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Don Stephenson starred as Leo Bloom in the Tony award winning Broadway production of The Producers and appeared as the D’Ysquith family in The Tony award winning Broadway production of A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder. Also on Broadway he created the role of Renfield in Dracula and played the role of Victor in the Tony award winning revival of Private Lives. Don created the role of Charles Clarke in the Tony award winning production of Titanic and created the role of Mr. Peavy in Parade at Lincoln Center, he created the role of Bingo Little in By Jeeves, played Hertz Kleinman in Rock Of Ages, and appeared as Frank Lippencott in the revival of Wonderful Town for the New York City Opera. He also starred in the New York City Encores productions of Me And My Girl as Herbert Parchester, was Dickie Clarke in Pardon My English, and Hal Meadows in The Bandwagon. Other New York credits include Fidele in Death Takes A Holiday, Anatoly in Chess, Bo Decker in Bus Stop, Sid Davis in Take Me Along, and Zach in The Tavern. Don performed in St. Petersburg Russia in the play Love Or Theatre?: The Life Of Charlotte Salomon, which was produced by the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. Among his regional credits are John Adams in 1776 (Papermill Playhouse), Bingo Little in By Jeeves (Pittsburg Public Theatre), Jack in Where’s Charley?( The Kennedy Center), George in Sunday In The Park With George (Theatre Factory of St. Louis), Jim in The Gift Of The Magi (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Herman in The Most Happy Fella (Pittsburg Civic Light Opera), Max in Lend Me A Tenor ( Barter Theatre), and the title role in Hamlet (Clarence Brown Theatre). On television he has appeared on FBI: Most Wanted, Succession, The Americans, Happy, Deception, Turn; Washingtons Spies, The Good Wife, 30 Rock, Glee, Ugly Betty, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Possible Side Effects, Now And Again, Law And Order, Law And Order: Criminal Intent, Law And Order: SVU, All My Children, As The World Turns and he played the role of David Jordan on Another World. Don can be seen in the films Little Brother, It Had To Be You and By Jeeves. He can be heard on the recordings of “An O’Henry Christmas” (Harbinger Records), the original cast albums of Titanic and Parade (RCA), Death Takes A Holiday (PS Classics) and he sings the role of Nicely-Nicely on the London recording of Guys And Dolls, Frank Lippencott in Wonderful Town, and Herman in The Most Happy Fella all for JAY Records.