Joel Blum

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Joel Blum
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Education College of Marin
OccupationStage actor

Joel Blum is an American stage actor.

Early life

Blum was born in San Francisco, California. After attending the College of Marin, he joined the national touring company of Godspell at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. [1]

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Career

Blum was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical twice. The first was in 1995 for his role as Frank in the Broadway revival of Show Boat . [2] The second nomination was in 1997 for playing Buddy Becker in the original Broadway production of Steel Pier . [3] He was also nominated for the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in Golf: The Musical. [4]

He appeared in the original production of 42nd Street on Broadway in 1980. [4] Other Broadway roles include Stardust (1987), The Music Man (2000) and Debbie Reynolds On Broadway (1976). [4] He played George in the second U.S. national tour of Billy Elliot the Musical , [5] [6] [7] and Detective Marks/Man in the Off-Broadway musical Kid Victory (2017). [8]

Theatre credits

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1976DebbieDancerBroadway [5]
1980 42nd Street Ensemble; u/s Billy LawlorBroadway
1987StardustUnderstudyBroadway
1991 And the World Goes 'Round PerformerOff-Broadway [9]
1994 Show Boat FrankBroadway [2]
1995Something Wonderful"All Er Nothin'" PerformerBroadway
1996Angela Lansbury - A Celebration"Me and My Town" DancerBroadway [10]
1997 Steel Pier Buddy BeckerBroadway [3]
2000 The Music Man Marcellus WashburnBroadway
Game ShowGerry SmithOff-Broadway [11]
2003Golf: The MusicalPerformerOff-Broadway [6]
2005 After the Night and the Music u/s KeithBroadway
2006 Doctor Dolittle PerformerU.S. tour [12]
2007 Meet John Doe ColonelRegional [13]
2010 Billy Elliot the Musical GeorgeU.S. tour [1]
2017 Kid Victory PerformerOff-Broadway [8]
2018NeurosisKennyOff-Broadway [14]

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