External links
- David Benoit at the Internet Broadway Database
- David Benoit at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
- David Benoit's Stage Credits
David Benoit | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer, musician |
| Years active | 1992–present |
David Benoit (born 1966) is an American actor and singer most known for being a replacement in the original Broadway run of Les Miserables . His most recent Broadway credit is playing the Bishop and Spider in the Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde . [1]
Benoit, who accepts both the Americanized (pronounced "Benoyt") and French (pronounced "Benois") pronunciations of his name, [2] was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and lived on Raymond Street for four years [3] before moving to nearby Somerset, Massachusetts with his father, a bus driver, his mother, two sisters and a brother. [4] [5]
He graduated from Boston Conservatory in 1988 with a degree in musical theatre and moved to New York City. [5] He also had 8 years of tuba playing and is somewhat of an amateur puppet maker, having made his own puppets while in Forbidden Broadway. [6]
After moving to New York in the summer of 1992, he worked on Broadway and touring companies of shows such as Forbidden Broadway , Forever Plaid , Dance of the Vampires , All Shook Up , Avenue Q , Les Miserables , Young Frankenstein , Jekyll & Hyde and Phantom of the Opera . [5] He also performed in the Actor's Fund concert of Dreamgirls .
