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Montego Glover Born Macon, Georgia, USA Occupation Actress, singer Montego Glover is an American stage actress and singer. She has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the musical Memphis and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.
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Biography
Glover, born in Macon, Georgia was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She attended the Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences and then attended Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre with Honors.[1] Glover sang in church choirs "for as long as I can remember".[2]
She has performed on Broadway in the musical Memphis as Felicia. Glover received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance. Additionally, she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (in a tie with Catherine Zeta-Jones).[3] She displays a "rich, rangy and emotionally powerful voice in several standout numbers" according to Playbill.[4] Montego has been with Memphis since it started, including four regional productions[5] and appears in the live filming of the musical, Memphis: Direct from Broadway.
Her Broadway debut was as an understudy for Celie and Nettie in the musical The Color Purple.
In other work, she has been a "'Star Wars' videogame avatar and a TV commercial voice-over artist."[6] She worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida in the late 1990s.[7]
Work
- Dreamgirls - Special Benefit Concert, September 24, 2001*
- Aida - Musical Theatre of Wichita, August 2005
- The Color Purple - Broadway, Understudy and Replacement, March 2007
- Memphis - Broadway, "Felicia", October 19, 2009
- Memphis: Direct from Broadway - Film, April 28, 2011
References
- ^ "Biography" montegoglover.com, retrieved June 13, 2010
- ^ Wontorek, Paul."Montego Glover on Her Roof-Raising Broadway Turn in 'Memphis'" broadway.com, November 5, 2009
- ^ Morales, Wilson."'Memphis,' 'Fences,' Viola Davis, Montego Glover Win Drama Desk Awards" bvnewswire.com, May 24, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Chatting with Memphis' Montego Glover" December 4, 2009
- ^ Healy, Patrick."Six Years in ‘Memphis’: Rock ’n’ Roll ’n’ Changes"The New York Times, December 17, 2009
- ^ Gamerman, Ellen."Actress Montego Glover on 'Star Wars,' Charmin ads and Jamaica"The Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2009
- ^ Palm, Matt."Ex-Disney Entertainer Montego Glover Is Hoping For A Tony Award"Orlando Sentinel, June, 10 2010
External links
- Montego Glover Official Web Site
- Montego Glover at the Internet Broadway Database
- Montego Glover at the Internet Movie Database
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (2001–2025) Marla Schaffel (2001) · Sutton Foster (2002) · Marissa Jaret Winokur (2003) · Donna Murphy (2004) · Victoria Clark (2005) · Christine Ebersole (2006) · Audra McDonald / Donna Murphy (2007) · Patti LuPone (2008) · Allison Janney (2009) · Catherine Zeta-Jones / Montego Glover (2010) · Sutton Foster (2011)
Complete list · (1975–2000) · (2001–2025) Categories:- Living people
- American musical theatre actors
- American stage actors
- Drama Desk Award winners
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