Bill Nolte (born June 4 in
Toledo, Ohio) is a singer and
Broadway actor. He was raised in
Genoa, Ohio and attended
Genoa Area High School
Genoa Area High School is a public high school in Genoa, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Genoa Area Local School District. Other towns in the district are Curtice, Clay Center, Martin, and Williston.
The nickname for the ...
, graduating in 1971. He graduated from the
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1976,
with a degree in Opera and Musical Theater and a minor in Musical Theater.
Theatre credits
Bill made his Broadway debut in 1985,
Old Deuteronomy in the
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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musical ''
Cats
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''. Subsequently, he's appeared on Broadway in ''Me and My Girl'', ''
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Thi ...
'' (1993–1994), ''
1776
Events January–February
* January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces.
* January 1 ...
'' (1997–1998), ''King David'' as Golliath, ''Jane Eyre'', and ''Amour'', as well as the original album for ''
Jekyll & Hyde'' alongside
Anthony Warlow
Anthony Warlow (born 18 November 1961) is an Australian musical theatre performer, noted for his character acting and considerable vocal range. He is a classically trained lyric baritone and made his debut with the Australian Opera in 1980.
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.
Beginning in 2005, he performed the role of
Franz Liebkind
The following are fictional characters from the 1967 film '' The Producers'', the Broadway musical based on it, and the 2005 film adaptation of the musical.
Max Bialystock
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in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''
The Producers''.
Nolte played Tabarro in the 2010–11 Broadway revival of ''
La Cage aux Folles''.
Mansour in ''The Road to Qatar'' – 2011, at the York Theatre
Benjamin Prick in ''The Little Pricks'' – 2012, with The Gold Dust Orphans in Boston, MA
Fuzz in ''HARMONY, KANSAS'' – 2012, at the Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, CA. WORLD PREMIERE.
Tony in ''THE MOST HAPPY FELLA'' – 2012, Lyric Stage in Irving, TX.
Starring as Tony in Goodspeed Opera House's (CT.) new production of ''The Most Happy Fella'' – 2013
He has performed his solo cabaret acts: IS NOTHING SACRED, BILLSVILLE, TOGETHER AT LAST, ALL OF ME and ON BROADWAY in venues like BIRDLAND, TRIAD, SEABOURNE SPIRIT CRUISES, LAS VEGAS PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY and recently at IRIDIUM in NY at the VON FREEMAN AFTERPARTY with Shirley Jordan.
Awards
* 2012 SCENIE AWARD for Best Ensemble Performance in HARMONY, KANSAS at the DIVERSIONARY THEATRE.
* 2000 Gypsy Robe for playing Richard Mason in JANE EYRE (2000–2001)
* 1993
Gypsy Robe for playing Issachar in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (1993–1994)
* 1987 "DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS" Award from The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
* 1982 TOMMY AWARD given by the American Council of Prints to his design for Concord Fabrics in NYC
References
External links
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Living people
1953 births
People from Genoa, Ohio
American male musical theatre actors
University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music alumni