Broadway BUZZ

Lance is ecstatic to reunite with fellow New Yorker Alex Timbers.  Lance made his Broadway debut as the King of Cartoons in Peewee Herman on Broadway under Alex's direction. He worked with him again at Roundabout in the revival of The Robber Bridegroom as Clement Musgrove. Lance has become a Broadway regular, appearing in the original casts of Sister Act, Ghost, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Scarlett Johansson), Moss Hart’s Act One, Finding Neverland, Sunset Boulevard (Glenn Close revival), My Fair Lady (Lauren Ambrose and Laura Benanti), The Music Man (Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster) and I Need That (Danny Devito). Off Broadway credits include The Liquid Plain (Signature), March of the Falsettos (Whizzer replacement at Playwrights Horizons), Forbidden Hollywood (Triad) and sang “New York, New York” at Radio City in their musical, America, circa 1980! He took a 25-year detour to Los Angeles, where he was lucky to play almost every theater in SoCal, including the Shubert, Dorothy Chandler, Mark Taper Forum, LATC, Geffen Playhouse, The Ricardo Montalban, The Coronet, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Lawrence Welk, Moonlight, Musical Theater West, LaMirada, Sacramento Music Circus, San Diego Rep, and The Tiffany, where he produced and directed the smash hit LA company of The All Night Strut (also performed in the PBS special). Favorite shows were the LA sit-down companies of Cats, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, Forbidden Hollywood, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and his 7 ½-year stint as Jafar in the original company of Aladdin, a musical spectacular at Disney California Adventure. Regionally, he has been in Elf (Pioneer), White Christmas (Paper Mill Playhouse), Spells of the Sea (Kennedy Center), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (The Goodman), Annie (Ordway), Christmas Carol (McCarter), Their Eyes Were Watching God (Karamu), I’m Not Rappaport, Driving Miss Daisy, and a bunch of plays that will never see the light of day! He is a familiar face on television, from his Gillette spot to his appearances on FBI, Poker Face, SVU, Blacklist, Blue Bloods, The Best Man, Pose, and about 40 others. Check imdb.com for the full listing. His film appearances have included scenes with Al Pacino, Jane Fonda, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn and his upcoming short film co-starring André De Shields, directed by Robert Sweeting, called The Entertainer. He started his career in the nightclubs of Manhattan in the late 70s/early 80s and he played the Copa at 18.