Jason Raize Rothenberg (July , â€" February , ), known professionally
as Jason Raize, was an American actor, singer and former Goodwill
Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. He was best
known for his roles as the adult Simba in the Broadway stage musical
version of The Lion King and the voice of Denahi in the animated
Disney film Brother Bear.Born Jason Raize Rothenberg, in Oneonta, New
York, he grew up in the Catskills in upstate New York and started
acting as a teenager, when his stepmother enrolled him in a summer
Shakespeare workshop. In high school, after moving with his father to
Oneonta, Raize performed in high school plays and with Oneonta's
Orpheus Theatre. He moved to New York City, where he briefly attended
the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.In , he dropped his given
surname, "Rothenberg," and used his middle name, "Raize," as his
professional surname.He performed at the Bucks County Playhouse in
Oklahoma! (as Jess/Dream Curly), The King and I (as Lun Tha), Phantom
(in the title role), and The Rocky Horror Show (as Rocky). His other
regional credits include Gypsy: A Musical Fable, The Sound of Music
and West Side Story.
as Jason Raize, was an American actor, singer and former Goodwill
Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. He was best
known for his roles as the adult Simba in the Broadway stage musical
version of The Lion King and the voice of Denahi in the animated
Disney film Brother Bear.Born Jason Raize Rothenberg, in Oneonta, New
York, he grew up in the Catskills in upstate New York and started
acting as a teenager, when his stepmother enrolled him in a summer
Shakespeare workshop. In high school, after moving with his father to
Oneonta, Raize performed in high school plays and with Oneonta's
Orpheus Theatre. He moved to New York City, where he briefly attended
the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.In , he dropped his given
surname, "Rothenberg," and used his middle name, "Raize," as his
professional surname.He performed at the Bucks County Playhouse in
Oklahoma! (as Jess/Dream Curly), The King and I (as Lun Tha), Phantom
(in the title role), and The Rocky Horror Show (as Rocky). His other
regional credits include Gypsy: A Musical Fable, The Sound of Music
and West Side Story.
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