Alan Paul
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Alan Paul is a Grammy Award
- winning singer and composer, best known as one of the founding members of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer
. He played Teen Angel and Johnny Casino in the original Broadway
cast of Grease
where he introduced the songs "Beauty School Dropout" and "Born to Hand Jive". As a child, he appeared in the original Broadway cast of Oliver!
. He released a solo CD Another Place and Time in 2003.
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
- winning singer and composer, best known as one of the founding members of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...
. He played Teen Angel and Johnny Casino in the original Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
cast of Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
where he introduced the songs "Beauty School Dropout" and "Born to Hand Jive". As a child, he appeared in the original Broadway cast of Oliver!
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
. He released a solo CD Another Place and Time in 2003.