JASON GRAAE

Fri. & Sat., Aug. 29 & 30.  JASON GRAAE.  A Broadway veteran (A Grand Night for Singing; Falsettos; Stardust; Snoopy; and Do Black Patent leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?)  Mr. Graae also has Off-Broadway credits, including the original cast of Forever Plaid; Olympus on My Mind; All in the Timing; and Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, for which he received a Drama Desk nomination for “Best Actor in a Musical.”  Having originated the role of Houdini in the L.A. production of Ragtime at the Shubert, he went on to win an Ovation Award for Forbidden Broadway Y2KLA.  He played “Benny” in Guys and Dolls and “Marcellus” in The Music Man at the Hollywood Bowl.  He was a guest soloist twice for the Boston Pops, for 5 ½ years he was the voice of “Lucky, the Leprechaun” for Lucky Charms Cereal, and he has recorded over 65 CD’s.  The New York Times had this to say: “Nowadays, probably no other performer could infuse [that song] with the manic mischief that Jason Graae, a frisky clown with a real tenor, pumped into it….” And from the Oakland Tribune:  “I laughed so hard I choked on my 2-drink minimum!”