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Victor Garber

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Actor b. 1949 On stage 19772017

Victor Garber, (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian stage and film actor, and a singer. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Garber originated roles in the Broadway productions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 1979 (as Anthony Hope), Noises Off in 1983 (as Garry LeJeune), Lend Me a Tenor in 1989 (as Max), Arcadia in 1995 (as Bernard Nightingale), and Art in 1998 (as Serge). He has received four Tony Award nominations for his performances in the play Deathtrap in 1978 (as Clifford Anderson), the Neil Simon musical Little Me…

On stage 16 productions, 40 years

1977 Tartuffe Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Stephen Porter 65 perf.
1978 Deathtrap Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore 1,793 perf.
1979 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Uris Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 557 perf.
1979 They’re Playing Our Song Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore 1,082 perf.
1982 Little Me Eugene Oneill Theatre · Revival · directed by Robert Drivas 36 perf.
1983 Noises Off Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Blakemore 553 perf.
1986 You Never Can Tell Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Stephen Porter 125 perf.
1988 The Devil's Disciple Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Stephen Porter 113 perf.
1989 Lend Me a Tenor Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Jerry Zaks 476 perf.
1992 Two Shakespearean Actors Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Jack O'Brien 29 perf.
1994 Damn Yankees Marquis Theatre · Revival · directed by Jack O'Brien 718 perf.
1995 Arcadia Vivian Beaumont Theater · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn 173 perf.
1998 Art Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Matthew Warchus 600 perf.
2010 Present Laughter American Airlines Theatre · Revival · directed by Nicholas Martin 69 perf.
2011 She Loves Me Stephen Sondheim Theatre · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 1 perf.
2017 Hello, Dolly! Shubert Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerry Zaks 699 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Richard Clarke 3 productions
Philip Bosco 3 productions
Stefan Gierasch 2 productions
Patrick Horgan 2 productions
Lisa Banes 2 productions
John Wood 2 productions
John Cullum 2 productions
Gavin Creel 2 productions
Dorothy Loudon 2 productions
David Cryer 2 productions
Bill Moor 2 productions
Bebe Neuwirth 2 productions

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Also credited on1 work

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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In the literature8 passages

  • Canadian performers have long been a staple of Broadway and the West End, from Robert Goulet to Victor Garber . In 2012 the Stratford Festival ’s hit production of Jesus Christ Superstar , directed by Des McAnuff (1952- ) opened on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre on 1 March 2012. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has described this producti…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Original Cast (1979) : Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Sarah Rice, Edmund Lyndeck, Paul Gemignani (conductor). RCA 3379–2-RC.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • In 1982, a revised version of Little Me — with James Coco, Victor Garber and Mary Gordon Murray — had a disappointingly short run on Broadway.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Well, everybody was nervous. And needlessly so. Victor Garber, Christine Baranski, the great Jo Anne Worley. What a fun group of people! [Director] Casey Nicholaw was amazing. He had a very strong vision for it and really knew what he wanted. It was just magical. And we had a lot of room to experiment and be wrong, which is always a great…ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt
  • With a libretto by John Weidman, Wise Guys had been expected to reach Broadway in April of zooo, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Nathan Lane and Victor Garber. A month-long workshop with this dream team held at New York Theatre Workshop in November 1999 had been treated by the media virtually as the show's Broadway preview period. But…ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
  • Even in its relatively short life, the star dressing room at the Marquis has had many great occupants: Tyne Daly during Gypsy ; Victor Garber, then later Jerry Lewis during Damn Yankees ; Julie Andrews during Victor/Victoria ; Bernadette Peters during Annie Get Your Gun ; Sutton Foster during Thoroughly Modern Millie ; Ricky Martin during…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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