Brad Oscar Biography

Brad Oscar (born September 22, 1964) is an American musical theatre actor known for his Broadway performances in musicals such as The Producers and Jekyll and Hyde. He earned two Tony Award nominations for The Producers as Franz Liebkind, and Something Rotten! as Nostradamus.

Career

Oscar graduated with a BFA from the Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1986, and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award, (School of Theatre Distinguished Alumni Award) in 2006.

Oscar's Broadway debut was in the 1990 musical Aspects of Love as a swing. His next roles were in Jekyll and Hyde, as Sir Peter, Archibald Proops, Barrow Boy, and Second Gentleman in both the 1995 tour and the 1997 Broadway show.

His performance, however, in The Producers garnered him the most acclaim. Oscar started out as Franz Liebkind, and was also understudy for Max Bialystock (one of the lead roles) and Roger De Bris. The role of Franz earned Oscar a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, but lost to his co-star Gary Beach. After this success, he replaced Nathan Lane as Bialystock. In 2007, he originated the Bialystock role in the Las Vegas production at the Paris Casino.

He has appeared in several productions at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. In 2005 he played "The Devil" (Mr. Applegate) in Damn Yankees, and in October 2006 he played "The Master of Ceremonies" in Cabaret. He played multiple roles, including "Lady Enid", in The Mystery of Irma Vep from June 2008 through July 13, 2008.

Other regional work includes the title role in the musical Barnum, at the Asolo Repertory Theatre (Florida), from November 12, 2008 through December 20. In recent years, Brad and his sister, Victoria Oscar, have served as the official Santa and Mrs. Claus for the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Program.

Oscar took over the role of "Uncle Fester" (from Kevin Chamberlin) in The Addams Family on Broadway starting March 8, 2011.

He is playing the role of Nostradamus in the musical Something Rotten!, which opened on Broadway in April 2015, for which he earned a 2015 Tony Award nomination, which went to his co-star Christian Borle.

Personal life

Oscar and Diego Prieto, an actor, were married on April 16, 2012 in a ceremony at the Arena Stage, where they met during the 2005 production of Damn Yankees, with Molly Smith officiating.

Credits

Theatre

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1990	Aspects of Love	Swing	Broadway, Apr. 8, 1990 - Mar. 2, 1991
1992	Forbidden Broadway Featuring Forbidden Christmas	Performer	off-Broadway
1993	Forbidden Broadway 1993	Performer	off-Broadway
1994	Forbidden Broadway 1994	Performer	off-Broadway
1997	Jekyll & Hyde	Second Gentleman/Sir Peter/Barrow Boy/Right Honorable Archibald Proops/Poole (u/s)	Broadway, Apr. 28, 1997 - Jan. 7, 2001
1999	Do Re Mi	M.C./Singer	Encores!
2001	Dreamgirls	Film Executive	Actors Fund Benefit Concert
	The Producers	Franz Liebkind/Max Bialystock (u/s)/Roger de Bris (u/s)	Broadway, Apr. 19, 2001 - Apr. 15, 2002
2002	Funny Girl	Paul	Actors Fund Benefit Concert
	The Producers	Max Bialystock	Broadway, Apr. 16, 2002 - Apr. 27, 2003
2003			National tour, 2003 - 2004
2004			Broadway, Apr. 6, 2004 - Dec. 12, 2004
			West End, 2004 - 2005
2005	On the Twentieth Century	Oliver Webb	Actors Fund Benefit Concert
	Damn Yankees	Mr. Applegate	Arena Stage
2006	Cabaret	Master of Ceremonies	Arena Stage, Oct. 2006
2007	The Producers	Max Bialystock	Paris Casino
	Spamalot	Sir Bedevere/Concorde/Dennis's Mother	Broadway, Dec. 18, 2007 - Jan. 11, 2009
2008	The Mystery of Irma Vep	Lady Enid	Arena Stage, June/July 2008
	Barnum	Barnum	Asolo Repertory Theatre, Nov. 12 - Dec. 20, 2008
2011	The Addams Family	Uncle Fester	Broadway, Mar. 7 - Dec. 31, 2011
2013	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Cookie McGee	Broadway, Jan. 8 - Mar. 3, 2013
	The Phantom of the Opera	Monseuir Firmin	National Tour
	Big Fish	Amos Calloway	Broadway, Oct. 6 - Dec. 29, 2013
2015	Something Rotten!	Nostradamus	Broadway, Apr. 22, 2015 - present
	Annie Get Your Gun	Charlie	Encores!

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Producers	Cab Driver
2008	Old Days	Louis	short
	Ghost Town	Day Doorman
2014	Russian Broadway Shutdown	Russian IOC Representative	short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Law & Order	Paul	1 episode
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mitch	1 episode
2011	The Good Wife	Eric Atkins	1 episode
	Submissions Only	Bill Hobbs	1 episode
	Outside the Box	Norman Bates	short
2012	Smash	Peter	1 episode

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2001	Tony Award	Best Featured Actor in a Musical	The Producers
2015			Something Rotten!
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical