Stephen Bogardus (born March 11, 1954) is an American actor. He originated the role of Whizzer in the Broadway theatre musical, Falsettos.
He made his first New York City appearance in a stage adaptation of the film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at Joseph Papp's Public Theater in 1979. His additional off-Broadway credits include March of the Falsettos (1981), In Trousers (1985), Falsettoland (1990), and Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), which transferred to Broadway theatre the following year, and Man of La Mancha (2002). He received both Obie Award and Tony Award nominations for his performance in Love! Valour! Compassion!, and reprised his role in the 1997 film. Bogardus Off-Broadway credits , lortel.org, retrieved January 25, 2010 He was featured in the City Center concert series Encores! in Sweet Adeline (1997) and Allegro as Joseph Taylor Jr. (1994).Holden, Stephen. "Review/Theater: Allegro; Revival of a Famous Pair's First Flop" , The New York Times, March 5, 1994Brantley, Ben. "In the Wake of Showboat, a Showcase for Voice", The New York Times, February 15, 1997
His Broadway work includes West Side Story (1980) as understudy Tony, Les Misérables (November 1987 - June 1988) as Grantaire and understudy Javert, in addition to other roles, Safe Sex (1987), The Grapes of Wrath, Falsettos (1992) as Whizzer, King David (Concert, 1997), High Society (1998), James Joyce's The Dead (April 4, 2000 to April 16, 2000, as Gabriel Conroy), Man of La Mancha (2002, Dr. Carrasco), and Old Acquaintance (2007). Bogardus Broadway listing , ibdb.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
In 1990, he toured the United States as the American chess player Freddie Trumper in Tim Rice's Chess. A year later, he portrayed Stine in the tour of City of Angels. Stephen Bogardus IBDB
In 2008, he starred as Bob Wallace in the Broadway and U.S. touring productions of White Christmas, a role he had performed in 2005 at the Wang Center in Boston and in 2006 in St. Paul.Lipton, Brian. "Stephen Bogardus, Lorna Luft, Kerry O'Malley, et al. Set for National Tour of Irving Berlin's White Christmas" , theatermania.com, October 8, 2009 "Playbill.com's Brief Encounter With Stephen Bogardus" , playbill.com, December 23, 2008
In 2013, he portrayed Colonel Ricci in an Off-Broadway production of Passion. In 2014-2016, Bogardus originated and appeared on Broadway in the role of Daddy Cane in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Bright Star. In the late 2010s, he performed on various Off-Broadway productions portraying Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees in 2017 and Nick Laine in Girl from the North Country in 2018.
In regional theatre, Bogardus appeared in M. Butterfly at the Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.; William Finn's, Elegies, Canon Theatre, Los Angeles; and James Joyce's The Dead at the Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles and the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Bogardus' extensive television credits include small roles on the daytime soap opera Another World, All My Children and Guiding Light; and numerous guest appearances on prime time series, including Cagney and Lacey, Law & Order, , , Ed, Monk and Conviction. Bogardus movie and TV listing , imdb.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
In June 2020 he unsuccessfully ran for the presidency of the labor union Actors' Equity Association, challenging incumbent Kate Shindle.
Personal
Broadway credits
Awards and nominations
1995 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Play Love! Valour! Compassion! 2013 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Passion
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