Jamie deRoy

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Jamie deRoy
Birth nameJamie Gruber
OriginPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Performer
Host
Broadway and Off-Broadway Producer
Songwriter
Recording artist/Producer
Humanitarian
Website http://www.jamiederoy.com/

Jamie Gruber, better known by her stage name Jamie deRoy, is an American producer of Broadway plays, and a cabaret, stage, film and TV performer. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] She has co-produced 60 Broadway shows and 46 off-Broadway shows. [6] deRoy has won eight Tony Awards for her theatre work and was one of the New York Friars Club's first eight female members. [7] [8] [9]

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Early life and education

deRoy was born Jamie Gruber [10] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood. Her mother Aaronel deRoy Gruber was a multimedia artist and her father Irving Gruber was the owner of American Forge and Manufacturing Co. [11] [12] She attended Linden Elementary School and graduated from Allderdice High School in 1963. [6] [13] [8] deRoy then studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University. [14] [15] In 1964 she moved to New York City and enrolled in classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. [16]

Career

Appearances on:

Cabaret

deRoy's debut performance was at The Living Room in NY city in 1969. [24] One of deRoy's earliest collaborations was with Barry Manilow. [16]

deRoy opened for Joan Rivers in New York and L.A. [5] She was in the first group of eight female members, including Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers and Brooke Shields to be admitted to the Friars Club. [25]

deRoy appeared at Caroline's at the Seaport, New York in 1988. In his New York Times review, Stephen Holden wrote "If Joan Rivers were a Manhattan-based cabaret artist, her act might well resemble that of Jamie deRoy, a singer and comedian who appeared at Caroline's at the Seaport on Monday". [26]

deRoy hosts the variety show Jamie deRoy & friends, which airs every other Sunday at 7:30pm on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. [27] [28] deRoy's show has been running for 29 years. [7] Guest entertainers have included Christina Bianco, Mike Birbiglia, E. Clayton Cornelious, John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey and Haley Swindal, [29] Larry Gatlin, Tonya Pinkins, Lewis Cleale, Daisy Jopling, and Caroline Rhea, [30] Melissa Errico, Barbara Fasano, Michael Garin, Daniel Rodriguez, and Michael Somerville, [31] among others. deRoy interviews and gives a short bio of each one of her “friends”, then follows a performance. [32] Jamie deRoy & friends variety shows are directed by Barry Kleinbort, and musical director Ron Abel. [33] Jamie deRoy & friends have appeared at Birdland, [34] The Metropolitan Room, [35] Laurie Beechman, West Bank Cafe, [36] and Feinsteins 54 Below. [30] [37] deRoy teamed with Larry Gatlin to present Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers for her Jamie deRoy & Friends series: Country Meets Broadway. [38] In August 2019, deRoy brought Jamie deRoy & friends variety show to perform at the Milton Berle Room of the Monastery at the Friar's Club. Music and comedy guests included Jared Bradshaw, Steve Hayes, David Buskin, Sophie Buskin, Willy Falk, Angela LaGreca, and Charlotte Maltby. [32]

Recording career

Jamie deRoy produced nine CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series released on the Harbinger and PS Classics labels. [39]

Jamie deRoy shows have benefitted charitable causes including the “Actors Fund: Jamie deRoy & friends Cabaret Initiative,” [40] a program to assist people in the cabaret industry with help for medical needs and concerns.

In 2001, "Grateful" The Songs of John Bucchino by Jamie deRoy & Friends won the MAC statuette [41] for Cabaret in the recording category for various artists.

Album

Record producer

Jamie deRoy & Friends albums

Broadway co-producer

Jamie deRoy is a producer of Broadway shows [1] as Jamie deRoy, Roxanne Seeman & Jamie deRoy, Jamie deRoy/Catherine Adler/Wendy Federman/Heni Koenigsberg, deRoy/Winkler/Batchelder, deRoy Kierstead, CatWenJam Productions, 42nd.club/The Yonnone Family/Island Productions, deRoy-Winkler, and as deRoy-Carr-Klausner. [46]

deRoy co-produced the following stage productions:

Film co-producer

Awards

Tony Awards

Broadwayworld Audience Choice Awards

Drama Desk Awards

Drama League Awards

Off-Broadway Alliance Awards

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