Michael McGrath (actor)


Michael McGrath (born September 25, 1957) is a Tony Award-winning American stage actor. He has appeared in many Broadway stage productions, and is especially noted for his roles in the musicals Spamalot and Nice Work If You Can Get It.




Contents





  • 1 Career


  • 2 Awards and nominations


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Career


McGrath played the role of Patsy in the Broadway musical Spamalot (2005), for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.


He played the role of Cookie McGee in the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012), for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for this performance.[1][2] McGrath originated the role of Mr. Simmons in Memphis (Broadway, 2009). He has been an ensemble member and understudy for many shows, including My Favorite Year (musical), Swinging on a Star and Little Me. He has appeared in the musicals Anything Goes as Moonface Martin and in Wonderful Town (2003) as Chick Clark.[3]


He starred in the play Is He Dead? on Broadway in December 2007 to February 2008 as Agamemnon Buckner.[4]


He is appearing in a new musical The Honeymooners, based on the television comedy The Honeymooners. The musical premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, New Jersey on September 28, 2017, and stars McGrath as Ralph Kramden, Michael Mastro as Ed Norton, Leslie Kritzer as Alice Kramden, and Laura Bell Bundy as Trixie Norton.[5] McGrath appeared in a workshop of the musical in 2014.[6]


On television, McGrath was the announcer/sidekick on The Martin Short Show.


While working in the Boston production of Forbidden Broadway, McGrath met his future wife, Toni DiBuono.



Awards and nominations

















Year
Award
Category
Film or series
Result
2005

Tony Award

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Spamalot
Nominated
2012

Tony Award

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Nice Work if You Can Get It
Won


Personal life


McGrath is from Worcester, Massachusetts. He is married to actress, Toni DiBuono.



See also



  • Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, musical comedy revue


References




  1. ^ Jones, Kenneth and Adam Hetrick. 2012 "Tony Awards Nominations Announced; Once Earns 11 Nominations" Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine.. Playbill.com, May 1, 2012


  2. ^ Jacobsen, Aileen (May 15, 2009). "Like Oil and Water, but Oscar and Felix Still Bond". NY Times. Retrieved 17 May 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ "McGrath Broadway" Playbill, retrieved October 4, 2017


  4. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Broadway's 'Is He Dead?' to Close March 9" Playbill, February 26, 2008


  5. ^ McPhee, Ryan. "Watch Footage of Leslie Kritzer, Laura Bell Bundy, and More in 'The Honeymooners' " Playbill, October 3, 2017


  6. ^ Gioia, Michael. "Michael McGrath, Hank Azaria, Leslie Kritzer and Megan Hilty Will Be "The Honeymooners" in Industry Reading" Playbill, September 22, 2014




External links



  • Michael McGrath at the Internet Broadway Database Edit this at Wikidata


  • Michael McGrath on IMDb






這個網誌中的熱門文章

How to read a connectionString WITH PROVIDER in .NET Core?

Node.js Script on GitHub Pages or Amazon S3

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto