Bill Nolte

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Bill Nolte
Born (1953-06-04) June 4, 1953 (age 70)
Toledo, Ohio, United States
EducationBowling Green State University Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Occupation(s)actor, singer, watercolorist, teacher
Years active1985–present
Website www.billnolte.com

Bill Nolte (born June 4 in Toledo, Ohio) is a singer and Broadway actor. He was raised in Genoa, Ohio and attended Genoa Area High School, graduating in 1971. He graduated from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1976, [1] with a degree in Opera and Musical Theater and a minor in Musical Theater.

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Theatre credits

Bill made his Broadway debut in 1985, Old Deuteronomy in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats . Subsequently, he's appeared on Broadway in Me and My Girl, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1993–1994), 1776 (1997–1998), King David as Golliath, Jane Eyre, and Amour, as well as the original album for Jekyll & Hyde alongside Anthony Warlow. [1]

Beginning in 2005, he performed the role of Franz Liebkind in the Broadway musical adaptation of The Producers after playing the role for 2 years on tour. [2]

Nolte played Tabarro in the 2010–11 Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles . [1]

Mansour in The Road to Qatar – 2011, at the York Theatre

Benjamin Prick in The Little Pricks – 2012, with The Gold Dust Orphans in Boston, MA

Fuzz in HARMONY, KANSAS – 2012, at the Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, CA. WORLD PREMIERE.

Tony in THE MOST HAPPY FELLA – 2012, Lyric Stage in Irving, TX.

Starring as Tony in Goodspeed Opera House's (CT.) new production of The Most Happy Fella – 2013

He has performed his solo cabaret acts: IS NOTHING SACRED, BILLSVILLE, TOGETHER AT LAST, ALL OF ME and ON BROADWAY in venues like BIRDLAND, TRIAD, SEABOURNE SPIRIT CRUISES, LAS VEGAS PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY and recently at IRIDIUM in NY at the VON FREEMAN AFTERPARTY with Shirley Jordan.

In 2018, he joined the Broadway cast of Waitress as Old Joe.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "UC alumni currently or recently on Broadway". UC Magazine. University of Cincinnati.
  2. "Broadway's 'lovable lunatic': Genoa's Bill Nolte charms New York in 'The Producers'". Toledo Blade. December 25, 2005. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009.