Esparza Set for Adrienne Arsht Center Benefit, 10/28

Raúl Esparza is set to perform at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Benefit which is to be held on Thursday, October 28. The 5th Anniversary Gala will begin at 7pm, and will include the dedication of its new grand donor wall in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. For additional information, email Gala@arshtcenter.org.

The Tony award nominee is currently starring alongside Brooke Shields in Center Theatre Group's LEAP OF FAITH. He also recently starred opposite Sutton Foster in Encores' Anyone Can Whistle.  He first drew attention with his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show, which won him the Theatre World Award. Additional Broadway credits include Cabaret, Taboo, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Company. He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the Taboo, and his performance in Company earned him a second Tony nomination.  

Beginning in November 2007, Raúl appeared in Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming and was Tony-nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In 2008, he played Charlie Fox in the revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow co-starring Jeremy Piven and Elisabeth Moss on Broadway. His performance in Speed-the-Plow earned him a Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play, making him the second performer after Boyd Gaines to be nominated in all four acting categories a performer is eligible for at the Tonys.

 

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