Jonathan Hadary (born October , ) is an American actor.Born in
Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary arrived at
Tufts University already an accomplished actor. He was cast in many
shows at Tufts, both student and faculty directed. During his
sophomore year, he became an understudy for the Boston company of
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. This being the Vietnam era, the actor
playing Charlie Brown was drafted. The actor playing Schroeder was
moved to the Charlie Brown role, and Hadary took the part of
Schroeder. He finished the Boston run of the show and the toured with
it for some time.Hadary made his New York City stage debut in the
Playwrights Horizons staging of Albert Innaurato's Gemini. Critical
acclaim for the off-Broadway production resulted in it transferring to
PAF Playhouse and then to Circle Repertory Company, and finally to
Broadway, where it ran for performances. Hadary worked off-Broadway
again on the Howard Ashman and Alan Menken musical adaptation of Kurt
Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Ted Tally's play Coming
Attractions, and the Tom Lehrer revue Tom Foolery. The following year
he returned to Broadway to replace Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song
Trilogy.A member of the acting company at Circle Repertory Company,
Hadary won an Obie Award for his performance in the William M.
Hoffman play As Is at Circle Rep, and again, the play moved to
Broadway, where it was nominated for three Tony Awards and won the
Drama Desk Award for Best Play. In , he co-starred opposite Tyne Daly
in Gypsy, which earned him Tony Award and Drama Desk Award
nominations.
Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary arrived at
Tufts University already an accomplished actor. He was cast in many
shows at Tufts, both student and faculty directed. During his
sophomore year, he became an understudy for the Boston company of
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. This being the Vietnam era, the actor
playing Charlie Brown was drafted. The actor playing Schroeder was
moved to the Charlie Brown role, and Hadary took the part of
Schroeder. He finished the Boston run of the show and the toured with
it for some time.Hadary made his New York City stage debut in the
Playwrights Horizons staging of Albert Innaurato's Gemini. Critical
acclaim for the off-Broadway production resulted in it transferring to
PAF Playhouse and then to Circle Repertory Company, and finally to
Broadway, where it ran for performances. Hadary worked off-Broadway
again on the Howard Ashman and Alan Menken musical adaptation of Kurt
Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Ted Tally's play Coming
Attractions, and the Tom Lehrer revue Tom Foolery. The following year
he returned to Broadway to replace Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song
Trilogy.A member of the acting company at Circle Repertory Company,
Hadary won an Obie Award for his performance in the William M.
Hoffman play As Is at Circle Rep, and again, the play moved to
Broadway, where it was nominated for three Tony Awards and won the
Drama Desk Award for Best Play. In , he co-starred opposite Tyne Daly
in Gypsy, which earned him Tony Award and Drama Desk Award
nominations.
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