Gregory Jbara (#228) - August, 2009
from ATW - Downstage Center Hosted by American Theatre Wing
Gregory Jbara traces his stage career from his first grade appearance as the title role in Frosty the Snowman all the way to his Tony Award-winning turn in the current Broadway musical Billy Elliot. Along the way, he discusses a college career that began at the University of Michigan and wrapped up at the Juilliard School; his first significant role as The Monster in the campy Have I Got a Girl For You (The Frankenstein Musical); chronicles the sudden acclaim (off-Broadway) and quick demise (on Broadway) of Caryl Churchill's Serious Money; his various appearances in Forever Plaid around the country -- and how he made more doing it in Washington DC than the original cast made in the New York company; what it was like to work with show business icons like Jerry Lewis (in Damn Yankees) and Julie Andrews (in Victor/Victoria); how his role of André, and the songs, in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels were shaped as the show was being developed; and what's its like to play opposite a different actor as Billy every single night in Billy Elliot -- often not knowing who he'll be on with until moments before the curtain rises.
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