Christopher Cantwell Fitzgerald (born November , ) is an American
actor and singer. He is known for his role as Boq in the musical
Wicked and his role of Igor in Young Frankenstein, for which he earned
Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award
nominations. He also starred as Ogie Anhorn in the Broadway production
of Waitress, with songs composed by Sara Bareilles.Fitzgerald was born
in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of Victoria D. Field, who worked
for the American Kennel Club, and James W. Fitzgerald, Jr., a real
estate agent at Coldwell Banker. He grew up in South Portland, Maine
and attended Waynflete School in Portland, Maine in . He graduated
with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Rollins College in Winter
Park, Florida. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He also
gained a master's degree in Fine Arts from the American Conservatory
Theater in San Francisco.He studied "techniques of clowning but also
mime and storytelling, singing and comedy and everything. Juggling,
balancing." at the Celebration Barn with Tony Montanaro in
Maine.Fitzgerald started his acting career in , at the age of eight,
when he appeared as the youngest boy in Portland Player's production
of Oliver!. From that time on, he worked steadily in community theater
and Maine's New Vaudeville shows. In college, he began his career as a
summer apprentice at Williamstown Theater Festival. At the age of
twenty-six, in , he starred in his first off-Broadway show, the
controversial Corpus Christi by acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally.
In the same year, he also appeared in The Matchmaker by Williamstown
Theatre Festival, as well as an off-Broadway staging of The Cripple of
Inishmaan.
actor and singer. He is known for his role as Boq in the musical
Wicked and his role of Igor in Young Frankenstein, for which he earned
Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award
nominations. He also starred as Ogie Anhorn in the Broadway production
of Waitress, with songs composed by Sara Bareilles.Fitzgerald was born
in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of Victoria D. Field, who worked
for the American Kennel Club, and James W. Fitzgerald, Jr., a real
estate agent at Coldwell Banker. He grew up in South Portland, Maine
and attended Waynflete School in Portland, Maine in . He graduated
with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Rollins College in Winter
Park, Florida. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He also
gained a master's degree in Fine Arts from the American Conservatory
Theater in San Francisco.He studied "techniques of clowning but also
mime and storytelling, singing and comedy and everything. Juggling,
balancing." at the Celebration Barn with Tony Montanaro in
Maine.Fitzgerald started his acting career in , at the age of eight,
when he appeared as the youngest boy in Portland Player's production
of Oliver!. From that time on, he worked steadily in community theater
and Maine's New Vaudeville shows. In college, he began his career as a
summer apprentice at Williamstown Theater Festival. At the age of
twenty-six, in , he starred in his first off-Broadway show, the
controversial Corpus Christi by acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally.
In the same year, he also appeared in The Matchmaker by Williamstown
Theatre Festival, as well as an off-Broadway staging of The Cripple of
Inishmaan.
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