Montego Glover

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Montego Glover
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Glover in 2012
Born (1974-02-09) February 9, 1974 (age 51)
Macon, Georgia, USA
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active2001–present

Montego Glover (born February 9, 1974) [1] is an American stage actress and singer. She has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the musical Memphis and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.

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On 1 September 2015, Glover starting playing Fantine in the second Broadway revival of Les Misérables , she left the production on 3 February 2016. [2]

From 9 September 2017 to 31 March 31 2019, Glover portrayed Angelica Schuyler in the Chicago cast of the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton . [3]

On 6 September 6 2022, she started sharing the role of the Witch with Patina Miller in the 2022 Broadway revival of Into the Woods . [4] She left the production on 15 December 2022 being replaced by Joaquina Kalukango. [5] She reprised her role in the 2023 national tour. [6] Glover starred as Rose in Gypsy on Broadway from June to August 2025 alternating with Audra McDonald. [7] [8]

Life and career

Glover was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She attended the Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences and then attended Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre with Honors. [9] Glover sang in church choirs "for as long as I can remember". [10]

She originated the role of Felicia in the musical Memphis. Glover received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance. Additionally, she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (in a tie with Catherine Zeta-Jones). [11] She displays a "rich, rangy and emotionally powerful voice in several standout numbers" according to Playbill. [12] Montego has been with Memphis since it started, including four regional productions [13] and appears in the live filming of the musical, Memphis: Direct from Broadway .

Her Broadway debut was as an understudy for Celie and Nettie in the musical The Color Purple .

In other work, she has been a "Star Wars videogame avatar and a TV commercial voice-over artist." [14] She worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida in the late 1990s. Her voice is featured on the Festival of the Lion King official soundtrack. [15]

She also guest starred on the USA Network show, White Collar in the episode "Judgement Day".

Work

YearShowRoleNotes
2001 Dreamgirls Les Style Broadway Concert
2002 Footloose Rusty North Shore Music Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar Mary MagdaleneCherry County Playhouse
Annie Ensemble Paper Mill Playhouse
2003 Godspell Bless the Lord The Muny
2004 Dreamgirls Lorrell Robinson Benedum Center
Ragtime Sarah North Carolina Theatre
Aida Aida North Shore Music Theatre
2005 Once on This Island Ti Moune Round House Theatre
Aida Aida Music Theatre Wichita
2006-2007 The Color Purple u/s Celie

Nettie

 Broadway
2008
Little Shop of Horrors Audrey Paper Mill Playhouse
2009 Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Wells Fargo Pavilion
2009-2012 Memphis Felicia Broadway
2013 The Pirates of Penzance Kate Off-Broadway
She Loves Me Ilona Ritter Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
2014The RoyaleNina Old Globe Theatre
2015 It Shoulda Been You Annie Shepard Broadway
The Pirates of Penzance Kate Encores!
2015-2016 Les Misérables Fantine Broadway
2016The RoyaleNina Off-Broadway
2017-2019 Hamilton Angelica Schuyler CIBC Theatre
2019 Lady in the Dark Maggie Grant New York City Center
2022 Into the Woods The Witch Broadway
2023US Tour
2025 Gypsy Rose Hovick Broadway

References

  1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KJTK-X5D Date of birth, familysearch.org; accessed May 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Montego Glover Playbill
  3. ↑ @montegoglover (14 March 2019). "Sunday March 31st will be my LAST PERFORMANCE @HamiltonMusical CHI!! Wish me luck as I celebrate my…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Hall, Margaret (12 August 2022). "Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus, Krysta Rodriguez, Montego Glover, More to Join Broadway's Into the Woods". Playbill.
  5. ↑ Wild, Stephi (17 November 2022). "Joaquina Kalukango Will Play The Witch in INTO THE WOODS Beginning Next Month". Broadway World.
  6. ↑ Harms, Talaura (December 6, 2022). "Broadway's Into the Woods Revival Will Journey Across the U.S. On Tour". Playbill. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ Wild, Stephi Montego Glover Will Lead GYPSY For One Week During Audra McDonald's Vacation BroadwayWorld, May 27, 2025
  8. ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe Montego Glover to Play Sunday Matinee Performances as 'Rose' in GYPSY BroadwayWorld, July 7, 2025
  9. ↑ "Biography" Archived 2010-06-28 at the Wayback Machine montegoglover.com, retrieved June 13, 2010
  10. ↑ Wontorek, Paul."Montego Glover on Her Roof-Raising Broadway Turn in 'Memphis'" broadway.com, November 5, 2009
  11. ↑ Morales, Wilson."'Memphis,' 'Fences,' Viola Davis, Montego Glover Win Drama Desk Awards" Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine bvnewswire.com, May 24, 2010
  12. ↑ Gans, Andrew."Chatting with Memphis' Montego Glover" Archived 2009-12-07 at the Wayback Machine December 4, 2009
  13. ↑ Healy, Patrick."Six Years in ‘Memphis’: Rock ’n’ Roll ’n’ Changes" The New York Times, December 17, 2009
  14. ↑ Gamerman, Ellen."Actress Montego Glover on 'Star Wars,' Charmin ads and Jamaica" The Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2009
  15. ↑ Palm, Matt."Ex-Disney Entertainer Montego Glover Is Hoping For A Tony Award" Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Orlando Sentinel, June 10, 2010
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