Montego Glover
| Montego Glover | |
|---|---|
 Glover in 2012 | |
| Born |
February 9, 1974 Macon, Georgia, USA |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
Montego Glover (born February 9, 1974) [1] is an American stage actress and singer. She has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the musical Memphis and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.
Life and career
Glover was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She attended the Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences and then attended Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre with Honors.[2] Glover sang in church choirs "for as long as I can remember".[3]
She has performed on Broadway in the musical Memphis as Felicia. Glover received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance. Additionally, she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (in a tie with Catherine Zeta-Jones).[4] She displays a "rich, rangy and emotionally powerful voice in several standout numbers" according to Playbill.[5] Montego has been with Memphis since it started, including four regional productions[6] and appears in the live filming of the musical, Memphis: Direct from Broadway.
Her Broadway debut was as an understudy for Celie and Nettie in the musical The Color Purple.
In other work, she has been a "'Star Wars' videogame avatar and a TV commercial voice-over artist."[7] She worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida in the late 1990s.[8]
She also guest starred on the USA Network show, White Collar in the episode "Judgement Day".
Work
- Dreamgirls - Special Benefit Concert, September 24, 2001*
- Aida - Music Theatre of Wichita, August 2005
- The Color Purple - Broadway, Understudy and Replacement, March 2007
- Memphis - Broadway, "Felicia", October 19, 2009
- Memphis: Direct from Broadway - Film, April 28, 2011
- "Made in Jersey" - TV Show, Aired December 1, 2012
- It Shoulda Been You - Broadway, 2015
- Les Misérables - Broadway, 2015
References
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KJTK-X5D Date of birth, familysearch.org; accessed May 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Biography" montegoglover.com, retrieved June 13, 2010
- ↑ Wontorek, Paul."Montego Glover on Her Roof-Raising Broadway Turn in 'Memphis'" broadway.com, November 5, 2009
- ↑ Morales, Wilson."'Memphis,' 'Fences,' Viola Davis, Montego Glover Win Drama Desk Awards" bvnewswire.com, May 24, 2010
- ↑ Gans, Andrew."Chatting with Memphis' Montego Glover" December 4, 2009
- ↑ Healy, Patrick."Six Years in ‘Memphis’: Rock ’n’ Roll ’n’ Changes"The New York Times, December 17, 2009
- ↑ Gamerman, Ellen."Actress Montego Glover on 'Star Wars,' Charmin ads and Jamaica"The Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2009
- ↑ Palm, Matt."Ex-Disney Entertainer Montego Glover Is Hoping For A Tony Award"Orlando Sentinel, June 10, 2010
External links
- Montego Glover Official Web Site
- Montego Glover at the Internet Broadway Database
- Montego Glover at the Internet Movie Database