2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Performance by A Featured Actor In A Musical'

 

David Bologna ("Michael" in Billy Elliot)
David Bologna, age 13, is a native New Orleanian (The Big Easy). David moved to Austin, TX in the fall of 2005 after being affected by Hurricane Katrina. David began his acting career at the age of 6 and has performed in 28 productions in New Orleans and Austin. David is a two-time Big Easy Award winner for Best Performance by a Child for his roles in The Music Man (Winthrop Paroo) and Oliver (Oliver). David is a world class Irish Dancer, where he has captured back to back North American Irish Dance Championships. He has also placed as high as 5th in the World Irish Dance Championships.

 

Gregory Jbara ("Dad" in Billy Elliot)
On Broadway, Mr. Jbara originated the roles of André Thibault in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Drama Desk Nomination), Squash Bernstein in Victor/Victoria and Sohovik in the 1994 revival of Damn Yankees!. In 1997, Mr. Jbara was the second actor to star as Billy Flynn in the Tony Award winning revival of Chicago. LA Theatre credits include: Little Fish, Precious Sons (Garland Award), ...House That Jack Built and First Lady Suite at The Blank Theatre and Felix & Oscar at The Geffen. Upcoming projects include the films Out Of Step and Exit Speed and the faux docu-series "The Other Hef" at Sharenow.com. Other films include: Project 96b (48 Hour Film Project-LA Winner '07), Enchanted, Ira & Abby, In & Out, Jeffrey, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The First 20 Million..., World Trade Center, Out-Of-Towners. TV recurring roles on "Grounded For Life," "That's Life," "The Drew Carey Show," and "All My Children." TV guest starring roles include "Monk", "The Unit," "Twenty Good Years," "Conviction," "Friends," "Century City," "The West Wing," "Without A Trace," "Touched By An Angel," "Crossing Jordan," "Providence," "Ally McBeal," "Malcolm In The Middle," "Frasier," "Family Guy," "American Dad," "Rocket Power," and "Come On Over." Juilliard graduate. Resides in Los Angeles with wife Julie and sons Zachary and Aidan.

 

Marc Kudisch ("Franklin Hart, Jr." in 9 to 5: The Musical)
Broadway: Pirates of Penzance (N.Y. City Opera), The Apple Tree, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), Roundabout's Assassins (Drama Desk nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), A Little Night Music (N.Y. City Opera), Bells Are Ringing, The Wild Party, The Scarlet Pimpernel (3.0), High Society, Beauty and The Beast, Joseph... Dreamcoat. Off-Broadway: The Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center), See What I Wanna See (Drama Desk nomination), The Thing About Men and Fall Bash 2003 (Encores!), Tamara: The Living Movie, Broadway by The Year as actor/director (Town Hall NYC). Recent Regional: Witches Of Eastwick (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award), Summer and Smoke (Hartford Stages), Zorba (Reprise!, LA Outer Critics, Ovation nominations), The Highest Yellow (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes nomination), A Little Night Music (L.A. Opera). Film/TV: "As The World Turns," Break-In, "All My Children," Bye Bye Birdie, "Sex and the City," "Late Night with David Letterman."

 

Christopher Sieber ("Lord Farquaad" Shrek The Musical)
Christopher Sieber received a Tony Award nomination for his work in Spamalot and later opened the show in London. Other Broadway: Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into The Woods, Beauty & the Beast, Triumph of Love, and A Christmas Carol. Also, New York City Opera production of Cinderella. Off-Broadway: Avow, The Boys in the Band, and Pal Joey. Regional: Randy Newman's Faust, Paper Moon at Paper Mill, Company, and The Boys From Syracuse at Reprise!. TV: "Pushing Daisies," "Johnny and the Sprites," "It's All Relative," "Two of a Kind," "Sex & The City," "Ed," "Guiding Light," "All My Children," and "Another World." Mr. Sieber has not appeared on "Law & Order."

 

Will Swenson ("Berger" in Hair)
Will has been in a bunch of shows, and feels that it is important to be good to people. He is thrilled to have the same green eyes as his mom Sally, who called everything glorious! Will thinks anyone should be able to get married if they want to. He believes in the results of transcendental meditation, and prefers breathing to suffocating. Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful. Scorpio, of course. For the Race Car Scooter Guys.