Brooks Ashmanskas

Ashmanskas is originally from Salem, Oregon,^[1] but grew up in Beaverton, just outside of Portland. He graduated from Bennington College.^[2] He is openly gay.^[3][4]

Ashmanskas was in the original productions of Dream (1997),^[5] Songs for a New World (Off-Broadway, 1995) and the Broadway revival of Gypsy: A Musical Fable (2003).^[6][7] He was a replacement "Carmen Ghia", starting in 2004, in The Producers,^[8] occasionally acting opposite original Carmen Ghia actor Roger Bart as Leo Bloom.

In 2006, he played several characters in the Broadway production of Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me,^[9] for which he received a Tony Award nomination, Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical.^[10]

He appeared in the Broadway revival of The Ritz as Chris in 2007.^[11] He played the character of Mr. Dobitch in the 2010 Broadway revival of Promises, Promises.^[12] Also in 2010 he appeared in the Broadway revival of Present Laughter.^[7] He starred as the title character Off-Broadway in the New Group production of Clive at the Acorn Theatre in January 2013 through March 2013.^[13]

Ashmanskas appeared in the stage musical adaption of Bullets Over Broadway, which opened on Broadway in April 2014. In March 2015 he appeared in Something Rotten! on Broadway.^[14][15] In 2016, he appeared in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.^[16]

He starred as Barry Glickman in the original Broadway production of The Prom, which opened in October 2018 at the Longacre Theatre, for which he was nominated for a 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.^[17]

He appeared in the Arena Stage production of Animal Crackers in 1999.^[18]

He has performed at the Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, in Present Laughter in 2007^[19] and in She Loves Me in May and June 2008 (which transferred to the Williamstown Theatre Festival in June and July).^[20] He appeared in God of Carnage in 2012 as Alan.^[21] His appearances at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Massachusetts, include She Loves Me in 2008,^[22]Knickerbocker in 2009^[23] andin July and August 2013 in a new musical, Johnny Baseball.^[24]

In 2008, he participated in a staged concert presentation of "Broadway: Three Generations" at the Kennedy Center, appearing in Girl Crazy and Bye Bye Birdie.^[25] He performed in Burn This as "Larry" at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, in 2011.^[26]

He appeared in the musical 1776 as John Adams at the Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., in 2012.^[27]

• Brooks Ashmanskas at the Internet Broadway Database
• Brooks Ashmankas Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Brooks Ashmanskas at IMDb