David Benoit (born ) is an American actor and singer most known for
being a replacement "Thenadier" in the original Broadway run of Les
Miserables. His most recent Broadway credit is playing the Bishop and
Spider in the Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde.Benoit, who accepts
both the Americanized (pronounced "Benoyt") and French (pronounced
"Benois") pronunciations of his name, was born in Fall River,
Massachusetts and lived on Raymond Street for four years before moving
to nearby Somerset, Massachusetts with his father, a bus driver, his
mother, two sisters and a brother.He graduated from Boston
Conservatory in with a degree in musical theatre and moved to New
York City. He also had years of tuba playing and is somewhat of an
amateur puppet maker, having made his own puppets while in Forbidden
Broadway.After moving to New York in the summer of , he worked on
Broadway and touring companies of shows such as Forbidden Broadway,
Forever Plaid, Dance of the Vampires, All Shook Up, Avenue Q, Les
Miserables, Young Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde and Phantom of the
Opera. He also performed in the Actor's Fund concert of Dreamgirls.
being a replacement "Thenadier" in the original Broadway run of Les
Miserables. His most recent Broadway credit is playing the Bishop and
Spider in the Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde.Benoit, who accepts
both the Americanized (pronounced "Benoyt") and French (pronounced
"Benois") pronunciations of his name, was born in Fall River,
Massachusetts and lived on Raymond Street for four years before moving
to nearby Somerset, Massachusetts with his father, a bus driver, his
mother, two sisters and a brother.He graduated from Boston
Conservatory in with a degree in musical theatre and moved to New
York City. He also had years of tuba playing and is somewhat of an
amateur puppet maker, having made his own puppets while in Forbidden
Broadway.After moving to New York in the summer of , he worked on
Broadway and touring companies of shows such as Forbidden Broadway,
Forever Plaid, Dance of the Vampires, All Shook Up, Avenue Q, Les
Miserables, Young Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde and Phantom of the
Opera. He also performed in the Actor's Fund concert of Dreamgirls.
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