Pinkham’s parents also introduced him to theatre early on. “I think I really loved performance and theatre and all of that and my brother loved theatre but also music, and it was just sort of a match made in heaven, or a match made by our mother,” Lazour said. Lazour first discovered his love for playwriting when he and his brother wrote their first musical for a middle school play competition. “I was a big Andrew Lloyd Webber fan when I was a kid because my dad would play cassette tapes like Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, though I know Les Mis isn’t Andrew Lloyd Webber.” “I always loved the theatre,” Lazour said. Music and theatre surrounded Lazour’s life from an early age, he said. Despite the drastic effect of COVID-19 on the performing arts industry, all three have found new avenues to express their love for the performing arts and share it with their audiences. Īll three were at different points in their careers, but last spring, they shared a common experience-the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily halted their careers. Bryce holds a BA from Boston College and an MFA in Acting and bio-writing from the Yale School of Drama.For Patrick Lazour, BC ’13 Sarah Lunnie, BC ’08 and Bryce Pinkham, BC ’05, Boston College served as a springboard to eventually becoming a playwright, dramaturg, and Tony Award–nominated actor. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Bryce was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Foundation Early Career Fellowship in 2012. His most notable international tours include Guantanamo Bay, Japan, Kuwait, and Qatar. Bryce is also a frequent collaborator with Outside the Wire, a social impact theater company that serves many communities, but particularly focuses on military audiences. In May 2013, Bryce led a team of American artists on Zara Aina’s pilot program to Madagascar. In 2012, Bryce helped found Zara Aina, a not-for-profit that uses the power of theatrical storytelling to empower under-resourced youth. As a writer, Bryce has published articles in American Theater Magazine and Yale Alumni Magazine. As a singer Bryce has performed in concert venues across the country, most notably Carnegie Hall, The Chicago Lyric Opera, Lincoln Center, and The Library of Congress. Bryce's on-screen appearances include as a series regular on the Civil War drama Mercy Street, guest appearances in HBO's Julia, Baz Lurman's Netflix series The Get Down, and Robert DeNiro's feature film The Comedian, as well as “The Good Wife” (CBS), “Proven Innocent” (FOX), “Person of Interest” (CBS), Blindspot (NBC), The Blacklist (NBC). His other Broadway credits include original roles in Holiday Inn, The Great Society, Ghost, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. He also notably appeared in the Broadway revival of The Heidi Chronicles as Peter Patrone, for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance. An American stage and screen actor, Bryce Pinkham is most widely known for originating the role of Monty Navarro in the Tony-winning production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, for which he was nominated for Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk awards.
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