- Lewis Cleale
Lewis Cleale is an American
theatre actor andsinger . He is originally fromHoulton, Maine . [ [http://bangornews.com/news/t/lifestyle.aspx?articleid=155925&zoneid=14 Houlton native brings humor to "Spamalot" on Broadway] ]A graduate of the
University of Miami 's School of Music (where he has been named Distinguished Alumnus), Cleale made his Broadway debut in the 1995 Johnny Burkerevue "Swinging on a Star", for which he received aDrama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. Additional Broadway credits include the 1996 revival of "Once Upon a Mattress " withSarah Jessica Parker , the ill-fated 2002Michel Legrand musical "Amour", and the 2005 hit "Spamalot ".Off-Broadway , he has appeared in "Call Me Madam " oppositeTyne Daly and "A New Brain " withMalcolm Gets andKristin Chenoweth for Lincoln Center Theater.In 1999-2000, Cleale portrayed Joe Gillis opposite
Petula Clark 's Norma Desmond in the national tour of "Sunset Boulevard", and in 2002 went on the road again as Lieut. Joe Cable in "South Pacific".In
Washington, D.C. , Cleale portrayedJohn Adams in "1776" atFord's Theatre and Giorgio inStephen Sondheim 's "Passion" at the Signature Theatre, for which he won theHelen Hayes Award. He has appeared in leading roles at Goodspeed Opera,George Street Playhouse ,Cleveland Opera ,Actors Theatre of Louisville , Long Beach Civic Light Opera, andThe Muny in St. Louis.Cleale's recordings include
William Finn 's "Infinite Joy",Adam Guettel 's "Myths and Hymns", theRCA Victor anthology "Great Musicals", and the original cast albums of "Once Upon a Mattress", "Swinging on a Star", "Call Me Madam", and "Amour".External links
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