Montego Glover
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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.
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| Born | February 9, 1974 Macon, Georgia, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
On 1 September 2015, Glover starting playing Fantine in the second Broadway revival of Les Misérables, she left the production on 3 February 2016.[2]
From 9 September 2017 to 31 March 31 2019, Glover portrayed Angelica Schuyler in the Chicago cast of the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton.[3]
On 6 September 6 2022, she started sharing the role of the Witch with Patina Miller in the 2022 Broadway revival of Into the Woods.[4] She left the production on 15 December 2022 being replaced by Joaquina Kalukango.[5] She reprised her role in the 2023 national tour.[6]
Life and career
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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.[7] Glover sang in church choirs "for as long as I can remember".[8]
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).[9] She displays a "rich, rangy and emotionally powerful voice in several standout numbers" according to Playbill.[10] Montego has been with Memphis since it started, including four regional productions[11] 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."[12] She worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida in the late 1990s. Her voice is featured on the Festival of the Lion King official soundtrack.[13]
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
- Guys and Dolls - Sarah Brown - Regional, June 2009
- Memphis - Broadway, "Felicia", October 19, 2009
- Memphis: Direct from Broadway - Film, April 28, 2011
- Made in Jersey - TV Show, Aired December 1, 2012
- The Pirates of Penzance - Kate - Delacorte Theatre, 2013 - New York City Center, 2015
- It Shoulda Been You - Broadway, 2015
- Les Misérables - Fantine - Broadway, 2015
- Hamilton - Angelica Schuyler - Chicago, September 7, 2017 - March 31, 2019
- Into the Woods - The Witch - Broadway, 2022 - Tour, 2023
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