Full Name William Beech Years active 2008—present Role Singer | Occupation Actor, singer Name Will Beech Education Columbia University | |
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Born December 29, 1993 (age 30) ( 1993-12-29 ) Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||
Will Beech (also known as William Beech) (born December 29, 1993) is an American theatre actor and singer. From Washington, D.C., he is currently a student at Columbia University. He has performed in such shows as the Broadway-bound premiere of Ace: The New Musical Adventure, the revival of the Kander and Ebb musical The Happy Time, and Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night, as well as the world premiere of Victor Lodato's drama The Bread of Winter at the historic H Street Playhouse.
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Biography and Stage Appearances
Born in Washington, D.C., Beech went to Swanson Middle School in Arlington, Virginia and performed in community theatre at Encore Stage and Studio. Beech later attended the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. He made his professional debut, credited as William Beech, in Signature Theatre's revival of The Happy Time as part of Signature's 2008 Kander and Ebb Festival. After appearing as the ensemble boy in Signature's Broadway-bound production of Ace: The New Musical Adventure under the direction of Eric D. Schaeffer, Beech created the lead role of Gregory in Theater Alliance's 2009 world premiere production of The Bread of Winter, a dystopian drama by Victor Lodato, to critical acclaim. The Washington Post called his performance "impressive" and said his "shellshocked demeanor and flashes of despairing fierceness give the abused Gregory a dangerous edge."
Beech appeared in Signature Theatre's 2011 concert staging of Saturday Night, the first musical written by Stephen Sondheim, as Bobby. In the concert staging of the musical, Beech sang "Exhibit A" and received positive reviews. The Sondheim Review discussed Beech's performance as Bobby, described a connection between Beech and Sondheim:
In June 2012, Beech performed a solo cabaret show, An Evening with Will Beech, at the Signature Theatre. He then played Robbie in the premiere of Norman Allen's play The House Halfway as part of the 2012 Source Festival.
In August 2013, Beech will appear in the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma's 50th Anniversary production of the Roger Miller and William Hauptman musical Big River at the historic Civic Center Music Hall in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He currently attends Columbia University as a member of the Class of 2016.
In 2014, Beech was credited as working on the 68th Tony Awards.