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Brad Oscar (born September 22, 1964) is an American musical theatre actor known for his Broadway performances in musicals such as ''The Producers'' and ''Jekyll and Hyde''. He earned two Tony Award nominations for ''The Producers'' as Franz Liebkind, and ''Something Rotten!'' as Nostradamus. ==Career== Oscar graduated with a BFA from the Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1986, and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award, (School of Theatre Distinguished Alumni Award) in 2006.〔("Boston University College of Fine Arts Presents 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards" ) bu.edu, accessed September 30, 2015〕 Oscar's Broadway debut was in the 1990 musical ''Aspects of Love'' as a swing. His next roles were in ''Jekyll and Hyde'' as Sir Peter, Archibald Proops, Barrow Boy, and Second Gentleman. His performance, however, in ''The Producers'' garnered him the most acclaim. Oscar started out as Franz Liebkind, and was also understudy for Max Bialystock (one of the lead roles) and Roger De Bris. The role of Franz earned Oscar a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, but lost to his co-star Gary Beach . After this success, he replaced Nathan Lane as Bialystock.〔("The Producers" ) playbill.com August 31, 2005〕 In 2007, he originated the Bialystock role in the Las Vegas production at the Paris Casino. He has appeared in several productions at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. In 2005 he played "The Devil" (Mr. Applegate) in ''Damn Yankees'', and in October 2006 he played "The Master of Ceremonies" in ''Cabaret''.〔(Brad Oscar ) playbill.com September 8, 2006〕 He played multiple roles, including "Lady Enid", in ''The Mystery of Irma Vep'' from June 2008 through July 13, 2008.〔(Arena Stage listing, "The Mystery of Irma Vep" ) arenastage.org〕 Other regional work includes the title role in the musical ''Barnum'', at the Asolo Repertory Theatre (Florida), from November 12, 2008 through December 20.〔Jones, Kenneth.("Braga, Kraft, Cotton, Walton, Brna and More Will Join Brad Oscar in Asolo's Barnum" ), playbill.com, October 29, 2008〕 In recent years, Brad and his sister, Victoria Oscar, have served as the official Santa and Mrs. Claus for the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Program. Oscar took over the role of "Uncle Fester" (from Kevin Chamberlin) in ''The Addams Family'' on Broadway starting March 8, 2011.〔Healy, Patrick.(Roger Rees to Replace Nathan Lane in ‘The Addams Family’" ) ''The New York Times'', October 28, 2010〕 He is playing the role of Nostradamus in the musical ''Something Rotten!'', which opened on Broadway in April 2015, for which he earned a 2015 Tony Award nomination,〔Hetrick, Adam. (" 'Something Rotten!' Puts a Shakespearean Twist On Broadway Musical Comedy, Starting Tonight" ) playbill.com, March 23, 2015〕 which went to his co-star Christian Borle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Oscar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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