Don Stephenson has numerous credits on both television and in the theatre.
15 Facts About Don Stephenson
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Don Stephenson was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 10,1964, to medical technologist Diane Stephenson and TVA chemical engineer Don Ragan Stephenson, Jr.
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Don Stephenson is married to Emily Loesser, daughter of composer Frank Loesser, with whom he has four children.
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On Broadway, Don Stephenson originated the roles of Charles Clarke in Titanic, Mr Peavy in Parade, Bingo Little in By Jeeves and Renfield in Dracula.
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Don Stephenson starred as Leo Bloom in the Broadway production and first national tour of The Producers in 2003.
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Don Stephenson appeared as himself during his run on The Producers on Curb Your Enthusiasm episode Mel's Offer.
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The production was nominated for the Tony Award and Don Stephenson's performance was singled out for acclaim.
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From May 25th until June 26th, 2022, Don Stephenson starred as Coleman in Trading Places at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, a musical inspired by the original film of the same name.
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Don Stephenson received a Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding Featured Performer nomination for his performance.
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In March of 2024 Don Stephenson was announced to star as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future: The Musical North American Tour.
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In 2010, Don Stephenson directed a production of Titanic at The Muny.
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Don Stephenson restored previously cut material from the original Broadway production and reassigned and reordered the existing material.
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Don Stephenson directed the staged concert of Titanic at the Lincoln Center in 2014.
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Don Stephenson directed a reading of a new play, What Women Do, by William Youmans in 2015 in New York City.
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In 2018 he directed Broadway Classics in concert at Carnegie Hall and a new production of The Will Rogers Follies for Goodspeed Musicals and in 2023 Don Stephenson directed the new musical "The Jerusalem Syndrome" at the York Theatre.