Merwin Foard
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Date of Death:
March 09, 2020
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Born September 16, 1960, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Foard was last seen on Broadway in Aladdin as a standby for Jafar/Sultan. His other Broadway credits include Show Boat, Mame, Les Miserables, Beauty, and the Beast, Jekyll & Hyde, 1776, Kiss Me, Kate, Oklahoma!, Assassins, La Cage Aux ...
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Katie Finneran & David Westphal with Merwin Foard attending the Broadway Opening Night Performance Gypsy Robe Ceremony celebrating Merwin Foard recipient for 'Annie' at the Palace Theatre in New York City on 11/08/2012

Clarke Thorell, Katie Finneran, J. Elaine Marcos with Merwin Foard & Company attending the Broadway Opening Night Performance Gypsy Robe Ceremony celebrating Merwin Foard recipient for 'Annie' at the Palace Theatre in New York City on 11/08/2012

Clarke Thorell, Katie Finneran, J. Elaine Marcos with Merwin Foard & Company attending the Broadway Opening Night Performance Gypsy Robe Ceremony celebrating Merwin Foard recipient for 'Annie' at the Palace Theatre in New York City on 11/08/2012

Merwin Foard attending the Broadway Opening Night Performance Gypsy Robe Ceremony celebrating Merwin Foard recipient for 'Annie' at the Palace Theatre in New York City on 11/08/2012
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PerformancesMerwin Foard Biography
Born September 16, 1960, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Foard was last seen on Broadway in Aladdin as a standby for Jafar/Sultan. His other Broadway credits include Show Boat, Mame, Les Miserables, Beauty, and the Beast, Jekyll & Hyde, 1776, Kiss Me, Kate, Oklahoma!, Assassins, La Cage Aux Folles, Sweeney Todd, The Little Mermaid, The Addams Family, and Annie. Foard also lent his voice to Disney's Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin King of Thieves, and Mulan.Merwin Foard News

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 12, 2022
Stephen DeAngelis will continue his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with the next edition of AT THIS PERFORMANCE…™ to be held on Monday, April 18th at The Green Room 42, Green Fig, Fourth Floor, Yotel NYC, 570 Tenth Avenue (at 42nd Street), New York, NY 10036 at 7 PM.

by Jeffrey Kare - Dec 2, 2021
Tonight, NBC will air its sixth live musical production. Following in the footsteps of The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The Wiz, Hairspray, and Jesus Christ Superstar, the peacock network will be presenting Annie. Based on Harold Gray's comic strip titled Little Orphan Annie, this musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in New York City in the year 1933.

by Gigi Gervais - Dec 1, 2021
Stephen DeAngelis continues his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with the next edition of At This Performance…™ to be held on Monday, December 13th at The Green Room 42, Green Fig, Fourth Floor, Yotel NYC, 570 Tenth Avenue (at 42nd Street), New York, NY 10036 at 7 PM.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 21, 2021
Stephen DeAngelis is resuming his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with the next edition of AT THIS PERFORMANCE…™ to be held on Monday, September 27th at The Green Room 42, Green Fig, Fourth Floor, Yotel NYC, 570 Tenth Avenue (at 42nd Street), New York, NY 10036 at 7 PM.

by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Feb 17, 2021
On Tuesday, March 9, Dress Circle Publishing will release of THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 4, the latest in a series by acclaimed historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Can't wait to get your hands on it? Let BroadwayWorld hold you over with a special sneak peek from a chapter all about The Imperial Theatre.

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 A.A. Cristi - Mar 20, 2020
On this day in 2014, Disney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

by Walter McBride - Mar 16, 2020
BroadwayWorld was saddened to report that Broadway veteran Merwin Foard recently passed away at 59 years old. Born September 16, 1960 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Foard was last seen on Broadway in Aladdin as a standby for Jafar/Sultan.

by Nicole Rosky - Mar 10, 2020
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Broadway veteran Merwin Foard has passed away. He was 59 years old.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 4, 2020
AT THIS PERFORMANCE... will return to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys, Understudies and Alternates from Jagged Little Pill; West Side Story; Ain't Too Proud:The Life and Times of the Temptations; Emojiland and Fiddler on the Roof [Fiddler Afn Dakh] on MONDAY, MARCH 9TH at 7 PM.
Merwin Foard Videos

by A.A. Cristi - Mar 20, 2019
On this day in 2014, Disney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

by A.A. Cristi - Mar 20, 2018
BroadwayWorld was there for all of the magical opening night festivities, and Richard Ridge was on hand for the special purple carpet to chat with the evening's guests. Below, check out interviews with Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Kate Wetherhead, Michael Arden, Harvey Fierstein, Corey Cott, Josh Strickland, Alan Menken, Cheyenne Jackson, Laura Benanti and more!

by Stage Tube - Jan 10, 2018
The Little Mermaid, based on the Disney film and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, opened on this day in 2008 at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
by Stage Tube - Dec 23, 2015
Trevor Dion Nicholas, who will soon star as The Genie in ALADDIN in London, takes a stroll through Times Square for a new video wishing fans a Merry Christmas. Check it out below!
by Stage Tube - Dec 17, 2015
Broadway's ALADDIN stars Courtney Reed, Nathan Lucrezio, Jaz Sealey and Angelo Soriano put together a medley of all your favorite Christmas songs. Warm your heart for the holidays and watch the clever video below!
by Stage Tube - Nov 5, 2015
Watch Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed, stars of Broadway's Aladdin, bring their own twist to Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' for Disney Sessions. Click below to hear their duet, and follow this link to see ALADDIN co-star Jonathan Freeman's Disney villains medley!
by Stage Tube - Oct 27, 2015
A brand new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic THE SOUND OF MUSIC launched its national tour at the Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre on September 30. Directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, the production closes in Los Angeles on October 31, 2015, and will then tour North America for multiple seasons, playing multi-week and week-long engagements. Click below to watch stars Kerstin Anderson and Ashley Brown perform 'My Favorite Things' on Good Day LA!
by Stage Tube - Oct 22, 2015
Watch Jonathan Freeman, star of Broadway's ALADDIN and Disney's original 'Jafar', perform a special Disney Villains Medley for Oh My Disney. Click below to hear him channel the Sultan's evil advisor, Ursula from THE LITTLE MERMAID, 101 DALMATIANS' Cruella de Vil, and Oogie Boogie from THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS!
by Stage Tube - Sep 22, 2015
The cast of the brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, will soon hit the road. Check out Kerstin Anderson performing on KTLA below!
by TV - On the Road - Sep 8, 2015
The cast of the brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, which will soon hit the road, has just met the press - and BroadwayWorld was on hand. Below, go inide the rehearsal room with Ashley Brown, Ben Davis, Kerstin Anderson and more!