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Broadway: End of the Rainbow, Sunday in the Park with George, The Constant Wife, Democracy, Enchanted April, 42nd Street, Copenhagen, Electra, 1776, Racing Demon, The Heiress, Translations, Timon of Athens (Bayfield Award), La Bete and Artist Descending a Staircase; Classic Stage Company: Hamlet (Obie Award), Richard II, Richard III; Public Theater: Twelfth Night, Timon of Athens, All's Well That Ends Well, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, Hamlet; Royal Shakespeare Company: The Winter's Tale; Two River Theater: Much Ado About Nothing
Television: "Boardwalk Empire", "Nurse Jackie", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Law and Order", "L.A. Law"; TV films: "Dolley Madison", "Alexander Hamilton", "Night Sins", "Hamlet";
Film: Eat Pray Love, Wall Street 2, Flags of our Fathers, The Visitor, Starting Out in the Evening, The Ex, The Ice Storm, Fatal Instinct, Downtown Express.
From: Photo Coverage: Backstage at Project Shaw's THE APPLE CART
[1990]State of Grace Frankie's Man
[1993]Fatal Instinct Laura's Husband
[1997]The Ice Storm Philip Edwards
[1999]The 24 Hour Woman Suzanne PincusPublicist
[2006]The Ex Jack Connor
[2006]Flags of Our Fathers Secretary Forrestal
[2007]The Visitor Charles
[2007]Starting Out in the Evening Victor
[2010]Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Churchill Schwartz Partner
[2010]Eat Pray Love Swami Dhavalachandra
[2011]Downtown Express Vadim
[2013]Burning Blue Admiral Stephensen
[2016]Collateral Beauty Chairman of the Board
Boardwalk Empire Father Ed Brennan, Father Brennan
Bob Mr. Terhorst
L.A. Law Frank Kittredge
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Bing Cullman aka Arnold Binder, Mark Schaeffer
Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
Michael Cumpsty, Hamlet
Michael Cumpsty, Enchanted April
Michael Cumpsty, 42nd Street
Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Sharon Lawrence about her career and 'The Shot' at NJ Rep.
Leopoldstadt marks the 19th production of a Tom Stoppard play to open on Broadway since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opened 55 years ago. Stoppard has won four Best Play Tony Awards, more than any other playwright in history. What are the 18 other productions of Tom Stoppard plays to open on Broadway? Let's take a look back!
Jay commenced the first complete recording of the original version of the musical with the original orchestrations by Philip J. Lang at Abbey Road Studios, London on October 5 1996 and completed it at Clinton Recording Studios, New York on October 19 1996. This will be the first time it is released to the public.
Today's Theater Stories features the Lyric Theatre! Learn about the history of the Lyric Theatre, and the shows to have graced its stage including Jesus Christ Superstar, The Pirate Queen, Young Frankenstein, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and more.
This week's Theater Stories features Studio 54! Learn about the star-studded parties during the venue's nightclub days, with artists artists including Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, and more; the long-running revival of Cabaret starring Alan Cumming and more!
Today (August 5) in live streaming:Forbidden Broadway alumni unite on Stars in the House, Liz Callaway visits Backstage Live, and so much more!
Today (August 5) in live streaming: Andre De Shields visits Backstage Live, Freestyle Love Supreme reunites on Stars in the House and so much more!
Two River Theater will continue their series of online benefit play readings with On Borrowed Time, a live two-act event; Act 1 on Wednesday, August 5 and Act 2 with a live Q&A with the artists on Thursday, August 6 at 7:00PM EDT.
Rehearsals begin today for the online reading of Paul Osborn's On Borrowed Time, directed by Academy and Tony Award winner Joel Grey, as part of the Two River Theater's 'Two River Rising' series.
Starting in July, Two River Theater will launch a series of benefit play readings. The selected readings reflect the past, present and future of the theater's diverse range of programming including reimagined classics and world premieres by the industry's most adventurous theater artists.
Two River Theater celebrates the Bard's birth month with the Shakespeare Sundays series, featuring directors, dramaturgs and actors sharing their love of William Shakespeare.
El próximo jueves 14 de noviembre llega a Yelmo Cines de toda España por una sola noche la versión del West End de 42nd STREET, una grabación en directo desde Londres de este legendario musical con casi 90 años de historia que podremos disfrutar como nunca antes lo habíamos visto.
On June 20th, the Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford kicked off its sixth season by welcoming fourteen young actors to Stratford, CT. Coming from as close as New York City and as far as the UK and Mexico, the group will spend six weeks training and performing on the property that once housed the American Shakespeare Festival Theater.
Two River Theater presents Oo-Bla-Dee, written by Regina Taylor, featuring original lyrics by Taylor and original music by composer/orchestrator Diedre L. Murray, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The choreography is by Kenneth L. Roberson and the music direction is by George Caldwell, with vocal arrangements by Carol Maillard.
Dancing at Lughnasa is being performed at Two River Theater through May 13. The 1992 Tony Award winning play is written by Brian Friel and directed by Jessica Stone. This is theatre at its very best with stirring dialogue, the finest staging, and a remarkable cast. You will be swept away by this humorous and heartwarming production about the joys and struggles of family life.
Two River Theater (Artistic Director John Dias, Managing Director Michael Hurst) presents Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, directed by Jessica Stone. The press opening is Friday, April 20 at 7pm and performances will continue through Sunday, May 14 in Two River's Rechnitz Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank, NJ. Tickets are available from 732.345.1400 or tworivertheater.org.
Dancing at Lughnasa will be performed at Two River Theater from April 14 to May 13. Written by Brian Friel and directed by Jessica Stone, the cast includes Megan Byrne, Michael Cumpsty, Meredith Garretson, Mylinda Hull, Cillian O'Sullivan, Christa Scott-Reed, Mandy Siegfried , and Harry Smith. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Christa Scott-Reed who plays Agnes about her career and the show.
Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces the complete cast and creative team for its production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play. Dancing at Lughnasa will be directed by Jessica Stone, who previously directed acclaimed productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Absurd Person Singular at Two River Theater.
Two River Theatre continues their successful 2017/2018 Season with Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' now through December 3. directed by Michael Cumpsty, the play features the ideal cast to portray Wilde's farcical classic.
Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, continues its 2017/18 Season with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Michael Cumpsty. Performances play Two River's Rechnitz Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, through Sunday, December 3. The opening night performance is tonight, November 17 at 7pm.
Michael Cumpsty has appeared on Broadway in 17 shows.
Michael Cumpsty has not appeared in the West End
Michael Cumpsty has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He was nominated for the Tony Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for "End of the Rainbow." He also received a nomination for Performance at the Obie Awards for his role in "Hamlet." In addition, Cumpsty was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for "Enchanted April" and for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for "42nd Street."
Michael Cumpsty has won the Performance (Obie Awards) for his role in "Hamlet".
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