Bruce Adler (November , â€" July , ) was an American Broadway actor.
After debuting on the Broadway stage in the revival of Oklahoma!, he
went on to a career that saw him nominated for Tony Awards as Best
Featured Actor in a Musical for Those Were the Days () and Crazy For
You (). His film work was limited to voice work in animated films,
notably providing the singing voice for the narrator of the Disney
film Aladdin and the sequel Aladdin and the King of Thieves.Born in
New York City, Adler's parents, Henrietta Jacobson and Julius Adler,
and his two maternal uncles, Irving and Hymie Jacobson were
well-established popular stars of the Yiddish theatre, at the time in
its heyday on New York's Lower East Side. Adler made his stage debut
at an early age, appearing with his parents. The three Adlers played
the London Palladium with Sophie Tucker in the s. He continued to
appear in Yiddish theatre throughout his teens, also appearing in
mainstream American theatre as his parents made a similar "crossover,"
most notably appearing in productions of Neil Simon's Come Blow Your
Horn.Adler served in the United States Army from through . He
continued his career thereafter, firmly straddling the two worlds of
Yiddish and American Theatre. After much success in regional theatre,
Adler made his Broadway debut as Ali Hakim, the Peddler, in the th
anniversary production of Oklahoma! in . He was following in the
footsteps of actor Joseph Buloff, who had created the role in , and
also had a huge background on the Yiddish stage. Other Broadway shows
included Oh, Brother! (), Sunday in the Park with George (), Broadway
(), Rumors (), Those Were The Days (), where he won the Drama Desk
Award, and Crazy for You (). Adler stayed with Crazy for You for the
entirety of its four-year run on Broadway.Off-Broadway, Adler appeared
in several well-received Yiddish speaking and Jewish-themed
productions of the last years, including The Golden Land (), On
Second Avenue (),The Rise of David Levinsky () and many others. He
appeared in many summer productions at The Muny Theater in St. Louis.
He had a voice role in Disney's animated film, Beauty and the Beast,
as well as roles in television shows such as Law & Order.
After debuting on the Broadway stage in the revival of Oklahoma!, he
went on to a career that saw him nominated for Tony Awards as Best
Featured Actor in a Musical for Those Were the Days () and Crazy For
You (). His film work was limited to voice work in animated films,
notably providing the singing voice for the narrator of the Disney
film Aladdin and the sequel Aladdin and the King of Thieves.Born in
New York City, Adler's parents, Henrietta Jacobson and Julius Adler,
and his two maternal uncles, Irving and Hymie Jacobson were
well-established popular stars of the Yiddish theatre, at the time in
its heyday on New York's Lower East Side. Adler made his stage debut
at an early age, appearing with his parents. The three Adlers played
the London Palladium with Sophie Tucker in the s. He continued to
appear in Yiddish theatre throughout his teens, also appearing in
mainstream American theatre as his parents made a similar "crossover,"
most notably appearing in productions of Neil Simon's Come Blow Your
Horn.Adler served in the United States Army from through . He
continued his career thereafter, firmly straddling the two worlds of
Yiddish and American Theatre. After much success in regional theatre,
Adler made his Broadway debut as Ali Hakim, the Peddler, in the th
anniversary production of Oklahoma! in . He was following in the
footsteps of actor Joseph Buloff, who had created the role in , and
also had a huge background on the Yiddish stage. Other Broadway shows
included Oh, Brother! (), Sunday in the Park with George (), Broadway
(), Rumors (), Those Were The Days (), where he won the Drama Desk
Award, and Crazy for You (). Adler stayed with Crazy for You for the
entirety of its four-year run on Broadway.Off-Broadway, Adler appeared
in several well-received Yiddish speaking and Jewish-themed
productions of the last years, including The Golden Land (), On
Second Avenue (),The Rise of David Levinsky () and many others. He
appeared in many summer productions at The Muny Theater in St. Louis.
He had a voice role in Disney's animated film, Beauty and the Beast,
as well as roles in television shows such as Law & Order.
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