Montego Glover

Montego Glover
Glover in 2012
Born (1974-02-09) February 9, 1974 (age 50)
Macon, Georgia, USA
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active2001–present

Montego Glover (born February 9, 1974)[1] is an American stage actress and singer. She has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the musical Memphis and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.

On 1 September 2015, Glover starting playing Fantine in the second Broadway revival of Les Misérables, she left the production on 3 February 2016.[2]

From 9 September 2017 to 31 March 31 2019, Glover portrayed Angelica Schuyler in the Chicago cast of the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton.[3]

On 6 September 6 2022, she started sharing the role of the Witch with Patina Miller in the 2022 Broadway revival of Into the Woods.[4] She left the production on 15 December 2022 being replaced by Joaquina Kalukango.[5] She reprised her role in the 2023 national tour.[6]

Life and career

Glover was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She attended the Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences and then attended Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre with Honors.[7] Glover sang in church choirs "for as long as I can remember".[8]

She has performed on Broadway in the musical Memphis as Felicia. Glover received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance. Additionally, she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (in a tie with Catherine Zeta-Jones).[9] She displays a "rich, rangy and emotionally powerful voice in several standout numbers" according to Playbill.[10] Montego has been with Memphis since it started, including four regional productions[11] and appears in the live filming of the musical, Memphis: Direct from Broadway.

Her Broadway debut was as an understudy for Celie and Nettie in the musical The Color Purple.

In other work, she has been a "Star Wars videogame avatar and a TV commercial voice-over artist."[12] She worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida in the late 1990s. Her voice is featured on the Festival of the Lion King official soundtrack.[13]

She also guest starred on the USA Network show, White Collar in the episode "Judgement Day".

Work

References

  1. ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KJTK-X5D Date of birth, familysearch.org; accessed May 31, 2014.
  2. ^ Montego Glover Playbill
  3. ^ @montegoglover (14 March 2019). "Sunday March 31st will be my LAST PERFORMANCE @HamiltonMusical CHI!! Wish me luck as I celebrate my…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Hall, Margaret (12 August 2022). "Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus, Krysta Rodriguez, Montego Glover, More to Join Broadway's Into the Woods". Playbill.
  5. ^ Wild, Stephi (17 November 2022). "Joaquina Kalukango Will Play The Witch in INTO THE WOODS Beginning Next Month". Broadway World.
  6. ^ Harms, Talaura (December 6, 2022). "Broadway's Into the Woods Revival Will Journey Across the U.S. On Tour". Playbill. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Biography" Archived 2010-06-28 at the Wayback Machine montegoglover.com, retrieved June 13, 2010
  8. ^ Wontorek, Paul."Montego Glover on Her Roof-Raising Broadway Turn in 'Memphis'" broadway.com, November 5, 2009
  9. ^ Morales, Wilson."'Memphis,' 'Fences,' Viola Davis, Montego Glover Win Drama Desk Awards" Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine bvnewswire.com, May 24, 2010
  10. ^ Gans, Andrew."Chatting with Memphis' Montego Glover" Archived 2009-12-07 at the Wayback Machine December 4, 2009
  11. ^ Healy, Patrick."Six Years in ‘Memphis’: Rock ’n’ Roll ’n’ Changes"The New York Times, December 17, 2009
  12. ^ Gamerman, Ellen."Actress Montego Glover on 'Star Wars,' Charmin ads and Jamaica"The Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2009
  13. ^ Palm, Matt."Ex-Disney Entertainer Montego Glover Is Hoping For A Tony Award" Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback MachineOrlando Sentinel, June 10, 2010