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Broadway: Come From Away, Motown the Musical, Memphis, All Shook Up, The Phantom of the Opera, Caroline, or Change, Oklahoma!, Putting It Together, On The Town, Paul Simon's The Capeman, Titanic, Crazy For You, Mastergate, Me And My Girl, Sunday in the Park With George, Nick and Nora, Wind in the Willows, Baby, Zalmen or the Madness of God and Sweet Bird of Youth. Off-Broadway: original Assassins, A New Brain, The Waves, Deathbed, Lennon. TV: "Law &Order"(s).


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Come From Away Come From Away
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2017
Performer (Standby) [Replacement]
Parade Parade
[New York]
Manhattan Concert Production at Lincoln Center, 2015
Mr. Peavy
Luther Rosser
Motown the Musical Motown the Musical
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2013
Ensemble
Memphis: A New Musical Memphis: A New Musical
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2009
White DJ
Mr. Collins
Gordon Grant
Mr. Simmons [Replacement]
(Understudy)
Walmartopia
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Scott "Scooter" Smiley
A Wonderful Life
[Milburn, NJ (Regional)]
Paper Mill Production, 2006
Tom Bailey
Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2006
Performer
Doctor Patterson/Lincoln
All Shook Up All Shook Up
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2005
Sherrif Earl
Sheriff Earl
Passion
[Broadway]
10th Anniversary Concert, 2004
Major Rizzolli
Caroline, or Change Caroline, or Change
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2004
Grandpa Gellman (Standby) [Replacement]
Mr. Stopnick (Standby) [Replacement]
Merrily We Roll Along
[Regional (US)]
Sondheim Festival Production, 2002
Terry
Mr. Spencer
Anything Goes
[Broadway]
Reunion Concert, 2002
Captain
Oklahoma!
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2002
Ike Skidmore [Replacement]
If It Was Easy
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Steve Gallup
Imperfect Chemistry
[Off-Broadway]
2000
Performer
Putting It Together
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1999
The Husband (Standby)
The Molly Maguires
[New York]
Workshop, 1999
Other Roles
On the Town
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer Production, 1998
Subway Bill Poster
Rajah Bimmy
New Yorker
Quartet
Person of New York
Subway Bill Poster/Rajah Bimmy
Workman (Understudy)
Miss Turnstiles Announcer (Understudy)
Pitkin W. Bridgework (Understudy)
A New Brain
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1998
Dr. Jafar Berernstein
Dr. Jafar Berensteiner
The Capeman
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1998
Ensemble
The Warden
Titanic
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1997
3rd Class Passenger [Replacement]
John B. Thayer [Replacement]
Isidor Straus [Replacement]
Performer (Swing)
The Major (Understudy)
John B. Thayer (Understudy)
J. J. Astor (Understudy)
Isidor Straus (Understudy)
J. H. Rogers (Understudy)
George Widener (Understudy)
Edgar Beane (Understudy)
Capt. E. J. Smith (Understudy)
Benjamin Guggenheim (Understudy)
4th Officer Joseph Boxhall (Understudy)
3rd Officer Herbert J. Pitman (Understudy)
Sunday in the Park with George
[Broadway]
Reunion Concert, 1994
Man with bicycle
Crazy for You
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1992
Everett Baker [Replacement]
Bela Zangler [Replacement]
Everett Baker (Understudy) [Replacement]
Eugene (Understudy) [Replacement]
Bela Zangler (Understudy) [Replacement]
Nick & Nora
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1991
Msgr. Flaherty
Spider Malloy (Understudy)
Edward J. Connors (Understudy)
Assassins
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1990
Fairgoers
Bystanders
Warden
James Blaine
Bartender
John Wilkes Booth/Proprietor/Bystander/James Garfield/Gerald Ford (Understudy)
The Waves
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Louis
The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1988
Fireman [Replacement]
Monsieur Lefèvre [Replacement]
Bittersuite
[Off-Off-Broadway]
Off-Off-Broadway Revival, 1987
Performer
Marry Me a Little
[Off-Broadway]
York Theatre Company Production, 1987
Me and My Girl
[Broadway]
Broadway Production, 1986
Constable [Replacement]
Herbert Parchester (Understudy) [Replacement]
Wind in the Willows
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1985
Father Rabbit
Judge
Father Rabbit/Judge
Badger (Understudy)
Sunday in the Park with George
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1984
Man with bicycle
Museum Assistant
Soldier (Understudy) [Replacement]
Man with bicycle (Understudy)
Man lying on the bank (Understudy)
Alex (Understudy) [Replacement]
Charles Redmond (Understudy)
Louis (Understudy)
Bob Greenberg (Understudy)
Billy Webster (Understudy)
Jules (Understudy)
Boatman (Understudy)
Baby
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1983
Ensemble/Other Roles
Ensemble
Doctor
Alan McNally (Understudy)
Lennon
[Off-Broadway]
1982
Arthur Ballard/Herr Koschmider/George Martin/Dick Gregory/Elton John/Bob Wooler
Conjuring an Event
[Off-Broadway]
1978
Waiter
Performer (Understudy)
The Crazy Locomotive
[Off-Broadway]
1977
John Cackleson/ 1st Thug
Nicholas Slobok (Understudy)

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John Jellison has appeared on Broadway in 20 shows.

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