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On January 18, 2011, he succeeded David DeVries as Doctor Dillamond in the 2nd national tour of the musical ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''. After almost a year with the company, he gave his final performance on December 20, 2011, and was replaced by [[Timothy Britten Parker]]. Six years later, on January 30, 2018, he returned to the role in the show's Broadway production, replacing Chad Jennings. During this engagement, the role of [[Elphaba]] was played by [[Jackie Burns]] and then [[Jessica Vosk]]. He exited the company on November 18, 2018.
On January 18, 2011, he succeeded David DeVries as Doctor Dillamond in the 2nd national tour of the blockbuster musical ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''. After almost a year with the company, he gave his final performance on December 20, 2011, and was replaced by [[Timothy Britten Parker]]. Six years later, on January 30, 2018, he returned to the role in the show's Broadway production, replacing Chad Jennings. During this engagement, the role of [[Elphaba]] was played by [[Jackie Burns]] and then [[Jessica Vosk]]. He exited the company on November 18, 2018.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 02:18, 10 January 2021

Moran at the San Francisco Public Library in 2016

Martin Moran (born December 29, 1959) is an American actor and writer who grew up in Denver, Colorado.

Details

Moran attended George Washington High School, and graduated to become a student at Stanford University.

He is best known for his autobiographical solo show about his childhood molestation, by the name of The Tricky Part,[1] for which he won an Obie Award, and also received two Drama Desk Award nominations.[2]

In 1999, Moran gave his final Broadway performance as radioman Harold Bride in a musical called Titanic, which is details the events of the historic sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, but thanks to Manhattan Concert Productions, he returned to the show in 2014.[3] In 2005, Moran adapted The Tricky Part into a memoir that was published by Beacon Press. In 2013, Moran debuted a second solo show All the Rage[1] in New York, where he currently lives;[2] in 2016, All the Rage was adapted into a memoir by Moran and was published in May of that year by Beacon Press.[4]

Wicked

On January 18, 2011, he succeeded David DeVries as Doctor Dillamond in the 2nd national tour of the blockbuster musical Wicked. After almost a year with the company, he gave his final performance on December 20, 2011, and was replaced by Timothy Britten Parker. Six years later, on January 30, 2018, he returned to the role in the show's Broadway production, replacing Chad Jennings. During this engagement, the role of Elphaba was played by Jackie Burns and then Jessica Vosk. He exited the company on November 18, 2018.

Bibliography

Memoirs

  • The Tricky Part: A Boy's Story of Sexual Trespass, a Man's Journey to Forgiveness, Beacon Press, ISBN 978-0-8070-7262-2 (hardcover, 2005); Vintage Books, ISBN 978-0-3072-7653-7 (paperback, 2006); Beacon Press, ISBN 978-0-8070-8450-2 (paperback, 2016)
  • All the Rage: A Quest, Beacon Press, ISBN 978-0-8070-8657-5 (hardcover, 2016)

Plays

References

  1. ^ a b Robert Simonson (February 2, 2013). "Playbill Brief Encounter With Actor Martin Moran, Who's Getting in Touch With His Rage". Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Martin Moran". HuffPost. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "When the Final Curtain Isn't So Final". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. April 4, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Lisa Kennedy (June 16, 2016). ""All the Rage" explores anger and compassion". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 23, 2019.