Broadway talent shines at the granville arts center
If you’ve experienced a live, theatrical performance at the Granville Arts Center, chances are you’ve experienced some of the nation’s top professional talent.
Garland Summer Musicals has developed and recruited Broadway and National Tour talent at the Granville Arts Center for more than 30 years! Want proof? Here’s a list of Granville Arts Center performers and directors who have starred in some of the most historic productions in American theater, motion picture and television history.
(In alphabetical order)
RICHARD ADAMS
The Woman in White (Broadway), The Pirate Queen (Broadway), The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (National Tour), Les Miserables (National Tour)
EDDIE BENNET
Chicago (Broadway)
MIGUEL CERVANTES
Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton (Broadway and Chicago), American Idiot (Broadway), If/Then (Broadway), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway)
JOHN GARY
Carnegie Hall, national television, radio and recording star
BOB GLENN
Founder, Shakespeare Dallas
BRIAN GONZALES
Disney’s Aladdin (Broadway), One Man, Two Guvnors (Broadway), Shrek: The Musical (Broadway and National Tour)
CLINTON GREENSPAN
Aladdin in Disney’s Aladdin (Broadway and National Tour)
JERRY HAYNES
Mr. Peppermint, Peppermint Place (nationally syndicated children’s television)
ADA LYNN
Little Rascals; JFK; Walker, Texas Ranger (national television)
JOHN RAITT
Carousel (original Broadway production), The Pajama Game (original Broadway production and motion picture), A Joyful Noise (original Broadway production)
DEBBIE REYNOLDS
Singin’ in the Rain (motion picture), How the West Was Won (motion picture), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (motion picture)
KELLI SAWYER
Avenue Q (National Tour)
MICHAEL SERRECCHIA
A Chorus Line (original Broadway production), Seesaw (Broadway), Heathen! (Broadway), The Selling of the President (Broadway)
Buff Shurr
Carnival (original Broadway production), Hit the Trail (Broadway), The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd (Broadway)
Kristen beth williams
Hello, Dolly! (Broadway), Pippin (Broadway), Nice Work if You Can Get It (Broadway), Anything Goes (Broadway), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (National Tour)
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