Brian Charles Rooney

Brian Charles Rooney is an American actor and singer. Technically a sopranist[1] (sopranista or male soprano), he has also sung high tenor roles in theatrical productions in the United States, Canada, and Europe.[2]

For other people named Brian Rooney, see Brian Rooney (disambiguation).

He made his Broadway debut in The Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 revival of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera in the role of Lucy Brown.[3][4][5]

As a tenor, he played Tony on a European tour of the American musical West Side Story.[6] He has been featured in musical and non-musical theatrical productions in such cities as San Francisco, Miami, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Dallas. He has been a featured soloist with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra.[6]

In 2013, as a pop-rock singer-songwriter, he began performing original material in concert venues in New York City.[7] His collaborator is Paul Leschen, composer and arranger for the rock-band, The Scissor Sisters.[8] Rooney's recent ventures in concert performance and production in New York City have been greeted positively.[9]

Rooney starred as General George B. McClellan in the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival production of Bayonets of Angst, a bluegrass musical comedy about the Civil War.[10] He was awarded a New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for Excellence for "Outstanding Individual Performance".[11]

Awards

In 2007, Rooney was awarded the Lys Symonette Award for Outstanding Dramatic Excellence by the Kurt Weill Foundation.[12][13]

References
  1. Jill Gunsell (1998-09-27). "Andreas Scholl - Links". Andreasschollsociety.org. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  2. "Brian Charles Rooney ONLINE". Briancharlesrooney.com. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  3. The Broadway League. "The Threepenny Opera". IBDB.com. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  4. "Talkin' Broadway Review: The Threepenny Opera". Talkinbroadway.com. 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  5. "The Threepenny Opera, reviewed by Simon Saltzman on". Theaterscene.net. 2006-04-26. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  6. "Brian Charles Rooney - NEWS". Ns26.webmasters.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  7. "Brian Charles Rooney Performs at the Zipper, April 30". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  8. "Broadway Art Goes Digital: Brian Charles Rooney @ The Zipper". Dallas.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  9. "Omleiding". Justshowstogoyou.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  10. "Next to Normal's J. Robert Spencer Set for NYMF's Bayonets of Angst". 11 June 2014.
  11. BWW News Desk. "CLONED!, THE GIG, ACADEMIA NUTS and More Top NYMF's 2014 Awards for Excellence". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  12. "About KWF". Kwf.org. 2011-10-06. Archived from the original on 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  13. "About KWF". Kwf.org. 2011-10-06. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
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