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Stephen Nathan is a versatile entertainment professional who has worked in film, television and theater. He is best known for his roles in Godspell, Bones, Everybody Loves Raymond and Joan of Arcadia.
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- Buffalo, New York, USA
Stephen Nathan is a writer and producer who originated the role of Jesus in Godspell in 1971. He has worked on various TV shows, including Bones, Joan of Arcadia, and Tracey Takes On..., and won a Writer's Guild Award.
- August 21, 1948
Stephen Nathan is a writer, actor, producer and director who has worked on shows like Bones, Joan of Arcadia and Laverne & Shirley. See his full list of credits, upcoming projects and streaming options on TV Guide.
- Stephen Schwartz
- Herb Braha
- Peggy Gordon
- Joanne Jonas
- Robin Lamont
- Sonia Manzano
- Gilmer Mccormick and Stephen Reinhardt
- Stephen Nathan
- Nina Faso
- Edgar Lansbury
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PHOTO: Robin Lamont, author Carol de Giere, and Stephen Schwartz. A fan once asked Stephen Schwartz if he ever had to get a basic job doing something like delivering pizza to tide him over while creating. He explained that he’d been a camp counselor and music director over summers of high school and college, and then he got a job after college at R...
Herb Braha passed away in February 2016. An original cast member in the 1971 productions of Godspell at La MaMa and Cherry Lane, Braha had continued performing in Godspell for over a year and was then successful in getting work in television and motion pictures. In 1982 he founded a successful business supplying materials for costumes. His company ...
Peggy Gordon was a member of the original Godspell cast and she also wrote the music for “By My Side,” a song in the show. Since then, she has enjoyed a varied career in theater, publishing, television, film and recordings. Some of her writing/composing credits are as follows: She co-wrote the long-running Off-Broadway comedy, Taboo in Revue, winne...
After Godspell (original stage show and movie), Jonas continued her work with acting, singing, and dancing on Broadway. She appeared in Candide as the old lady and Death of Salesman with George C. Scott, and other shows. She was in Lampoon, a George Schlatter TV pilot, and hundreds of television commercials. In 1977 Jonas made a major change. “Gods...
Lamont also performed in all early productions of Godspell: the college production, Café La MaMa, Cherry Lane, and the movie version. After Godspell, Lamont starred on Broadway as “Sandy” in Grease and performed in Stephen Schwartz’s show Working. Her singing can be heard on the cast albums for Godspelland Working. On the side, she responded to an ...
Sonia Manzano had a lucky show business star hanging over her, and had no reason to return to college. During one summer performance of Godspell, a talent agent came to the show and afterward gave her his card. She signed with him and in her first audition was accepted into the cast of Sesame Street, where she played “Maria” for many years. She has...
McCormick was cast in the Godspell film and continued performing with the stage production off and on in New York City for a number of years. She and music director, Stephen Reinhardt, married on February 12, 1972, on a Saturday morning, and had their reception after the matinee performance of Godspell so the cast could attend. In 1976 they had a s...
Right out of Godspell, Stephen Nathan was cast in the movie version of 1776 as the courier. As an actor, he worked on both coasts before settling in Los Angeles, where he acted in film and television projects until he began writing and producing in the late 1970s. In addition to developing feature films at all the major studios, Nathan has written ...
In 1971, Nina Faso assisted her friend, John-Michael Tebelak, in staging the musical Godspell at Café La MaMa and at Cherry Lane, where she served as production stage manager. (See The Godspell Experiencefor details). For several years after the show opened, Faso worked with Edgar Lansbury and Joe Beruh, directing and organizing productions of Gods...
Over his long career, Lansbury built up extensive credits producing musicals and plays, films, and television shows. The company of Lansbury/Duncan/Beruh produced Godspell around the world in the early 1970s, the Godspell film, and the Broadway production. Lansbury also produced the hit Broadway musical The Magic Show, along with Beruh and Ivan Rei...
Stephen Nathan was one of the original cast members of Godspell, a musical by Stephen Schwartz. Learn about his life and career, as well as other cast members and creators, in this web page by Carol de Giere.
Stephen Nathan. Producer: Bones. Stephen Nathan started his career in 1971 when he originated the role of Jesus in the hit musical Godspell, for which he won the Variety Critics' Poll for Best Actor in a Musical and received a gold record for his work on the Original Cast album.
- August 21, 1948
Stephen Nathan. Highest Rated: 86% The First Nudie Musical (1976) Lowest Rated: 17% You Light Up My Life (1977) Birthday: Aug 21, 1948. Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, USA. Stephen Nathan is...
Stephen Nathan (21 August 1948) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and poet. He is a writer, executive producer and showrunner of Bones. Nathan made his acting debut in 1971, appearing in the playwright John-Michael Tebelak's and composer Stephen Schwartz's Off-Broadway musical...