Michael John Rupert (born October , , Denver, Colorado) is an American
actor, singer, director and composer. Rupert originated the role of
"Marvin" in the William Finn musicals March of the Falsettos and
Falsettoland.Rupert made his Broadway debut in in Kander and Ebb's
The Happy Time as the young Bibi Bonnard, which earned him his first
Tony Award nomination, for Featured Actor in a Musical.[dead link] He
returned to California after The Happy Time, and appeared in local
theater while in high school.In , Rupert returned to Broadway as a
replacement in the role of Pippin. In , he appeared on Broadway in
Shakespeare's Cabaret. He then originated the role of Marvin in two
William Finn musicals, March of the Falsettos () at the Off-Broadway
Playwrights Horizons and Falsettoland (, initially at Playwrights
Horizons). In he appeared as Oscar in the Broadway revival of Sweet
Charity, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a
Featured Actor in a Musical. He played Alex in the musical Mail, which
ran on Broadway between March and May and for which he composed the
music with book and lyrics by Jerry Colker. He was a replacement in
the role of Stine in City of Angels in , played Marvin again in
Falsettos in , and was in Ragtime as a replacement Tateh. In , he
performed with Betty Buckley, Christian Borle, Carolee Carmello and
Keith Bryon Kirk in the Lincoln Center staging of William Finn's
Elegies: A Song Cycle. He originated the role of Professor Callahan in
Legally Blonde () on Broadway and on the National tour, starting in
February . He appeared in the play th Monarch Off-Broadway at the
Acorn Theater, opening in June . He appeared in the Broadway revival
of On the Town as Judge Pitkin, which ran from October to September
.In regional theatre, he starred in a workshop production of The Happy
Elf, composed by Harry Connick, Jr. at Montgomery College's Robert E.
Parilla Performing Arts Center, Rockville, Maryland in a co-production
with Adventure Theatre, Washington, DC in November .
actor, singer, director and composer. Rupert originated the role of
"Marvin" in the William Finn musicals March of the Falsettos and
Falsettoland.Rupert made his Broadway debut in in Kander and Ebb's
The Happy Time as the young Bibi Bonnard, which earned him his first
Tony Award nomination, for Featured Actor in a Musical.[dead link] He
returned to California after The Happy Time, and appeared in local
theater while in high school.In , Rupert returned to Broadway as a
replacement in the role of Pippin. In , he appeared on Broadway in
Shakespeare's Cabaret. He then originated the role of Marvin in two
William Finn musicals, March of the Falsettos () at the Off-Broadway
Playwrights Horizons and Falsettoland (, initially at Playwrights
Horizons). In he appeared as Oscar in the Broadway revival of Sweet
Charity, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a
Featured Actor in a Musical. He played Alex in the musical Mail, which
ran on Broadway between March and May and for which he composed the
music with book and lyrics by Jerry Colker. He was a replacement in
the role of Stine in City of Angels in , played Marvin again in
Falsettos in , and was in Ragtime as a replacement Tateh. In , he
performed with Betty Buckley, Christian Borle, Carolee Carmello and
Keith Bryon Kirk in the Lincoln Center staging of William Finn's
Elegies: A Song Cycle. He originated the role of Professor Callahan in
Legally Blonde () on Broadway and on the National tour, starting in
February . He appeared in the play th Monarch Off-Broadway at the
Acorn Theater, opening in June . He appeared in the Broadway revival
of On the Town as Judge Pitkin, which ran from October to September
.In regional theatre, he starred in a workshop production of The Happy
Elf, composed by Harry Connick, Jr. at Montgomery College's Robert E.
Parilla Performing Arts Center, Rockville, Maryland in a co-production
with Adventure Theatre, Washington, DC in November .
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