Jason Danieley
Jason D. Danieley (born July 13, 1971, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor, singer, concert performer and recording artist. He is married to fellow performer, Marin Mazzie.
Career
Ben Brantley, of The New York Times called Danieley "The most exquisite tenor on Broadway". After classical voice training at the University of Missouri and Southern Illinois University, Danieley left without graduating and at the age of 25 made his Broadway debut in the Harold Prince-directed revival of Candide, as the title character. Prince was quoted in The New York Times as saying "It's unusual in the world of musical theater to find someone who can sing as well as he can act, mark my words: Jason has an extraordinary future ahead of him."
Danieley appeared Off-Broadway in the musical Hit The Lights! in 1993, but gained recognition in 1996 in Floyd Collins, based on the tragedy of caver Floyd Collins, written by Richard Rodgers’s grandson, Adam Guettel. The musical has a mixture of Appalachian and classical music; this was a good vehicle for Danieley's talents, having a classical background, but being raised on old-time, country and gospel music.
