Jason Graae
I’m an actor, a singer, a host, a director and an oboist. After I play, people often tell me what a difficult instrument the oboe must be.
About Jason
Broadway: A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING; FALSETTOS; STARDUST; SNOOPY!; DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP? Off-Broadway: HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH (Drama Desk Award Nomination); FOREVER PLAID; ALL IN THE TIMING; OLYMPUS ON MY MIND, etc.
National Tour: WICKED (Wizard of Oz); FALSETTOS (Mendel). Los Angeles: RAGTIME (US premiere); FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD/ FORBIDDEN B’WAY(Ovation Award). Won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre. (TV) FRIENDS, FRASIER, SABRINA, RUDE AWAKENING, SIX FEET UNDER, etc. For 5 yrs, Jason was the voice of Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms Cereal.
He has recorded over 65 original cast, studio cast and solo CDs,
MTG Show Credits
Noble Eggleston, Amos Pinchley, Val du Val, Fred Poitrine, Otto Schnitzler, Prince Cherney, Noble Junior
Fun Facts
I'm proud to be an MTG member because
It’s the only theatre company that would have me.
Dream Role
Finch in HOW TO SUCCEED..., but that ship has sunk.
Favorite Role I Have Played
Tough one - Mendel in FALSETTOS, Jacobowsky in THE GRAND TOUR
My Favorite Musical
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND by Ahrens/ Flaherty
Favorite MTG Show I Have Been In
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU - was the perfect show for MTG
Funniest / Most Memorable Thing That's Happened to Me on Stage
Not funny but very memorable- I was playing Voltaire/Pangloss in CANDIDE when I was in college at CCM. Pangloss gets hanged ( hung?) for being a heretic in Act 1. I had a noose around my neck and a harness on underneath my robe. A fellow castmate hooked the harness to a rope that was hanging from above. On opening night I stepped off the block for the hanging and the harness slipped up, cutting off my air supply. I completely passed out. When they brought me down to continue as Voltaire I kept going till I was flat on my back. My friend Sue revived me, told me my line and I exited. I was not well-hung that night!
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he/him/his
Special Skills
Piano, Roller Skating, Oboe