Adam Kantor

Adam Kantor
Born United States
Alma mater Northwestern University
Occupation Actor, singer

Adam Kantor is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his roles on Broadway, most notably Mark Cohen in the closing cast of Rent, which was captured in Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, Motel in the 2015 revival of Fiddler on the Roof, and as an original cast member in The Band's Visit.

Biography

Kantor is from Great Neck, Long Island in New York, and describes himself as "a descendant of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe".[1] He graduated from John L. Miller Great Neck North High School and Northwestern University, where he majored in theatre,[1] in 2008. Soon after college, he landed a starring role, portraying Mark Cohen in the closing cast of the Broadway musical Rent, with the last performance made into a film, Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway.[2] On Broadway, he has also appeared in the musical Next to Normal as an understudy and replacement for Henry.[3]

He starred in the 2013 Off-Broadway revival of the musical The Last Five Years.[4] He has also appeared Off-Broadway in the musicals Avenue Q[5] and Falling for Eve.[6] Kantor portrayed Motel Kamzoil in the Broadway Revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Broadway Theater.[1]

In 2017, Kantor joined the musical The Band's Visit as Telephone Guy for its transfer to Broadway.[7] In 2018, while still in The Band's Visit, Kantor and Brian Bordainick created Story Course, an interactive musical theater dinner in New York City that tells the stories of immigrants.[8][9]

Acting roles

Theater

Year(s) Production Role Location
2008 Rent Mark Cohen Nederlander Theatre (Broadway)
2010 Next to Normal Henry Booth Theatre (Broadway)
2010 Falling for Eve God (male) York Theatre (Off-Broadway)
2011 Avenue Q Princeton/Rod New World Stages (Off-Broadway)
2012 Nobody Loves You Jeff[10] Old Globe Theatre
2013 The Last Five Years Jamie Wellerstein Second Stage Theater (Off-Broadway)
2014 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Proteus[11] Old Globe Theatre
2014-2015 Diner Eddie[12] Signature Theatre Company
2015-2016 Fiddler on the Roof Motel Kamzoil Broadway Theatre
2017-present The Band's Visit Telephone Guy Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Broadway)

Film and television

Year(s) Title Role Notes
2008 Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway Mark Cohen Filmed final performance
2009 The Good Wife Ezra Episode "Unorthodox"
2011 A Novel Romance Metro Employee
2017 Billions Pununzio Episode "Golden Frog Time"

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rubin, Karen (3 March 2016). "Going Places, Near & Far: Great Neck Native Adam Kantor Stars on Broadway in 'Fiddler on the Roof' Revival". The Island Now. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ↑ V. Amodio, Joseph (April 5, 2013). "Adam Kantor of The Last Five Years". Newsday.
  3. ↑ "Adam Kantor". Playbill. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ Piepenburg, Erik (April 9, 2013). "Adam Kantor of The Last Five Years". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Gans, Andrew (July 8, 2011). "Adam Kantor to Join Cast of Off-Broadway Avenue Q". Playbill. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ Siegal, Barbara and Scott (July 15, 2010). "Falling for Eve". TheaterMania. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ Clement, Olivia (7 August 2017). "Adam Kantor and More Join The Band's Visit on Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Whitney, Alyse (5 February 2018). "Story Course, a New Dinner Theater Series, Tells Chefs' Immigrant Stories in NYC". Bon Appetit. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Fierburg, Ruthie (9 February 2018). "Have Your Theatre and Eat It, Too". Playbill. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Jones, Kenneth (9 April 2012). "Nobody Loves You, a Musical About Reality TV, to Feature Adam Kantor, Jenni Barber, Lauren Molina in CA". Playbill. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Purcell, Carey (16 August 2014). "Two Gentlemen of Verona, With Adam Kantor and Hubert Point-Du Jour, Opens at Old Globe Aug. 16". Playbill. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  12. ↑ Marks, Peter (28 December 2014). "Levinson, Crow take 'Diner' for a test-drive". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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