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About Me

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I'm an actor, singer, director, producer and artist from Philadelphia to New York & Atlantic City. I've entertained audiences for over 35 years in over 100 productions at such venues as the Claridge Hotel-Casino in Atlantic City, Bristol Riverside Theatre , Walnut Street Theatre , Riverfront Dinner Theatre and LaSalle Summer Theatre in Philadelphia, the Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell NJ, and the Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn, NJ. Favorite roles include Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night , Curly in Oklahoma! , Victor Prynne in Noel Coward's Private Lives , Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat , Victor/Poche in Hotel D'Amour , Michael in I Do! I Do! , as well as Thomas Jefferson , King Arthur , George Washington and Sherlock Holmes . I appeared in the courtyard of New York's Lincoln Center playing Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream . My most recent roles include Harold Nichols in The Full Monty . Bellomy in The Fantasticks at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Le Comte de Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac , and Macheath (Mack the Knife) in The Threepenny Opera .

My Interests

Theater, music, history, philosophy, and all things artistic.

I'd like to meet:

Comedians, Dreamers, Thinkers, Lovers, and Friends.
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Music:

Any good music: Broadway, Standards, Jazz, Rock, Folk, Blues, Classical. I'm trying to include it all in my cabaret act. Some of my favorites are at: Tom's Yahoo Radio Station Hear my latest recordings on my music MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/tomactorr

Movies:

Four Star Movies from any genre!

Television:

'fraid I don't watch much. Go Phillies!

Books:

History, Non-Fiction, and the occasional novel.

Heroes:

John Lennon, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Voltaire, William Shakespeare, Ben Franklin, George Gershwin, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Robeson, Nat King Cole, Woody Guthrie, Groucho Marx, Irving Berlin, Frank Capra, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

My Blog

Hi diddle dee dee, an actors life for me!

Well, for the first time since last September I don't have something on my theatre schedule, and I am enjoying what I'm sure will be just a short rest. Since then it was "The Full Monty", followed by ...
Posted by Tom Orr on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:39:00 PST

Rob Barsky and Future Music

It's no secret to anyone that knows me that I enjoy life. All I need is my wonderful family, conversation with friends, a good play or movie, or singing, dancing, and making a fool of myself. It ...
Posted by Tom Orr on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:20:00 PST

"The Fantasticks" at the Kimmel Center

Hi, it's me busy again! 2007 was a busy year with one exciting show after another, but 2008 promises to be bigger. Starting with The Fantasticks, a show I have always loved and surprisingly have never...
Posted by Tom Orr on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:05:00 PST

Thanks for all your support! (Watch on the Rhine)

Sorry I haven't been able to get back to everyone individually. "Watch on the Rhine" turned into an unexpected success. I managed to learn most of the lines by the first weekend although I had to use ...
Posted by Tom Orr on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:30:00 PST

Last Communication with the Outside World for the next 9 Days...

Friends, ActorsNet was supposed to open Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine" this Friday, when they unexpectedly lost their leading man. They have moved the show back one week to next Friday, so tha...
Posted by Tom Orr on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:44:00 PST

"The Full Monty" sold out!! (maximum exposure!)

"The Full Monty" has to be one of the most exciting projects I have ever been part of. This is the first show I've done that was sold out before it opened. Every performance as recieved a standing ova...
Posted by Tom Orr on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

The critics were very kind to Frank Butler in "Annie Get Your Gun"!!

Margie Royal of the Press Focus says: "The show opens with the curtain closed and Frank Butler (Tom Orr) singing a few refrains of "There's No Business Like Show Business". Orr's looks, wonderful voic...
Posted by Tom Orr on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:05:00 PST