Eric Kunze

Eric Kunze (pronounced "Koon-zee"), born in 1971 in San Diego, California, is a Broadway actor and singer. He showed an early aptitude for singing and was involved in choir and theater at his high school, Rancho Buena Vista High. He attended theater studies at University of California, Irvine. In his junior year the students traveled to New York to expand their education through workshops. While there, Eric auditioned for and landed the role of Marius in Les Miserables at the age of 20. When not on the road, Eric and his long-time friend Gina De Luca have a production company called Big City Broadway [ [http://www.bigcitybroadway.com] ] based in San Diego.

Kunze had voice training from Tony McDowell, Harry Garland and Bruce Kolb in Los Angeles. He received acting coaching from Uta Hagen and Alan Savage in New York, and from Drew Tombrello, Andrew Barnicle and Robert Cohen in Los Angeles. He received dance tuition in New York from Buzz Miller, Thommie Walsh, Mary Rotella and Susan Stroman, and in Los Angeles, from Javier Velasco, Jack Tygett, Donale McKayle, El Gabriel and Bernard Johnson

Credits

*Broadway - Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy (with Jerry Lewis) at the Marquis Theatre, Miss Saigon as Chris at the Broadway Theatre, and as Marius in Les Miserable at the Imperial Theatre.

*National and international tours -- in Whistle Down The Wind, Jesus Christ Superstar (replaced Sebastian Bach), Pippin, Miss Saigon, The Fantasticks and The Pirates of Penzance.

*Regional -- in Miss Saigon as (Chris), Evita (Che), West Side Story (Tony Pittsburgh), South Pacific (Lt. Joe Cable), Damn Yankees ( Joe Hardy), Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus), Chess (Freddy), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph), Into The Woods (Wolf), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Demetrius) and A Man For All Seasons (Master Richard).