David Cantor (born ) is an American actor and singer from New York
City best known for his stage work in musical theatre, including
appearances on Broadway in the musical Evita and in both comic and
dramatic roles in a number of national tours, Off-Broadway and
regional productions. He has also played roles in films and
television.Cantor was raised in Pleasantville, New York and attended
Indiana University, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[citation needed]Cantor first
appeared on Broadway covering the role of Che in Evita () and then
playing Che in the first national tour of the musical on the U.S. west
coast. The New York Times later wrote on July , of Cantor's
performance in a regional theatre production of Evita: "David Cantor,
a veteran in the part, is a marvelous Che, never lapsing into
excessive snideness, singing gorgeously and, at times, sailing into
the stratosphere with his crystalline 'high-flying, adored'
pianissimi." His next role on Broadway was Bobinet in La Vie
parisienne by Jacques Offenbach (). He also played Benny in a national
tour of The Desert Song by Sigmund Romberg ().Cantor appeared
Off-Broadway for over performances as Amshel Rothschild and
occasionally as Nathan Rothschild in the critically acclaimed â€"
revival of The Rothschilds at Circle in the Square theater. His other
stage credits include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (); Tony
Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer (); Infielder in Damn Yankees with
Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri (); Matt in The Fantasticks
in a production directed by the show’s creators, Tom Jones and
Harvey Schmidt (); The Princess Pat (); John Adams in (); Charlie in
Tintypes (); Stanley Jerome in both Brighton Beach Memoirs () and
Broadway Bound (); Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (); Vernon Gersch
in They're Playing Our Song (); Benny in The Desert Song at North
Shore Music Theatre (). Cantor has performed principal roles in all of
the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas in the U.S., Great Britain, and
Italy.
City best known for his stage work in musical theatre, including
appearances on Broadway in the musical Evita and in both comic and
dramatic roles in a number of national tours, Off-Broadway and
regional productions. He has also played roles in films and
television.Cantor was raised in Pleasantville, New York and attended
Indiana University, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[citation needed]Cantor first
appeared on Broadway covering the role of Che in Evita () and then
playing Che in the first national tour of the musical on the U.S. west
coast. The New York Times later wrote on July , of Cantor's
performance in a regional theatre production of Evita: "David Cantor,
a veteran in the part, is a marvelous Che, never lapsing into
excessive snideness, singing gorgeously and, at times, sailing into
the stratosphere with his crystalline 'high-flying, adored'
pianissimi." His next role on Broadway was Bobinet in La Vie
parisienne by Jacques Offenbach (). He also played Benny in a national
tour of The Desert Song by Sigmund Romberg ().Cantor appeared
Off-Broadway for over performances as Amshel Rothschild and
occasionally as Nathan Rothschild in the critically acclaimed â€"
revival of The Rothschilds at Circle in the Square theater. His other
stage credits include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (); Tony
Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer (); Infielder in Damn Yankees with
Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri (); Matt in The Fantasticks
in a production directed by the show’s creators, Tom Jones and
Harvey Schmidt (); The Princess Pat (); John Adams in (); Charlie in
Tintypes (); Stanley Jerome in both Brighton Beach Memoirs () and
Broadway Bound (); Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (); Vernon Gersch
in They're Playing Our Song (); Benny in The Desert Song at North
Shore Music Theatre (). Cantor has performed principal roles in all of
the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas in the U.S., Great Britain, and
Italy.
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