[NoHo Arts District, CA] – El Portal Theatre proudly presents “JASON GRAAE – Graaetest Hits – The Sequel!” with Musical Director Gerald Sternbach for a one-performance-only show on Friday, October 21 in El Portal Theatre’s Monroe Forum.
Singer, funny man Jason Graae sings even more of his Graaetest Hits that got him where he is today. Where that is, nobody’s sure. There will be Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Cy Coleman, John Bucchino and oh so much more!
Award winner Jason Graae, best known for his musical theater performances has had a varied career spanning Broadway, opera, TV and film. He has recorded more than 65 CDs, including original cast albums, concerts, compilations, and his three solo CDs. Jason has performed his one-man show all over the country, winning four Bistro Awards and a N.Y Nightlife Award, also making “TimeOut NY’s” Top 10 Cabaret shows of the year.
Graae was featured on Broadway and Off-Broadway, including the original casts of “Forever Plaid,” “Olympus on My Mind,” “All in the Timing,” “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (Drama Desk Nomination – Best Actor in a Musical). Jason recently traveled across the U.S. for a year and a 1/2 as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the National Tour of “Wicked.”
In Los Angeles, Jason won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre. Jason originated the role of Houdini in the L.A. production of “Ragtime” at the Shubert Theatre and won an Ovation Award for “Forbidden Broadway Y2KLA!”. At the Hollywood Bowl, he played Benny in “Guys and Dolls'” and Marcellus in “The Music Man.” He made his Los Angeles Opera debut as “Njegus” in “The Merry Widow,” and he was featured as “Offenbach” in “The Grand Duchess” directed by Garry Marshall.
On PBS, he was a guest soloist twice with the Boston Pops, as well as with Marvin Hamlisch and the National Symphony in “Holiday for the Troops at The Kennedy Center” and in the Jerry Herman documentary “Words and Music by Jerry Herman.”
Jason has recorded over 65 CDs, including original cast albums, concerts, compilations, and his 3 solo CDs, “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile – Jason Graae Sings Charles Strouse,” and “Jason Graae LIVE at The Cinegrill” (Fynsworth Alley), and “Perfect Hermany-the songs of Jerry Herman.” He has been heard on many cartoons and for 5 and 1/2 years was the voice of “Lucky, the Leprechaun” for Lucky Charms Cereal, a balanced part of your complete breakfast.
“Nowadays, probably no other performer could infuse (that song) with the manic mischief that Jason Graae, a frisky clown with a real tenor, pumped into it…” – The New York Times
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