1. Rory O'Malley is a co-founder of the gay rights activist group Broadway Impact.
19 Facts About Rory O'Malley
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Rory O'Malley was born in Cleveland, Ohio; he grew up with his single mother, who is of Irish ancestry.
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Rory O'Malley graduated from Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland.
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Rory O'Malley had a small cameo appearance in On the Run in 2004.
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Rory O'Malley performed the song "Cadillac Car" on the soundtrack, Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture.
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Rory O'Malley starred as Richie Cunningham in the 2006 Los Angeles premiere of Happy Days, as well as the 2007 Goodspeed Opera House production.
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Rory O'Malley originated the role of Elder McKinley in the musical The Book of Mormon, which opened on Broadway on March 24,2011.
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On July 18,2011, Rory O'Malley participated in a reading of George Bernard Shaw's play, Fanny's First Play, a satire of theater critics, at the Players Club in Manhattan, New York City.
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Rory O'Malley appeared as Frank Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine at the Off-Broadway Second Stage Theatre from October 2013 to December 2013.
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Rory O'Malley participated in the Dustin Lance Black play 8, a chronicle reenactment of the federal case that overturned California's Proposition 8.
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Rory O'Malley replaced Jonathan Groff in the role of King George III in the original Broadway production of Hamilton from April 11,2016, through January 16,2017, performing the role on the national tour following his nine-month stint on Broadway.
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Rory O'Malley created it after joining the Hamilton cast; he realized that young fans of the show were seeing an unrealistic and cultivated depiction of the life of a Broadway actor.
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The podcast is currently on an indefinite hold, but Rory O'Malley has expressed plans to resume making it.
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Rory O'Malley is an active supporter of gay rights, establishing the activism group Broadway Impact in 2009 with Gavin Creel and Jenny Kanelos.
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Rory O'Malley was featured in a Broadway Impact fundraiser on November 2,2010, hosted by Gavin Creel.
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Rory O'Malley participated in the Broadway Sings for Pride concert in June 2011.
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In October 2020, Rory O'Malley joined many other Broadway stars in a virtual voter education and letter-writing party sponsored by VoteRiders to raise awareness about voter ID requirements.
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On July 21,2013, Rory O'Malley announced his engagement to boyfriend Gerold Schroeder via Facebook, and they married on September 28,2014.
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Via posts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, Rory O'Malley announced on November 22,2018, "after more than two years of paperwork, home studies, joy, heartache, and grace" he and Schroeder had adopted a newborn baby boy.