Bobby Conte Thornton: Connection & Spontaneity

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Lisa speaks with Bobby Conte Thornton about second chances, hard
work, getting back to the core of why we do what we do and
embracing your inner child. Bobby is a New York-based actor and
singer who made his Broadway debut originating the role of
Calogero in A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry
Zaks. He returned to Broadway this spring singing “Another
Hundred People” as P.J. in Marianne Elliott’s gender-bent revival
of Company. Other New York stage credits include My Fair Lady
directed by Michael Arden and Starting Here, Starting Now
directed by its lyricist, Richard Maltby, Jr. A graduate of the
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, BCT
starred as Danny Zuko in Grease at Paper Mill Playhouse and
Enjolras in Les Misérables at the Muny while pursing his BFA. He
subsequently trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art. Upon graduation, his regional stage credits include the new
musical Last Days of Summer at George Street Playhouse, Two River
Theater's all-male A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum, the world premiere co-production of Ken Ludwig's A Comedy
of Tenors at McCarter Theatre Center and Cleveland Play House,
and three seasons at the Muny. BCT made his feature film debut in
If Beale Street Could Talk, adapted and directed by Barry
Jenkins. Television credits include “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”,
“Madam Secretary” and “The Code”. His debut studio album, Along
the Way, is available across all digital music providers. The
record is based off his touring solo cabaret, Blame It on My
Youth, which premiered at the historic Venetian Room in the
Fairmont San Francisco prior to a sold-out engagement at
Feinstein's/54 Below. As a concert artist, he has headlined at
Lincoln Center, the Carolina Philharmonic and as Tony in Oakland
Symphony’s concert version of West Side Story. A native of San
Francisco, California, BCT currently resides in Manha


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