Hugh Panaro

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At Avery Fisher Hall, he performed with the Radio City Rockettes in Jerry Herman's "Mack and Mabel" and also in The Stephen Sondheim Gala, the culmination of the Kennedy Center's "Summer of Sondheim," where Hugh played Anthony Hope in "Sweeney Todd". In Los Angeles, Hugh played Franklin Shepard in "Merrily We Roll Along" and received an Ovation Award nomination for his performance as Kenneth in "Call Me Madam", both for Reprise! As a concert artist, Hugh has performed with symphony orchestras across the U.S. and abroad and can be heard on numerous recordings. He is one of the few actors to play both the roles of Raoul (1991) and the Phantom (1999) in the Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera", but after wearing the mask for only a few months, he left to play the title role in the American premiere of Sir Cameron Mackintosh's "Martin Guerre". Panaro returned to play the title role at the Majestic Theatre in "The Phantom of the Opera" until October 1, 2005. He recently created the title role in the Elton John musical, [http://www.hugh-panaro.net/Lestat.htm "Lestat"] and played the coveted role of Bobby in Stephen Sondheim's "Company" at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. Hugh's only film appearance was in the 1997 romantic comedy, "Broadway Damage". Most recently, he performed in a number of concerts and benefits, including Bucks County Cabaret, at Joe's Pub, An Evening With Hugh Panaro at the University of Findlay in Ohio, The Leading Men II at the venerable Birdland Jazz Club, and Broadway For Medicine at City Center. Following his performance in the March 26, 2007 Broadway Musicals of 1938 concert, Hugh invited fans to suggest songs for this [http://www.hugh-panaro.net/Album.htm first solo album] . In the summer of 2007, Hugh was one of four Broadway performers joining Barbra Streisand on her first European concert tour. He most recently stared as Jean Valjean in a new, non-replica production of Les Miserables at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre for which he received the 2008 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Actor In A Musical.

References

* [http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/12447 Hugh Panaro] , "Playbill" biography. URL accessed January 5, 2006.

External links

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* [http://www.hugh-panaro.net Hugh-Panaro.net (official site)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFGc_sYMi9M Hugh Panaro performing "The Music of the Night" at the Bucks County Cabaret]
* [http://www.geocities.com/broadwayphan81/HughPanaro Hugh Panaro Online]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=55499 Hugh Panaro] on the Internet Broadway Database
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* [http://www.walnutstreettheatre.org/season/lesmis-news.php?id=65 Hugh Panaro to star in Philadelphia "Les Miserables"]