Randy Graff
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Randy Graff (born May 23, 1955) is an American actress and singer.
Early years
Born in Brooklyn, New York on May 23, 1955,[1] Graff was part of a musically oriented family. Her grandmother "was the lead soprano in temple", and her uncle sang with, and arranged for, vocal groups of the swing era.[2] She graduated from Port Richmond High School and Wagner College.[3]
Career
Graff's professional debut occurred at the Village Dinner Theater[4] in Raleigh, North Carolina,[2] in 1976.[4] She has been in feature films such as Keys to Tulsa and Rent as well as being in television shows such as NBC's Law & Order a number of times. In addition to film and television, Graff has been in several Broadway shows.
In 1990 Graff won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for her work in City of Angels,[5] and in 2001 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in A Class Act.[6]
She originated the role of Fantine in the musical Les Misérables when the production opened on Broadway in 1987, which included "I Dreamed a Dream", also on the soundtrack released in 1990.[7]
According to Graff, she was the first person to sing "I Dreamed a Dream" in the U.S., which is not entirely true. Patti LuPone sang it on The Joan Rivers Show shortly before the show opened in New York.[8] She has also appeared in Broadway revivals of the musicals Damn Yankees and Fiddler on the Roof.
Graff teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.[9]
Filmography
- Working It Out: "Pilot" (1990) TV Episode – Andy #1
- Law & Order
- "Sonata for Solo Organ" (1991) TV Episode – Dr. Martha Kershan
- "Attorney Client" (2002) TV Episode – Hillary Morton
- "Publish and Perish" (2005) TV Episode – Helen DeVries
- Drexell's Class (1991) TV Series – Principal Francine E. Itkin
- Mad About You: "Bedfellows" (1993) TV Episode – Sharon, Paul's older sister
- Bless This House: "Pilot" (1995) TV Episode – Marion
- Keys to Tulsa (1997) – Louise Brinkman
- Ed: "The Stars Align" (2001) TV Episode – Attorney
- Rent (2005) - Mrs. Cohen
- Learning to Drive (2014) – Attorney
Theatre
- Broadway
- Grease (1972)
- Saravá (1979)
- Les Misérables (1987) – Original Broadway cast
- City of Angels (1989) – Original Broadway cast, Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Falsettos (1992)
- Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993)
- Moon Over Buffalo (1995)
- High Society (1998)
- A Class Act (2001) – Original Broadway cast, Tony Awards nominee for Best Actress in a Musical
- Fiddler on the Roof (2004) – Revival
- Mr. Saturday Night (2022)
- Off-Broadway
- A... My Name Is Alice (1983 and 1984)[10][11]
- Do Re Mi (1999) Encores!, New York City – Kay Cram
- Hotel Suite (2000) – Millie
- A Class Act (2000) – Sophie
- Damn Yankees (2008) – Revival
- The Babylon Line (2016–2017) Lincoln Center Newhouse Theater – Frieda Cohen; Lucille Lortel Award for Featured Actress
- Regional
- A Little Night Music (2002) – "Charlotte", Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC[12]
- Elegies: A Song Cycle (2006) – "Reprise! Broadway's Best "Marvelous Musical Mondays", Los Angeles, California[13]
- Hello, Dolly! (2007) – "Dolly", The Muny, St. Louis, Missouri[14]
- Broadway: Three Generations (2008) – Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC[15]
- Damn Yankees (2008) – The New York City Center[16]
- Motherhood Out Loud (2009) – Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, New York[17]
References
External links
- The Official Website for Randy Graff
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- TonyAwards.com Interview with Randy Graff
- ↑ Benjamin, Ruth (2006). Who Sang What on Broadway, 1866-1996. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 307. Template:ISBN. "3735. Randy Graff (May 23, 1955- ) B: Brooklyn, NY. Les Miserables (Broadway, “Fantine,” Mar. 12, 1987)"
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- ↑ Rich, Frank."Theater: 'My Name Is Alice,' At American Place", The New York Times, February 27, 1984
- ↑ Gans, Andrew."Sixth Sondheim Starts: A Little Night Music Begins Perfs. in D.C. Aug. 2", Playbill.com, August 2, 2002.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew."L.A. Elegies — with Randy Graff, Liz Callaway and Malcolm Gets — Offered Sept. 11", Playbill.com, September 11, 2006
- ↑ Gans, Andrew."Well, Hello, Randy: Tony Winner Graff Begins Dolly! Run at the Muny July 9", Playbill.com, July 9, 2007
- ↑ Gans, Andrew.Graff, Ashmanskas, Brescia, Osnes, von Essen Explore Broadway: Three Generations Oct. 2-5", Playbill.com, October 2, 2008
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam.Graff and Kellerman Added to Motherhood Out Loud at Bay Street", Playbill.com, July 27, 2009
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- American television actresses
- Drama Desk Award winners
- Tony Award winners
- Wagner College alumni
- American stage actresses
- American film actresses
- American musical theatre actresses
- Actresses from Brooklyn
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American women
- Port Richmond High School alumni