John Arthur Rubinstein (born December , ) is an American actor,
composer and director.Rubinstein was born in Los Angeles, the son of
Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and
writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the daughter of
conductor Emil MÅ‚ynarski. His father was Polish-Jewish concert
pianist Arthur Rubinstein.[citation needed] He attended El Rodeo
Public School in Beverly Hills (Kâ€"), Cours La cascade in Paris,
France (), and St. Bernard's School (â€") and Collegiate School (New
York City) (â€") in New York City. He studied theater and music at the
University of California, Los Angeles (â€"), and later composition at
the Juilliard School in New York.He made his Broadway acting debut in
and received a Theatre World Award for creating the title role in the
musical Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse. In he won the Tony, Drama
Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and Drama-Logue Awards for his
portrayal of James Leeds in Mark Medoff's Children of a Lesser God,
directed by Gordon Davidson.Other Broadway appearances were in Neil
Simon's Fools, directed by Mike Nichols, and Herman Wouk's The Caine
Mutiny Court-Martial, which earned him a Drama Desk nomination; he
replaced William Hurt as Eddie in David Rabe's Hurlyburly, replaced
David Dukes in David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, and starred in
Getting Away with Murder, by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth,
directed by Jack O'Brien, and Ragtime, by Terrence McNally, Stephen
Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens. In , he joined the Broadway cast of the hit
revival of Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, this time playing
Pippin's father, Charlemagne; and subsequently repeated that role on
the national tour throughout the United States and Japan in -.
composer and director.Rubinstein was born in Los Angeles, the son of
Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and
writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the daughter of
conductor Emil MÅ‚ynarski. His father was Polish-Jewish concert
pianist Arthur Rubinstein.[citation needed] He attended El Rodeo
Public School in Beverly Hills (Kâ€"), Cours La cascade in Paris,
France (), and St. Bernard's School (â€") and Collegiate School (New
York City) (â€") in New York City. He studied theater and music at the
University of California, Los Angeles (â€"), and later composition at
the Juilliard School in New York.He made his Broadway acting debut in
and received a Theatre World Award for creating the title role in the
musical Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse. In he won the Tony, Drama
Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and Drama-Logue Awards for his
portrayal of James Leeds in Mark Medoff's Children of a Lesser God,
directed by Gordon Davidson.Other Broadway appearances were in Neil
Simon's Fools, directed by Mike Nichols, and Herman Wouk's The Caine
Mutiny Court-Martial, which earned him a Drama Desk nomination; he
replaced William Hurt as Eddie in David Rabe's Hurlyburly, replaced
David Dukes in David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, and starred in
Getting Away with Murder, by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth,
directed by Jack O'Brien, and Ragtime, by Terrence McNally, Stephen
Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens. In , he joined the Broadway cast of the hit
revival of Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, this time playing
Pippin's father, Charlemagne; and subsequently repeated that role on
the national tour throughout the United States and Japan in -.
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