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Chip Zien (born March 20, 1947) is an American actor. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He most recently performed in Applause (musical) in the role of Buzz Richards at City Center Encores! and Les Miserables on Broadway in the role of Thenardier. Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located
Zien was born Jerome Herbert Zien in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from Whitefish Bay High School. Whitefish Bay High School is a comprehensive public Secondary school located in the village of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States. He then graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the President of Mask & Wig, the nation's oldest all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Mask and Wig Club, founded in 1889 by Clayton Fotterall McMichael, is the oldest all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe in the United States. Since then he has appeared in numerous stage, screen and TV roles. He is probably best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim; his first major role, though, was Marvin in William Finn's first musical, In Trousers. Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven William Alan Finn (b February 28 1952, Boston Massachusetts) is an award-winning American Composer and Lyricist, especially In Trousers is a musical with a book lyrics and music by William Finn. In its sequels March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, this role was played by Michael Rupert, while Zien played Mendel, a role he reprised when those two one-act musicals were put together and played Broadway as Falsettos. March of the Falsettos is a musical with a book lyrics and music by William Finn. Falsettoland is a musical with a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by William Finn. Michael John Rupert (born October 23, 1951, Denver Colorado) is an American Actor, Singer, director and Falsettos is a musical with a book by James Lapine and William Finn and music and lyrics by Finn comprising March of the Falsettos Several years later, Zien was featured in another Finn musical when he played a bizarre children show host called Mr. Bungee in A New Brain. A New Brain is a musical with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Finn and James Lapine. He also starred on Broadway in Grand Hotel (as Otto Kringelein), The Boys from Syracuse (as Dromio of Ephesus), The Suicide (as Victor Victorovich), and Ride the Winds (as Inari). Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional He provided the voice of the title character in Howard the Duck
From 1999 to 2000, Zien had a recurring guest role on Now and Again as Gerald Misenbach. Howard the Duck (also known as Howard A New Breed of Hero in Europe is a 1986 live-action film produced by Lucasfilm and Now and Again is an American television series which aired in the US from September 24 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS He has also had a recurring role on Law & Order as Attorney Cromwell. Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf. [1] In 2005, Zien played the part of Goran in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Broadway. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Magical Car is a children's novel written by Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame for his son Caspar with illustrations by In 2006 he appeared in the critically acclaimed movie United 93 as Mark Rothenberg. United 93 (formerly named Flight 93) is a 2006 Film written and directed by Paul Greengrass that chronicles events He can be seen playing Dr. Marsh in the vampire comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is a 2008 American independent film written and directed by Jordan Galland.
References
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109278.html Playbill Interview with Chip Zien
External links
- Chip Zien at the Internet Movie Database
- Chip Zien at the Internet Broadway Database
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