Brooks Ashmanskas was born on June 15,1969 and is an American actor.
16 Facts About Brooks Ashmanskas
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Brooks Ashmanskas has appeared both on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as in regional theatres.
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Brooks Ashmanskas was nominated for a 2006 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, and for a 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Barry Glickman in The Prom.
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Brooks Ashmanskas is originally from Salem, Oregon, but grew up in Beaverton, just outside of Portland.
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Brooks Ashmanskas was in the original productions of Dream, Songs for a New World and the Broadway revival of Gypsy: A Musical Fable.
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Brooks Ashmanskas was a replacement "Carmen Ghia", starting in 2004, in The Producers, occasionally acting opposite original Carmen Ghia actor Roger Bart as Leo Bloom.
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Brooks Ashmanskas appeared in the Broadway revival of The Ritz as Chris in 2007.
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Brooks Ashmanskas played the character of Mr Dobitch in the 2010 Broadway revival of Promises, Promises.
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Brooks Ashmanskas starred as the title character Off-Broadway in the New Group production of Clive at the Acorn Theatre in January 2013 through March 2013.
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Brooks Ashmanskas appeared in the stage musical adaption of Bullets Over Broadway, which opened on Broadway in April 2014.
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Brooks Ashmanskas starred as Barry Glickman in the original Broadway production of The Prom, which opened in October 2018 at the Longacre Theatre, for which he was nominated for a 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.
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Brooks Ashmanskas appeared in the Arena Stage production of Animal Crackers in 1999.
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Brooks Ashmanskas has performed at the Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, in Present Laughter in 2007 and in She Loves Me in May and June 2008.
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Brooks Ashmanskas appeared in God of Carnage in 2012 as Alan.
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Brooks Ashmanskas performed in Burn This as "Larry" at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, in 2011.
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Brooks Ashmanskas appeared in the musical 1776 as John Adams at the Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, in 2012.