BRUCE SABATH
The following is used with permission from Bruce Sabath (added March 22, 2007)
Bruce Sabath is currently making his Broadway debut as Larry in Stephen Sondheim's Company, ten years after leaving a corporate strategy career with just a dream.
Bruce's New York credits include Prince Hal (title role, OOBR award), The Tempest (Storm Theatre), and Fleet Week (Best Musical, FringeNYC). His regional/tour credits include Company (Cincinnati), Brooklyn Boy (FST, Handy® Award), Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde, 1776 (WV Public), Victor/Victoria National Tour, Wit, and Gross Indecency. Film credits include Race (with Cliff Robertson), Prodigal Son (title role), and Great Pretenders. Bruce also appears on the recordings Digital Fortress (by Dan Brown) and Handmaid's Tale (BBC Radio).
Bruce is a graduate of Harvard, Wharton and William Esper Studio. He would like to thank his ceaselessly supportive wife, Karen, and his two boys, Jeremy and Michael, for dreaming with him.
Visit Bruce at www.brucesabath.com
LUIS SALGADO
The following is used with permission from Luis Salgado (updated March 6, 2008)
Luis is currently appearing on Broadway in In The Heights (Ensemble, Assistant Latin Choreographer).
Luis studied drama in Puerto Rico, his native island, then moved to New York to follow his dream. He was "Javier" Dance Double in Dirty Dancing II and he also created the role of Frankie Suarez in The Mambo Kings. Other credits include Fame on 42nd Street, Aida, and Evita. Luis was also guest star in the recent version of A Chorus Line in Puerto Rico. He can also be seen dancing in the films Across the Universe, American Gangster, and Enchanted (he also assisted the choreographers in this film).
For more on Luis visit www.luissalgado.com
GERARD SALVADOR
The following is used with permission from Gerard Salvador and www.gerardsalvador.com (added February 20, 2007)
Gerard accidentally fell into his love for performing when he decided against all the high schools in his hometown - the New York City Borough of Queens. He found himself enrolling at the LaGuardia HS of Performing Arts and Music & Art. There he was guided to become a budding classical singer. After a few years of classical music, a confused Gerard found himself applying to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts - but for Drama, where he received a BFA.
NIKI SCALERA
The following is used with permission from Niki Scalera and www.nikiscalera.com (added March 17, 2007)
A native of Connecticut, Niki began her quest at the ripe old age of three when she was enrolled in tap dance, ballet and jazz. This would be the beginning of Niki's extensive career in the arts. She began acting at the age of five starring in national commercials for products including Cabbage Patch Kids, Oreo's and Raisin Bran. At the age of 8, she starred in the Emmy nominated ABC After School Special Don't Touch. Her other daytime drama work includes Loving, All My Children and Another World.
By the age of 10, Niki's lessons and New York auditions had her singing and dancing five days a week. During the summers, she performed in local musicals such as Gypsy, The Sound of Music and Carousel. At the age of 12, she worked with Neil Simon in his original Broadway production of Jake's Women. Niki's first trip to Los Angeles came at age 15 while starring with James Naughton in The American Dream at Century City's Schubert Theatre. While in high school, she captured every lead role performing in musicals from Anything Goes to West Side Story. Niki later attended the CAP21 program and Stonestreet Studios at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she received her BFA degree.
Following graduation, Niki toured the United States in Footloose, where she played the lead role of the rebellious preacher's daughter, Ariel Moore. Forty cities, 400 performances and a year later, Niki made her way to Los Angeles where she worked with several different producers and captivated crowds on the local circuit with her 3+ octave singing range. She performed as an original cast member in the Queen rock theatrical We Will Rock You at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino and is currently on Broadway in Disney's Tarzan.
Niki has just completed a reading for the stage version of the Disney film High School Musical and will be appearing next in Idaho! The Comedy Musical on April 6th and 9th, 2007 at the New Dance Group Studios.
ERIC SCIOTTO
MATTHEW SCOTT
The following is used with permission from www.matt-scott.com (updated August 16, 2007)
Matthew will next appear in the Broadway production of A Catered Affair.
Matthew made his Broadway debut as the understudy for three of the "Four Seasons" in the Tony Award® winning musical Jersey Boys. He is a Jersey boy by birth - born and raised in Bergen County. By the age of 13, Matt was a recurring guest on a local radio show singing beside Bobby Short, David Campbell and Andrea Marcovicci, who would later invite him to perform with her at the Algonquin Hotel.
Matt graduated with a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004. In 2005, Matt's portrayal of Tony in West Side Story at the St. Louis MUNY earned him a Kevin Kline Award® Nominatior for Leading Actor. Earlier that season he played Harry Houdini in Stafford Arima's production of Ragtime at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
Matt's recent credits include the role of Jonathan in Tick,Tick...Boom! at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, GA, the title role in Bat Boy: The Musical for the Pittsburgh Music Theater, and the Courier in 1776 for the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. Other credits include My Fair Lady and Carousel at the Paper Mill Playhouse, and five other shows at the MUNY including Side by Side by Sondheim and South Pacific.
SHERIE RENE SCOTT
The following is used with permission from www.sherierene.com (added February 7, 2007)
Sherie Rene Scott recently appeared on Broadway in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Drama League Award; Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Tony Award nominations).
Sherie has also appeared on Broadway in Aida (Drama League Award; Clarence Derwent Award), Rent, and The Who’s Tommy. She has appeared Off-Broadway/Regional in John Guare’s Landscape of the Body (Obie Award, Drama League Award) Signature Theatre Company and Williamstown, The Last Five Years (Drama Desk Award nomination, Drama League Award), Debbie Does Dallas, Kander and Ebb’s Over and Over, Signature Theatre (Helen Hayes Award nomination), and Randy Newman’s Faust, La Jolla Playhouse and Goodman Theatre. Her Film/TV credits include Marci X (Paramount), “Vault of Love,” and “My Guys” (CBS).
Sherie co-founded with Kurt Deutsch the Grammy nominated independent theatrical record label Sh-K-Boom Records and the new Ghostlight Records which has recorded, among other works, the original cast recordings of The Last Five Years, Debbie Does Dallas, solo experiment Sherie Rene…Men I’ve Had, Bright Lights, Big City, The Actors’ Fund benefit recording of Hair, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and yes, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre.
JACKIE SEIDEN
The following is used with permission from Jackie Seiden and www.jackieseiden.com (added February 13, 2007)
Jackie is currently portraying Mary Delgado on the First National Tour of Jersey Boys.
Jackie was born in Highland Park, Illinois, and is a cum laude graduate of Northwestern University with a B.S. and certificate in Music Theater. Her theater credits include:
Broadway: HAIRSPRAY, GOOD VIBRATIONS (Original cast). First National Tours: JERSEY BOYS (Mary Delgado), HAIRSPRAY, SCOOBY DOO! Off Broadway: HEAT LIGHTNING
Regional: HAPPY DAYS (Pinky Tuscadero. Director Garry Marshall at the Falcon Theatre), THE TIMES THEY ARE A- CHANGIN' (Director Twyla Tharp, music by Bob Dylan at the Old Globe
Theatre), JEKYLL & HYDE (Lucy), CHILDREN OF EDEN (Yonah), GREASE (Sandy),
CHESS IN CONCERT (Helen Hayes Theater), MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Beth
Spencer). TV: GUIDING LIGHT.
SAYCON SENGBLOH
The following is used with permission from Saycon Sengbloh (added November 25, 2007)
Broadway has been very kind to this New York City actress! Saycon's journey from Atlanta, Georgia has definitely been worth it. She began performing as a kid in plays and musicals at Tri-Cities School for Visual and Performing Arts. After numerous productions with the Freddie Hendrick's Youth Ensemble of Atlanta, she played the ingénue, Ellen, in Tyler Perry's first musical I Know I've Been Changed. She has performed in many of Atlanta's premiere theaters including the Tony Award winning Alliance Theater Company under artistic directors Kenny Leon & Susan Booth. After numerous auditions searching for new Equity National tour of Rent, Saycon met Berney Telsey & Company and was cast as the seductive Latin lead "Mimi." She was one of the first African American actresses to play the role at that time.
Saycon first moved to New York when she was brought in to perform on Broadway in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida. Within weeks, Saycon was standing by for actress, Simone. She later stepped into the role of Aida during the absences of R&B artists Toni Braxton, Destiny Child's Michelle Williams, and Deborah Cox. Saycon was the first African-American actress to perform the role of the Wicked Witch of the West Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway eventually standing in for Saturday Night Live comedienne Ana Gasteyer -- talk about range! Most recently she performed the role of Celie, during Fantasia Barrino's vacation from Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple.
Like a chameleon she has performed a variety of roles that usually employ a gaggle of different "types" yet Saycon has fit them all. Saycon is very proud to have appeared in the films of female directors Julie Dash and Julie Taymore.
Saycon Sengbloh is the executive producer of the R&B Pop CD release "Southern Pin-Up" available on CDbaby.com/saycon.
ANTONIQUE SMITH
The following is used with permission from Antonique Smith, www.antonique.com (updated January 28, 2007)
Antonique Smith (born August 11) is a singer and actress born and raised in New Jersey. She is probably best known for her role as Mimi in Jonathan Larson's Broadway production of Rent, although she also performed the role of Maureen for a time. Some hail her as the best Mimi to date.
Growing up, Smith was influenced by such artists as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Celine Dion. She performed in various plays at her local church where she took theatre classes. She then took a course at The School of Film and Television.
Though most famous for her role on Broadway, Smith is actively pursuing a career in film and televison. She had a small role in an untitled Beatles film due out in the fall of 2006. Her television appearances include guest stints on Law & Order and 100 Centre Street. She was also featured on "Voices Among Us" with opera duo Chris Cain and Adelmo Guidarelli.
Smith has benefited from such websites as YouTube and Myspace where videos of her performances have been posted by fans. Though she does not run the pages herself, she is known for personally responding to fans in a timely fashion and also for her friendly demeanor and willingness to pose for pictures and sign Playbills at the stage door.
She has expressed interest in the role of Elphaba in Wicked, though it is yet to be seen if she will audition. Smith was last seen in the role of Mimi in the musical Rent on Broadway, which she left at the end of August 2006. She returned to Los Angeles to finish the writing and recording process on a solo album that in the works.
J. ROBERT SPENCER
The following is used with permission from J. Robert Spencer/ www.bobbyspencer.com
Before Bobby Spencer moved to York in 1985, he had lived in Delaware, New Jersey, Minnesota, Texas, and Oklahoma. The then 15-year old had become a veteran at making friends fast by making them laugh. "The more I goofed off, the harder people laughed," Spencer said. "No matter what town I moved to, I knew I could fall back on acting. It was a quick way for people to notice you and get to know you." On November 6th 2005, the 1987 Central York High School graduate introduced himself to Broadway as one of the lead actors in "Jersey Boys," a musical production about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Spencer plays Nick Massi, the Four Season's bass vocalist who left the band in 1965. Spencer calls this role, this play and this hectic Broadway lifestyle the peak of his career -- a career that has more miles on it than the cross-country footprints his family left before they moved to York. Spencer's passion for the performing arts wasn't inspired by Broadway legends such as Nathan Lane or Neil Simon. Rather, it was the epic drum soloing of progressive rock band Rush. "'Tom Sawyer' came on the radio and when that drum solo hit, I was like, 'Wow,'" Spencer said. "The song was being played the whole day, and I said, 'Mom I wanna play drums.' I guarantee you I wouldn't be on the path I'm on today if it wasn't for my parents [buying me a drum kit]." At Central High, Spencer acted in several productions and participated in band and chorus. Mark Zortman, director of the performing arts department at Central York School District, said Spencer's singing, acting and charisma made him a well-rounded performer. "Talent wise, he was impressive," Zortman said. At Shenandoah Conservatory, a music-focused branch of Shenandoah University in Virginia, Spencer said his band had a decent shot at being signed, but the band fizzled with the expected pressures of going national. "Long story short, we had huge interest, but some guys got cold feet," Spencer said, citing his band's breakup as the moment he decided to take the reins to his future. "I can't live the rest of my life having other people make decisions for me." In late 1993, he cut his hair, shaved his beard, and began singing and dancing for cruise ships to save money for his Broadway aspirations. A year later, he was in New York, auditioning for every play he could when not waiting tables. He waited in the cold outside studio doors and gave resumes and photos to everyone in the theater business to get his name out. After three months of rejections, Spencer landed the role of Rum Tum Tugger in an off-Broadway production of "Cats." The gig spent a year and a half on the road, and when he returned to New York, he got his first Broadway part in "Side Show," a short-lived 1997 musical about Siamese twins' shot at stage fame. In the next eight years, Spencer didn't have a place to call home. He spent time in L.A. writing and producing independent short and feature movies, wrote and recorded music, and acted in touring musicals such as "Tommy," "Finian's Rainbow" and "Heartland." In early 2005, Spencer heard of "Jersey Boys" through his agent. He auditioned for the role of Tommy DeVito but landed the role of Massi. The musical's producers test drove the production for three months at the La Jolla Playhouse, a 500-seat theater a few miles north of San Diego. Its success brought it back to New York, where it debuted at the August Wilson Theater. "It's been a ride of patience and persistence. Every time I got a gig, it was because of persistence, persistence, persistence," Spencer said. "I always knew in all the years of struggling, there is no way that God would dangle a carrot in front of my face my entire life."
Photo provided by J. Robert Spencer
photo used with permission from www.bobbyspencer.com
LUCAS STEELE
The following is used with permission of Lucas Steele, www.lucassteele.com
Broadway: The Threepenny Opera
Off-Broadway and other New York credits: Corpus Christie (Bouwerie Lane Theater), Impostors (Theater 5 @ The Mint), Trippin' (Theater 5 @ The Mint), Dalliance In Vienna
(ATA), Cheri (The Actor's Studio), My Brother's Going To States (Manhattan
Theater Source), All American Boy (NYC Fringe), a year long run of John
Tartaglia: AD-LIBerty (Joe's Pub) and a reading of Paradise Lost (New York
City Opera) directed by Harold Prince.
Regional credits: A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady, and The Human Comedy.
A singer/songwriter of his own material, he is also a violinist and lead vocalist for The Infinite
Orchestra and a member of The Broadway Boys. www.LucasSteele.com,
www.InfiniteOrchestra.com, www.BwayBoys.com
HAVILAND STILLWELL
The following is used with permission from Haviland Stillwell and www.havilandstillwell.com (added February 3, 2007)
Haviland is currently appearing on Broadway in Les Miserables at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Haviland has appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof. Other credits include Dangerous Beauty, Charles Strouse's You Never Know, The Real Secret (one-woman cabaret show), The Mikado, and A Christmas Carol. She has appeared on film in Wayward Son (with Harry Connick, Jr.) and Now and Then. Haviland served as an associate producer for John Cariani's Off-Broadway play Almost Maine. She is a graduate of New York University.
