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Michael Urie

Actor, Director
Torch Song, Buyer & Cellar, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Participates in 1 Session
MICHAEL URIE As Arnold Beckhoff on Broadway in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song after its sold out run Off-Broadway at Second Stage (Lucille Lortel and Drama League award nominations). For originating the role of Alex More in Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar Off-Broadway, on tour, and in London, Urie received the Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, LA Drama Critics Award, and nominations for the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards. On Broadway, he appeared in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Off-Broadway: The Government Inspector (Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Homos, or Everyone in America (Obie Award), Shows For Days (opposite Patti LuPone, Drama League nomination), The Cherry Orchard (opposite Dianne Weist and John Turturro), Angels in America, The Temperamentals (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, and Theatre World awards, Drama League nomination), The Revenger’s Tragedy, Another Vermeer, and directed Drew Droege’s Bright Colors and Bold Patterns. Regionally: Urie most recently played the title role in Michael Kahn's production of Hamlet for the Tony Award winning The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., in addition to roles at The Kennedy Center, Two River, The Old Globe, Vineyard Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Folger Shakespeare, Barrington Stage, Hyde Park (Austin), and The Blank (L.A.). Film: "He’s Way More Famous Than You" (also directed), "Thank You for Judging" (co-director/exec. producer), "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," "WTC View," "Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life," "The Decoy Bride," "Petunia," "Such Good People," "The Hyperglot" (director), and "Grantham & Rose" (exec. producer). He is narrator of the audiobooks "Lily and the Octopus" (Earbuds award) and "Midnight Cowboy." TV: Gavin Sinclair on "Modern Family," "Younger," "Workaholics," "The Good Wife," "Hot in Cleveland," "Partners," and Marc St. James on "Ugly Betty." Web series: “What’s Your Emergency” (director). Training: Juilliard.

Sessions in which Michael Urie participates

Sunday 13 January, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • Out on Broadway
  • New York Hilton Midtown - Trianon Ballroom
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Some of Broadway's most loved performers, who are also members of the LGBTQ community, discuss the rewards and challenges of being openly "out" in ...
  • Panel
    Business of Theatre