Name Brandon Uranowitz Education Tisch School of the Arts | Spouse Molly E. Hager Movies Stage Fright | |
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Occupation Stage actorTelevision actor Role Television actor · brandonuranowitz.com Nominations Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical Similar People Max von Essen, Jerome Sable, Craig Lucas, Molly E Hager, Terri Garber Profiles | ||
The Actor's Craft: Brandon Uranowitz on Making Character Discoveries
Brandon Uranowitz is an American stage and television actor, best known for one of the lead roles in Baby It's You!, the Broadway musical which tells the story of singer Florence Greenberg. Prior to Baby, It's You!, Uranowitz had the role of Mark on the national tour of Rent. He was a 2015 Tony Nominee for his featured performance in An American in Paris.
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Brandon Uranowitz Talks About Starring On Broadway With Adam Driver And Keri Russell
Background
Uranowitz grew up in New Jersey and graduated from New York University with a degree in theater arts from their Tisch School of the Arts. Uranowitz also had minor appearances in the television series Law & Order: CI, As the World Turns and Soul Man.
Theater
Uranowitz trained at NYU and had roles in off-Broadway productions prior to being cast in Rent. He was part of the ensemble cast of Evita at the Papermill Playhouse, held the roles of Richard in Richard III and the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well at Classical Studio, the role of Cardinal Bellarmin in Galileo at The Skirball Center, the role of Dante in Only Children at The Abe Burrows Theatre, the role of Feste in Twelfth Night at the Kirk Theatre, and the role of Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs / Broadway Bound at the Old Globe.
In the jukebox musical Baby It's You!, Uranowitz played the role of Stanley, the blind composer and son of Florence Greenberg as played by the Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel. In their review of the musical, Variety made note that the "show is continually perked up by... ...Brandon Uranowitz (as a long-suffering press guy and Goldberg's blind son)."
Recognition
Of Uranowitz's appearance as Feste in Twelfth Night, MusicOMH wrote "Uranowitz rocks it... ...playing the fool character with restrained glee.", 'PlayShakespeare.com wrote "Brandon Uranowitz’ effortless command of the language and, again, his willingness to explore his characters’ depth makes him absolutely spellbinding." For his performance, Uranowitz received a PlayShakespeare.com Falstaff Award nomination for 'Best Supporting Performance, Male'.
Of Uranowitz's contribution as part of the ensemble cast in the Julius Shulman's 1998 production The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway, The New York Times wrote he "was a testament to youthful enthusiasm and lung power".