Michael McGrath (actor)

American stage actor (born 1957)

Michael McGrath

Born|  (1957-09-25) September 25, 1957 (age 65)

Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.

Nationality| American
Occupation| Actor
Awards| Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (2012)

Michael McGrath (born September 25, 1957) is an American actor. Best known for his work on the Broadway stage, he received a Tony Award in 2012 for his performance in the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It.

## Career[edit]

McGrath played the role of Patsy in the Broadway musical Spamalot (2005), for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

He played the role of Cookie McGee in the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012), for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for this performance.[1][2] McGrath originated the role of Mr. Simmons in Memphis (Broadway, 2009). He has been an ensemble member and understudy for many shows, including My Favorite Year (musical), Swinging on a Star and Little Me. He has appeared in the musicals Anything Goes as Moonface Martin and in Wonderful Town (2003) as Chick Clark.[3]

He starred in the play Is He Dead? on Broadway in December 2007 to February 2008 as Agamemnon Buckner.[4]

In 2014, he was in the A.R.T. pre-Broadway production of Finding Neverland replacing Roger Bart in the dual role of Charles Frohman and Captain James Hook.[5]

He is appearing in a new musical The Honeymooners, based on the television comedy The Honeymooners. The musical premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, New Jersey on September 28, 2017, and stars McGrath as Ralph Kramden, Michael Mastro as Ed Norton, Leslie Kritzer as Alice Kramden, and Laura Bell Bundy as Trixie Norton.[6] McGrath appeared in a workshop of the musical in 2014.[7]

On television, McGrath was the announcer/sidekick on The Martin Short Show.

While working in the Boston production of Forbidden Broadway, McGrath met his future wife, Toni DiBuono.

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Work  | Result

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1996  | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Swinging on a Star | Nominated
Theatre World Award | Honoree
2005  | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | Spamalot | Nominated
Drama Desk Award  | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical  | Nominated
2012  | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Musical  | Nice Work if You Can Get It | Won
Drama Desk Award  | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical  | Won
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical  | Won

## Personal life[edit]

McGrath is from Worcester, Massachusetts. He is married to actress Toni DiBuono.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jones, Kenneth and Adam Hetrick. 2012 "Tony Awards Nominations Announced; Once Earns 11 Nominations" Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine. Playbill.com, May 1, 2012
2. ^ Jacobsen, Aileen (May 15, 2009). "Like Oil and Water, but Oscar and Felix Still Bond". NY Times. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
3. ^ "McGrath Broadway" Playbill, retrieved October 4, 2017
4. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Broadway's 'Is He Dead?' to Close March 9" Playbill, February 26, 2008
5. ^ Tony Winner Swap: Michael McGrath To Replace Roger Bart in A.R.T.'s Finding Neverland Opening July 23
6. ^ McPhee, Ryan. "Watch Footage of Leslie Kritzer, Laura Bell Bundy, and More in 'The Honeymooners' " Playbill, October 3, 2017
7. ^ Gioia, Michael. "Michael McGrath, Hank Azaria, Leslie Kritzer and Megan Hilty Will Be "The Honeymooners" in Industry Reading" Playbill, September 22, 2014

## External links[edit]

* Michael McGrath at the Internet Broadway Database
* Michael McGrath at IMDb
* Michael McGrath at Playbill Vault

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1975–2000|

* Ted Ross (1975)
* George Rose (1976)
* Ken Bichel / Michael Mark / John Miller / Joseph Saulter (1977)
* Kevin Kline (1978)
* Ken Jennings (1979)
* Bob Gunton (1980)
* Tony Azito (1981)
* Cleavant Derricks (1982)
* Charles Coles (1983)
* Martin Vidnovic (1984)
* René Auberjonois (1985)
* Michael Rupert (1986)
* Michael Maguire (1987)
* Robert Westenberg (1988)
* Michael Jeter (1990)
* Bruce Adler (1991)
* Scott Waara (1992)
* Mark Michael Hutchinson (1993)
* Jarrod Emick (1994)
* Wilson Jermaine Heredia (1996)
* Joel Grey (1997)
* Gregg Edelman (1998)
* Roger Bart (1999)
* Stephen Spinella (2000)

2001–present|

* Gary Beach (2001)
* Shuler Hensley (2002)
* Dick Latessa (2003)
* Raúl Esparza (2004)
* Denis O'Hare (2005)
* Jim Dale (2006)
* Gavin Lee (2007)
* Boyd Gaines (2008)
* Gregory Jbara (2009)
* Christopher Fitzgerald (2010)
* John Larroquette (2011)
* Michael McGrath (2012)
* Bertie Carvel (2013)
* James Monroe Iglehart (2014)
* Christian Borle (2015)
* Christopher Fitzgerald (2016)
* Gavin Creel (2017)
* Gavin Lee (2018)
* André De Shields (2019)
* Christian Borle (2020)
* No Award (2021)
* Matt Doyle (2022)

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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

1947–1975|

* David Wayne (1947)
* Myron McCormick (1950)
* Russell Nype (1951)
* Yul Brynner (1952)
* Hiram Sherman (1953)
* Harry Belafonte (1954)
* Cyril Ritchard (1955)
* Russ Brown (1956)
* Sydney Chaplin (1957)
* David Burns (1958)
* Russell Nype / Leonard Stone (1959)
* Tom Bosley (1960)
* Dick Van Dyke (1961)
* Charles Nelson Reilly (1962)
* David Burns (1963)
* Jack Cassidy (1964)
* Victor Spinetti (1965)
* Frankie Michaels (1966)
* Joel Grey (1967)
* Hiram Sherman (1968)
* Ron Holgate (1969)
* René Auberjonois (1970)
* Keene Curtis (1971)
* Larry Blyden (1972)
* George S. Irving (1973)
* Tommy Tune (1974)
* Ted Ross (1975)

1976–2000|

* Sammy Williams (1976)
* Lenny Baker (1977)
* Kevin Kline (1978)
* Henderson Forsythe (1979)
* Mandy Patinkin (1980)
* Hinton Battle (1981)
* Cleavant Derricks (1982)
* Charles Coles (1983)
* Hinton Battle (1984)
* Ron Richardson (1985)
* Michael Rupert (1986)
* Michael Maguire (1987)
* Bill McCutcheon (1988)
* Scott Wise (1989)
* Michael Jeter (1990)
* Hinton Battle (1991)
* Scott Waara (1992)
* Anthony Crivello (1993)
* Jarrod Emick (1994)
* George Hearn (1995)
* Wilson Jermaine Heredia (1996)
* Chuck Cooper (1997)
* Ron Rifkin (1998)
* Roger Bart (1999)
* Boyd Gaines (2000)

2001–present|

* Gary Beach (2001)
* Shuler Hensley (2002)
* Dick Latessa (2003)
* Michael Cerveris (2004)
* Dan Fogler (2005)
* Christian Hoff (2006)
* John Gallagher Jr. (2007)
* Boyd Gaines (2008)
* Gregory Jbara (2009)
* Levi Kreis (2010)
* John Larroquette (2011)
* Michael McGrath (2012)
* Gabriel Ebert (2013)
* James Monroe Iglehart (2014)
* Christian Borle (2015)
* Daveed Diggs (2016)
* Gavin Creel (2017)
* Ari'el Stachel (2018)
* André De Shields (2019)
* No Ceremony (2020)
* Danny Burstein (2021)
* Matt Doyle (2022)

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