Fontana was last seen starring on Broadway in his tour de force dual role in Tootsie for which he received the 2019 Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Tony Awards®.
He is perhaps best known to audiences as the voice of villainous Prince Hans in the Academy Award winning Disney film Frozen. Television audiences saw him on the most recent season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and recognize him from “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Shades of Blue,” “Mozart In The Jungle,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “Royal Pains,” “Nurse Jackie,” and more.
His other Broadway credits include Hello, Dolly!, Act One, Cinderella, The Importance of Being Earnest (Clarence Derwent Award), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Drama Desk Award), Billy Elliot, and Sunday in the Park with George. He also received Lortel and Obie Awards for his Off-Broadway performance in Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet.
As an interpreter of the American Songbook, he won the renowned Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival when he was 18 and has sung with orchestras, big bands, and smaller ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, NY Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Master Voices, Westchester Philharmonic, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Sesame Street Muppets, Phoenix Symphony, and at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Birdland, and the Bravo Festival at Vail.
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From: FREEZE FRAME: Santino Fontana and the Cast of TOOTSIE Meet the Press!
From: FREEZE FRAME: Santino Fontana and the Cast of TOOTSIE Meet the Press!
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Santino Fontana, Cinderella
Santino Fontana, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Santino Fontana, Sons of the Prophet
Santino Fontana, Brighton Beach Memoirs
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 21, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
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Maestra Music will present the much-anticipated Amplify 2024, hosted by Tony Award winners Bonnie Milligan and J. Harrison Ghee. We have all the details!
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Musical Brilliance, LLC, will present private industry readings (by invitation only) of Brilliance, a musical based on the life of Frances Farmer, with book by Lance Lewman, music and lyrics by Lance Lewman & Kristan King, and additional music by Gabriel Kane.
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Santino Fontana has appeared on Broadway in 10 shows.
Santino Fontana has not appeared in the West End.
Santino Fontana has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including: - Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Tootsie - Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Tootsie - Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Tootsie - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Tootsie - Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Cinderella - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella - Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Sons of the Prophet - Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Sons of the Prophet - Performance (Obie Awards) for Sons of the Prophet - Performance (Obie Awards) for Sons of the Prophet - Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sons of the Prophet - Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for Sons of the Prophet - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Santino Fontana has won several awards, including Outstanding Actor in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Tootsie," Outstanding Actor in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Tootsie," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Tootsie," Performance at the Obie Awards for "Sons of the Prophet," Outstanding Lead Actor at The Lortels for "Sons of the Prophet," and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Brighton Beach Memoirs."
Santino Fontana's next show will be I Can Get It For You Wholesale which opens on 10/30/2023 on Off-Broadway.
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