John Lloyd Young

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John Lloyd Young

Born ca. 1975
Sacramento, California, USA
Occupation Actor
Official website

John Lloyd Young (born ca. 1975, Sacramento, California) is an American actor.[1][2]

In 2006 Young won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He, along with Robert Alda are the only two American actors win a Tony for Lead Actor in a Musical for a Broadway debut, and the only American actor receive a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards for a debut.

Young is a graduate of Brown University. After moving to New York, Young worked his way up through the ranks of the theater scene with roles in numerous regional and off-Broadway plays, with only a few minor roles in just a handful of musicals. Though he auditioned, he didn't land the part of Frankie Valli in the pre-Broadway run of Jersey Boys, but a year after his first audition he was asked to headline the show on Broadway.

Young's run with Jersey Boys concluded on 9 November 2007.[3][4]

[edit] Awards and nominations

Awards
Nominations

[edit] References

  1. ^ John Lloyd Young. MySpace.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
  2. ^ Wayman Wong. "The Leading Men: Frankie & Johnny", Playbill, 01 November 2005. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. 
  3. ^ Ernio Hernandez. "Broadway's Frankie Valli — John Lloyd Young — Bids Farewell to Jersey Boys", Playbill, 21 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. 
  4. ^ BWW staff writers. "John Lloyd Young's Final 'Jersey Boys' Sign-In", BroadwayWorld, 25 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-06-11. 

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