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Brooks Ashmanskas (born June 15, 1969) is an American actor. He has appeared both on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as in regional theatres. Ashmanskas has done limited film and television work, most recently appearing in the Netflix series Uncoupled. He was nominated for a 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for playing various characters in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, and for a 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Barry Glickman in The Prom.

Early life

Ashmanskas is originally from Salem, Oregon, but grew up in Beaverton, just outside of Portland. He graduated from Bennington College. He is openly gay.

Career

Off-Broadway and Broadway

Ashmanskas was in the original productions of Dream (1997), Songs for a New World (Off-Broadway, 1995) and the Broadway revival of Gypsy: A Musical Fable (2003). He was a replacement "Carmen Ghia", starting in 2004, in The Producers, 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, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical.

He appeared in the Broadway revival of The Ritz as Chris in 2007. He played the character of Mr. Dobitch in the 2010 Broadway revival of Promises, Promises. Also in 2010 he appeared in the Broadway revival of Present Laughter. 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.

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. In 2016, he appeared in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.

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.

Regional theatre

He appeared in the Arena Stage production of Animal Crackers in 1999.

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

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. He performed in Burn This as "Larry" at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, in 2011.

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

Credits

Theatre

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Brooks Ashmanskas Biography". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
2. Biography Archived May 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine americantheatrewing.org, accessed August 24, 2013
3. "Brooks Ashmanskas on Why The Prom Feels 'Like Recess,' His 'Disgusting' Last Name & More on Show People". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
4. "James Corden Is Fine in 'The Prom,' But He's No Brooks Ashmanskas". Decider. 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
5. Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review. 'Dream' " curtainup.com, accessed August 25, 2013
6. " 'Gypsy', 2003" sondheimguide.com, accessed August 25, 2013
7. ^ "Ashmanskas listing" InternetBroadwayDatabase, accessed August 25, 2011
8. Simonson, Robert "Jonathan Freeman and Brooks Ashmanskas Are New DeBris and Ghia in 'Producers', Aug. 31" Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, August 18, 2004
9. Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review. 'Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me' " The New York Times, August 18, 2006
10. Gans, Andrew. "2006-2007 Tony Nominations Announced; Spring Awakening Garners 11 Noms" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 15, 2007
11. Hernandez, Ernio. "Fame Tony Nominee Brooks Ashmanskas Joins 'The Ritz' Revival Cast" Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 31, 2007
12. Jones, Kenneth. "'Promises, Promises' Will Also Star Latessa, Hingston, Benson; Complete Cast Announced" Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, February 4, 2010
13. Champion, Lindsay. Zoe Kazan, Vincent D'Onofrio & Brooks Ashmanskas Set for Off-Broadway's 'Clive', Starring Ethan Hawke" broadway.com, November 4, 2012
14. Hetrick, Adam. "Zach Braff, Brooks Ashmanskas, Betsy Wolfe, Vincent Pastore Set for 'Bullets Over Broadway', Opening in April 2014" Archived September 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, June 27, 2013
15. Hetrick, Adam. thing-rotten-puts-a-shakespearean-twist-on-broadway-musical-comedy-starting-tonight-344742 " 'Something Rotten!' Puts a Shakespearean Twist On Broadway Musical Comedy, Starting Tonight"], playbill.com, March 23, 2015
16. "Onstage" Archived 2016-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, ShuffleAlongBroadway.com, accessed March 14, 2016
17. tonyawards.com, April 30, 2019
18. "DC's Arena Stage Opens Marx Bros' Musical 'Animal Crackers', April 7-May 30" Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, April 7, 1999
19. Donovan, R.J. "Brooks Ashmanskas Took His Time Getting To Boston..And The Huntington" onstageboston.com, June 4, 2007
20. Bacalzo, Dan. Ashmanskas, Baldwin, Latessa, et al. Cast in Huntington's She Loves Me'" April 22, 2008
21. Herick, Adam. "Brooks Ashmanskas, Stephen Bogardus, Johanna Day, Christy Pusz Face 'God of Carnage' at the Huntington Jan. 6" Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, January 6, 2012
22. Hetrick, Adam and Gans, Andrew."Tonight at Eight: 'She Loves Me' Begins Williamstown Run June 27" playbill.com, June 27, 2008
23. "Interview, Actor Brooks Ashmanskas" williamstowntheatrefestival.blogspot.com, July 9, 2009
24. Hetrick, Adam. "Williamstown Season Adds Brooks Ashmanskas, De'Adre Aziza and Reed Birney" Archived August 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, June 3, 2013
25. Gans, Andrew. "Casting Announced for Kennedy Center's 'Girl Crazy', 'Bye Bye Birdie' and 'Side Show' " Archived August 25, 2013, at archive.today playbill.com, July 16, 2008
26. Taft, Kevin."Let It Burn. Castmember Brooks Ashmanskas talks 'Burn This' at the Mark Taper Forum" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine frontiersla.com, March 22, 2011
27. Jones, Kenneth. "Ford's Theatre's '1776', With Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas, William Diggle, Begins March 9" Archived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 9, 2012
28. Something Rotten!, newyorktheatreguide.com; accessed August 2, 2021.

External links

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

• 1969 births
• American gay actors
• American male musical theatre actors
• Bennington College alumni
• LGBTQ people from Oregon
• Living people