Fritz Weaver
Birth Place: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Latest News on Fritz Weaver:
TRYING by Joanna McClelland Glass to Reopen Palm Beach Dramaworks This Month (May 9, 2024)
How Often Are American Presidents Depicted on Stage? (Feb 18, 2024)
David Morse and His Wife Susan Wheeler Will Perform A.R. Gurney's LOVE LETTERS in Valentine's Day Benefit For Quintessence Theatre (Jan 17, 2024)
TRYING by Joanna McClelland Glass to Reopen Palm Beach Dramaworks This Month (May 9, 2024)
How Often Are American Presidents Depicted on Stage? (Feb 18, 2024)
David Morse and His Wife Susan Wheeler Will Perform A.R. Gurney's LOVE LETTERS in Valentine's Day Benefit For Quintessence Theatre (Jan 17, 2024)
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Blake Daniel, Daniel Davis, David Drake, Charlotte Moore, Fritz Weaver, Chad Kimball, Michael Riedel, David Staller, Christian Delcroix, Lora Lee Gayer, Will Bradley, Roberta Maxwell, Rebecca Hoffman, Nikki M. James and Patrick Pacheco
Date:
02/28/2012
From: Photo Coverage: Chad Kimball, Nikki M. James at Project Shaw's BACK TO METHUSELAH
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STAGE CREDITS
[Broadway]
1964
Millard Fillmore
Mark Twain
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Captain Sigsbee
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Pierce
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Millard Fillmore
Mark Twain
Captain Sigsbee
Awards and Nominations
Drama Desk Awards - 1980 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Fritz Weaver, The Price
winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1970 - Outstanding Performance
Fritz Weaver, Child's Play
winner
Tony Awards - 1970 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Fritz Weaver , Child's Play
winner
Theatre World Awards - 1956 - Performance
Fritz Weaver, The Chalk Garden
Tony Awards - 1956 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Fritz Weaver, The Chalk Garden
News
TRYING by Joanna McClelland Glass to Reopen Palm Beach Dramaworks This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 9, 2024
TRYING by Joanna McClelland Glass will reopen Palm Beach Dramaworks this month. Learn how to purchase tickets!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 9, 2024
TRYING by Joanna McClelland Glass will reopen Palm Beach Dramaworks this month. Learn how to purchase tickets!
David Morse and His Wife Susan Wheeler Will Perform A.R. Gurney's LOVE LETTERS in Valentine's Day Benefit For Quintessence Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2024
This Valentine’s Day, Quintessence Theatre is celebrating love in all of its messy glory with a performance starring award-winning television, film and stage actor David Morse* and his wife, Susan Wheeler.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2024
This Valentine’s Day, Quintessence Theatre is celebrating love in all of its messy glory with a performance starring award-winning television, film and stage actor David Morse* and his wife, Susan Wheeler.
THE CRUCIBLE to be Presented Selected as Part of Bay Street's Literature Live! Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2023
Meet the cast and crew of Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible,' the selected presentation for Bay Street's Literature Live! series. Get a behind-the-scenes look at this year's production.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2023
Meet the cast and crew of Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible,' the selected presentation for Bay Street's Literature Live! series. Get a behind-the-scenes look at this year's production.
Jennifer Ashley Tepper's THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 4 to be Released in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2021
Dress Circle Publishing has announced the release of THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 4, the latest in a series by historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper. The book will be available on Tuesday, March 9 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2020-2021 Broadway shutdown.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2021
Dress Circle Publishing has announced the release of THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 4, the latest in a series by historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper. The book will be available on Tuesday, March 9 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2020-2021 Broadway shutdown.
Podcast: 'Behind the Curtain' Talks to Stage and Screen Star Inga Swenson
by Behind the Curtain - Sep 18, 2019
One of Broadway's most legendary sopranos, Tony nominee Inga Swenson, joins Rob and Kevin via phone to look back on her incredible career which includes films like The Miracle Worker, television like Benson and The Golden Girls, and theater credits including New Faces of 1956, Peer Gynt, Camelot, 110 in the Shade, Baker Street and many others!
by Behind the Curtain - Sep 18, 2019
One of Broadway's most legendary sopranos, Tony nominee Inga Swenson, joins Rob and Kevin via phone to look back on her incredible career which includes films like The Miracle Worker, television like Benson and The Golden Girls, and theater credits including New Faces of 1956, Peer Gynt, Camelot, 110 in the Shade, Baker Street and many others!
A Celebration Of E. Katherine Kerr Announced At Playwrights Horizons
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 4, 2019
Friends, colleagues, and students of the highly regarded and much loved actor, teacher, writer, and director E. Katherine Kerr will gather on Monday, September 30, 2019, at 6:00 P.M. at Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater to celebrate her life.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 4, 2019
Friends, colleagues, and students of the highly regarded and much loved actor, teacher, writer, and director E. Katherine Kerr will gather on Monday, September 30, 2019, at 6:00 P.M. at Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater to celebrate her life.
Industry Editor Exclusive: To Dim or Not to Dim? How Broadway Chooses When to Dim Its Marquees
by Cara Joy David - Mar 2, 2018
A couple of weeks ago when five-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell died, I assumed the marquees of Broadway theaters would be dimmed. I emailed the Broadway League--the association of theatre owners and producers who issues press releases on such things--to ask 'when' it would happen. I don't know why I automatically assumed it would.
by Cara Joy David - Mar 2, 2018
A couple of weeks ago when five-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell died, I assumed the marquees of Broadway theaters would be dimmed. I emailed the Broadway League--the association of theatre owners and producers who issues press releases on such things--to ask 'when' it would happen. I don't know why I automatically assumed it would.
Book Event Panel Discussion On 'The Art Of Creativity' Comes to The Lambs, 3/12
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 27, 2018
The Unique Panel Discussion will celebrate a new book by Ronald Rand, "CREATE! How Extraordinary Artists Live to Create and Create to Live" at the historical theatrical club, The Lambs 3 West 51st Street, New York City, Monday, March 12th, 2018, 7:00-8:00pm. There is no charge for the Event. Seating is limited - reservations are necessary at: (212) 586-0306 or RSVP@The-Lambs.org
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 27, 2018
The Unique Panel Discussion will celebrate a new book by Ronald Rand, "CREATE! How Extraordinary Artists Live to Create and Create to Live" at the historical theatrical club, The Lambs 3 West 51st Street, New York City, Monday, March 12th, 2018, 7:00-8:00pm. There is no charge for the Event. Seating is limited - reservations are necessary at: (212) 586-0306 or RSVP@The-Lambs.org
Exclusive Podcast: 'Behind the Curtain' Welcomes Original A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Star, Laurence Guittard
by Behind the Curtain - Dec 3, 2017
Today we are not in praise of women, but, in praise of the original Count Carl-Magnus, Laurence Guittard. One of Broadway's greatest voices swings by Shetler Studios to discuss some of the shows Laurence has appeared, including BAKER STREET, MAN OF LAMANCHA, ANYA, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, LOVE MATCH, OKLAHOMA, and countless others.
by Behind the Curtain - Dec 3, 2017
Today we are not in praise of women, but, in praise of the original Count Carl-Magnus, Laurence Guittard. One of Broadway's greatest voices swings by Shetler Studios to discuss some of the shows Laurence has appeared, including BAKER STREET, MAN OF LAMANCHA, ANYA, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, LOVE MATCH, OKLAHOMA, and countless others.
Ronald Rand Hosts Panel for New Book 'CREATE' at Barnes & Noble Today
by BWW News Desk - Jul 12, 2017
Tonight, July 12th, 6-7pm, International Goodwill Cultural Ambassador/performing artist Ronald Rand will be joined by legendary film star Brian Cox, stage and screen actress Nicole Ansari, one of America's greatest sculptors Carolyn D. Palmer, singer extraordinaire Julie Budd, Encompass New Opera Theatre artistic director Nancy Rhodes, Broadway and film director Michael Pressman, historian Louise Hirschfeld, and legendary portrait painter Everett Raymond Kinstler for an exciting panel discussion about creativity in film, theater, music and art at Barnes & Noble-Union Square, 33 East 17th Street, NYC.
by BWW News Desk - Jul 12, 2017
Tonight, July 12th, 6-7pm, International Goodwill Cultural Ambassador/performing artist Ronald Rand will be joined by legendary film star Brian Cox, stage and screen actress Nicole Ansari, one of America's greatest sculptors Carolyn D. Palmer, singer extraordinaire Julie Budd, Encompass New Opera Theatre artistic director Nancy Rhodes, Broadway and film director Michael Pressman, historian Louise Hirschfeld, and legendary portrait painter Everett Raymond Kinstler for an exciting panel discussion about creativity in film, theater, music and art at Barnes & Noble-Union Square, 33 East 17th Street, NYC.
Ronald Rand to Host Panel for New Book 'CREATE' at Barnes & Noble
by BWW News Desk - Jun 19, 2017
On July 12th, 6-7pm - International Goodwill Cultural Ambassador/performing artist Ronald Rand will be joined by legendary film star Brian Cox, stage and screen actress Nicole Ansari, one of America's greatest sculptors Carolyn D. Palmer, singer extraordinaire Julie Budd, Encompass New Opera Theatre artistic director Nancy Rhodes, Broadway and film director Michael Pressman, historian Louise Hirschfeld, and legendary portrait painter Everett Raymond Kinstler for an exciting panel discussion about creativity in film, theater, music and art at Barnes & Noble-Union Square, 33 East 17th Street, NYC.
by BWW News Desk - Jun 19, 2017
On July 12th, 6-7pm - International Goodwill Cultural Ambassador/performing artist Ronald Rand will be joined by legendary film star Brian Cox, stage and screen actress Nicole Ansari, one of America's greatest sculptors Carolyn D. Palmer, singer extraordinaire Julie Budd, Encompass New Opera Theatre artistic director Nancy Rhodes, Broadway and film director Michael Pressman, historian Louise Hirschfeld, and legendary portrait painter Everett Raymond Kinstler for an exciting panel discussion about creativity in film, theater, music and art at Barnes & Noble-Union Square, 33 East 17th Street, NYC.
Edward Albee, Debbie Reynolds Among Theater Legends Honored by TonyAwards.com
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2017
Each year, the Tony Awards release a list of names of friends and colleagues in the Broadway community who have left us during the past year.
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2017
Each year, the Tony Awards release a list of names of friends and colleagues in the Broadway community who have left us during the past year.
Stars Come Out for Celebration of New Book CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live To Create and Create To Live
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2017
On Friday, June 9th, 2017, 5-7pm — a Special Book Event for “CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live To Create and Create To Live” — a new book by best-selling author, Ronald Rand — will be held at The Drama Book Shop, 250 West 40 Street in New York City.
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2017
On Friday, June 9th, 2017, 5-7pm — a Special Book Event for “CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live To Create and Create To Live” — a new book by best-selling author, Ronald Rand — will be held at The Drama Book Shop, 250 West 40 Street in New York City.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many Broadway shows has Fritz Weaver been in?
Fritz Weaver has appeared on Broadway in 16 shows.
How many West End shows has Fritz Weaver been in?
Fritz Weaver has not appeared in the West End.
What awards has Fritz Weaver been nominated for?
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Price, Outstanding Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for Child's Play, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Child's Play, Performance (Theatre World Awards) for The Chalk Garden and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Chalk Garden.
What awards has Fritz Weaver won?
Fritz Weaver has won several prestigious awards, including the Outstanding Performance award at the Drama Desk Awards for Child's Play, the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Child's Play, and the Theatre World Award for his performance in The Chalk Garden.
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