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Brooks Ashmanskas

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Actor b. 1969 On stage 19952025

Brooks Ashmanskas (born June 14, 1969) is an American actor. He has appeared both on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as in regional theatres. Ashmanskas has done limited film and television work, appearing in the 2022 Netflix series Uncoupled. He received Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for playing various characters in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (2006), Barry Glickman in The Prom (2018), and Nigel Davies in Smash (2025).

On stage 18 productions, 30 years

1995 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Theatre not recorded · Revival 548 perf.
1997 Dream Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Wayne Cilento 109 perf.
1998 Little Me Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Rob Marshall 99 perf.
2001 The Producers St. James Theatre · Original 2,502 perf.
2003 Gypsy Shubert Theatre · Revival · directed by Sam Mendes 451 perf.
2003 The Look of Love Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by David Thompson 56 perf.
2005 On the Twentieth Century New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival · directed by Peter Flynn 1 perf.
2006 Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre · Original · directed by Scott Wittman 165 perf.
2007 The Ritz Studio 54 · Revival · directed by Joe Mantello 69 perf.
2010 Present Laughter American Airlines Theatre · Revival · directed by Nicholas Martin 69 perf.
2010 Promises, Promises Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Rob Ashford 289 perf.
2014 Bullets Over Broadway St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Susan Stroman 156 perf.
2015 Something Rotten! Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by Casey Nicholaw 742 perf.
2016 Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by George C. Wolfe 100 perf.
2017 Sunday in the Park with George Hudson Theatre · Revival · directed by Sarna Lapine 61 perf.
2018 The Prom Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by Casey Nicholaw 309 perf.
2024 Once Upon A Mattress Hudson Theatre · Revival · directed by Lear deBessonet 128 perf.
2025 Smash Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Susan Stroman 83 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Nikki Renée Daniels 3 productions
Brad Oscar 3 productions
Angie Schworer 3 productions
Will Chase 2 productions
Susan Misner 2 productions
Robert H Fowler 2 productions
Richard Riaz Yoder 2 productions
Phillip Attmore 2 productions
Peter Benson 2 productions
Nancy Lemenager 2 productions
Megan Sikora 2 productions
Mayumi Miguel 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 3 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett, Brooks Ashmanskas, Julie Halston, Heather Lee, William Parry, MacIntyre Dixon, Kate Buddeke, David Burtka, Michael McCormick, Kate Reindersebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Kristin Chenoweth, Sean Hayes, Tony Goldwyn, Brooks Ashmanskas, Peter Benson, Katie Finneran, Seán Martin Hingston, Ken Land, Dick Latessa, Helen Anker, Mayumi Miguelebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • This week also had some hilarity at The Ritz . Brooks Ashmanskas has a line near the end of Act Two where he pretends to be the Private Eye whose name is Brick. "It's me, Bunny! Brick!" Well, the line he said before that got a really big laugh, and it sort of threw him. Unfortunately, it threw him enough for him to then say, "It's me, Bun…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • F. MURRAY: Let's see here… Raúl Esparza, wonderful. David Morse, wow! Stiff competition. Brooks Ashmanskas, yes, yes… well-deserved. And finally… what the-? Seth Rudetsky? Who the hell is he?ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • +Succeeded by: |. Martin Moran (during vacation), John Stamos, Matthew Broderick 2. Kristi Lynes, Sarah Jessica Parker 3. Brooks Ashmanskas 4.Tina Fabriquetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1994-95 Season, v. 51 (Willis).txt
  • Matthew Broderick 2. William Ryall 3. Jessica Stone, Sarah Jessica Parker 4. Brooks Ashmanskas 4.Tina Fabriquetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt

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