Parker's twins, "I'm very happy. I don't know what else to say." He added, "I've seen them already. I just got back" from Ohio, where the girls were born Monday. The show's Steven Weber also told People that Broderick's "very pleased. He's happy … and he's looking forward to having them home."Nursery ReadyThough the twins arrived earlier than their mid-summer due date, their parents were well prepared for their arrival.
- 6/24/2009
- by Natasha Stoynoff and Carlos Greer
- PEOPLE.com
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