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Actor/singer RON SPIVAK has played leading roles in the musicals MAN OF LA MANCHA, DAMN YANKEES, GUYS & DOLLS, COMPANY, ANNIE, THE MUSIC MAN, GODSPELL, LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE, Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE, THE MAD SHOW and JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS, and in the plays BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE, Seneca's THYESTES, and A THOUSAND CLOWNS.
Ron wrote, directed, and has performed his acclaimed concerts BRAVO TO BROADWAY and RICHARD RODGERS RE-VUED with major symphony orchestras on the West Coast, and most recently sang with Steve Ross, Julie Wilson and Jane White in a gala tribute to lyricist Carolyn Leigh at New York's Lincoln Center. He may also be heard as the bashful Constantine Levin on the original cast recording of ANNA KARENINA: The Audio Musical, and he has been seen in the feature films I LOVE TROUBLE and SNEAKERS, and in the television shows L.A. LAW, N.Y.P.D. BLUE, FULL HOUSE, CAFÉ AMERICAIN, and ANGEL FALLS.
Also a musical theatre historian, Ron served as musicals editor/archivist for Samuel French play publishers, for whom he prepared the published scripts and scores for more than 50 musicals. He also unearthed and cataloged the long-lost scripts and orchestrations to more than two dozen early Broadway musicals, including Rodgers and Hart's PEGGY ANN (which had been thought completely destroyed), and George and Ira Gershwin's original version of OF THEE I SING, which led to CBS's acclaimed recording conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. He composed the historical "liner" notes for Decca Broadway's long-awaited CD release of the cast recording of the Tony Award-winning musical TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, and wrote for the acclaimed Show Music Magazine.
Ron's directing credits include the musicals A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, MAN OF LA MANCHA, COMPANY and the plays NEXT, THE BALD SOPRANO and THE LESSON.
Ron is married to writer/editor Amanda Troy Segal, and he is a proud member of Actors' Equity, Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.