Patrick Cassidy Biography

Broadway: Frederick in Pirates of Penzance, Jeff Barry in Leader of the Pack. Off-Broadway: Origi-nated the role of the Balladeer in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins (director Jerry Zaks), Lady in the Dark (City Center’s Encores!). Regional: Conrack (Helen Hayes nomination) at Ford’s Theatre, Martin Guerre (director Mark Lamos) at the Hartford Stage, The End of the Day by John Robin Baitz (director Scott Elliot), Williamstown Theatre Festival. Los Angeles: Macheath in Threepenny Opera for Reprise! (Garland Award for Best Actor in a Musical), Bobby in Company (with Carol Burnett), Love Letters, Assassins (LATC). Other theatre credits include: Robber Bridegroom, Little Shop of Horrors, Camelot, The Sound of Music. Films: Long Time Companion (written by Craig Lucas, directed by Norman Rene), I’ll Do Anything (directed by James L. Brooks), I Won’t Dance, Burning Love. TV mini-series: "Dress Gray" (Emmy nomination), "Napoleon & Josephine." MOW’s: "Oklahoma City," "Something in Common," "Christmas Eve," "How the West Was Fun," "Follow Your Heart." Series regular: NBC’s "Bay City Blues," CBS’s "Dirty Dancing," HBO’s "Perversion of Science." Patrick’s recordings include "Sondheim: A Musical Tribute at Carnegie Hall," the STAGE Benefit CDs: Lerner, Loewe and Lane; Stephen Sondheim; and Harold Arlen, as well as the Gershwin Estate recording of Oh Kay! with Dawn Upshaw. Recently, Patrick created a new musical with his writing partner Eric Vetro which will debut in the spring of 2000. Patrick is married to dancer Melissa Hurley Cassidy, and they are the proud parents of Cole Cassidy and young Jack Cassidy.