Brooks Ashmanskas
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Brooks Ashmanskas is American stage actor. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
and a Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
for playing various characters in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He was also in the original productions of The Producers
, Dream
and revivals of Promises, Promises
, Gypsy: A Musical Fable
, Present Laughter
and The Ritz
.
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. The award has been presented since 1947...
and a Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
for playing various characters in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He was also in the original productions of The Producers
The Producers (musical)
The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks and music composed by Brooks and arranged by Glen Kelly and Doug Besterman. As in the film, the story concerns two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich...
, Dream
Dream (musical)
Dream is a 1997 musical revue based on the songs of Johnny Mercer.The Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Wayne Cilento, opened on April 3, 1997 at the Royale Theatre after twenty-four previews...
and revivals of Promises, Promises
Promises, Promises
Promises, Promises is a musical based on the 1960 film The Apartment. The music is by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and book by Neil Simon. Musical numbers for the original Broadway production were choreographed by Michael Bennett; Robert Moore directed and David Merrick produced...
, Gypsy: A Musical Fable
Gypsy: A Musical Fable
Gypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business...
, Present Laughter
Present Laughter
Present Laughter is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 and first staged in 1942 on tour, alternating with his lower middle-class domestic drama This Happy Breed...
and The Ritz
The Ritz (play)
The Ritz is a play by Terrence McNally. Actress Rita Moreno won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the 1975 Broadway production, which she and many others of the original cast reprised in a 1976 film version directed by Richard Lester....
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