JACK DOYLE

Character Actor

ABOUT

Jack Doyle has had the honor of working with many of the celebrated talents of musical theatre, film, and television, including Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Tommy Tune, Sandy Duncan, Shirley Jones, Larry Kert, Cy Coleman, Comden & Green, George Hearn, Leslie Uggams, Priscilla Lopez, Helen Gallagher, Harve Presnell, Charles Strouse, Peter Gennaro, Kaye Ballard, Dorothy Louden, Bob Fitch, John Raitt, Keith Carradine, Eartha Kitt, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally, Andrea Martin, Kristin Chenoweth, Kelly O'Hara, Sutton Foster, Bobby Canavale, Judy Kaye, Marni Nixon, Garrison Keillor, Tom Wopat, Marcia Lewis, Marian Seldes, Jerry Zaks, Kathleen Marshall, and Susan Stroman.

He created the role of Ewart Dunlop, singing lead in the barbershop quartet in the much-acclaimed Broadway revival of The Music Man. Additional Broadway credits include the original companies of Young Frankenstein and The Will Rogers Follies.

Traveling the country in many national tours, he understudied Tommy Tune in the title role of Doctor Dolittle, played Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, sang in the Rhythm King Trio as Mingo in Crazy for You, and played the Ziegfeld tenor in Funny Girl.

Additional New York credits include City Center Encores! productions of Bye Bye Birdie, Face the Music, Music in the Air, Girl Crazy, Fanny, Bells Are Ringing, and Pipe Dream, Off-Broadway productions of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Destry Rides Again, Tomfoolery, and New Faces of 1952, a Radio City Music Hall spectacular, and many Lyrics & Lyricists concerts at the 92nd Street Y.

At the start of his career, Jack played many of the “song and dance man” roles: Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street, Billy Buck Chandler in My One And Only, Dick in Dames At Sea, and Constantine in Hollywood/Ukraine. Moving into character work, regionally Jack has played Henry Ford twice in Ragtime, Scuttle and Grimsby in separate productions of The Little Mermaid, Bert Barry in 42nd Street, Rooster in Annie, Enoch Snow in Carousel, Claude Upson in Mame, Rudolph twice in Hello, Dolly!, Amos Bellomy in The Fantasticks, Monsieur Baurel in An American In Paris, Everett Baker in Crazy For You and Ewart Dunlop in many productions of The Music Man - a role he has played close to 800 times.

Recordings include Pipe Dream, Girl Crazy, Strike Up the Band, The Music Man, Young Frankenstein, Face the Music, and his first solo CD, This Heart of Mine.

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News

NEWS

THE LAST MRS. PARRISH Jack appears as the Wealthy Man At An Auction in the Netflix feature film. Based on the novel of the same name by Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish is the story of a con artist’s plan to scam a wealthy couple by becoming the husband’s new wife. Her plan is upended when she discovers the complexity of his first wife’s life. Directed by Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, the film stars Jennifer Lopez, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Isabel May.

CRAZY FOR YOU Jack returns to the historic Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine as Everett Baker in the Tony Award winning musical Crazy For You. Largely based on the 1930 musical Girl Crazy, with a book by Ken Ludwig, music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, the show incorporates songs from several other Gershwin productions. The cast also includes Max Clayton, Taylor Aronson, Tony Roach, Sally Struthers, Angie Schworer, Peter Kendall, and Jim Borstelman. Directed and choreographed by Angelique Ilo recreating Susan Stroman’s original choreography, and with music direction by Ken Clifton, Crazy For You will be presented from June 13 - July 13, 2024.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Jack returns once again to the historic Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA as Monsieur Baurel in the stage version of the 1951 MGM Academy Award winning film. With a book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, the production is being brought back from last year’s abbreviated run. The returning cast also includes Josh Drake, Leigh-Ann Esty, Bruce Landry, Manna Nichols, Barrett Riggins, and Jennifer Smith. Directed and choreographed by Emmy Award winner Al Blackstone, and with music direction by Matthew Smedal, An American In Paris will be presented from July 26 - August 12, 2023.

THE OTHER TWO Jack makes a guest appearance as George Washington in Season 3, Episode 5 - Cary And Brooke Go To An AIDS Play - of the hit MAX series. The series stars Molly Shannon, Drew Tarver and Helene Yorke. Guest stars on this episode include Kiernan Shipka and Lucas Gage and the third season is currently streaming on MAX.

reviews

CRAZY FOR YOU - The Ogunquit Playhouse

Other standouts include Jack Doyle as Everett Baker, the mild mannered theater owner and Polly's father...

—Dan Marois, Broadway World

RAGTIME - Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

Numerous actors impress: Rod Singleton (Booker T. Washington), Samuel Druhora (Tateh), Freddie Kimmel (Harry Houdini), and Jack Doyle (Henry Ford).

—Paul Willistein, The Lehigh Valley Press

HELLO, DOLLY! - Goodspeed Opera House

The showstopper is the “Waiters’ Galop,” as the waiters at Harmonia Gardens, led by Jack Doyle’s Head Waiter, leap and tumble and careen and juggle and fly about the stage in ecstatic anticipation of Dolly’s arrival. The applause lasted almost as long as the number. These guys could have their own show.

—Don Bourret, Reminder News

THE LITTLE MERMAID - Sacramento Music Circus
A fantastic supporting cast also shines throughout. Jack Doyle provides plenty of laughs as Scuttle, the brainless, but loveable seagull.

—Harmony Wheeler, BroadwayWorld.com

GIRL CRAZY - City Center Encores!

Employing orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, Mr. Fisher delivers a beautifully textured reading of the music, savoring the easy swing of “Bidin’ My Time”, (sweetly sung by a quartet of harmonizing cowboys, Glenn Seven Allen, Benjamin Howes, Jack Doyle and Carson Church, in extra-wide chaps).

—Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

FANNY—City Center Encores!
Supporting the central performances are several deliciously conceived turns, particularly from Priscilla Lopez, who plays Fanny's spitfire mother with aplomb… Equally enjoyable are turns from David Patrick Kelly, Michael McCormick, and Jack Doyle, all of whom bring humor and color to this exceptionally satisfying production.

—Andy Propst, Theatermania

42ND STREET - Pioneer Theatre
Jack Doyle as Bert Barry in Shuffle Off to Buffalo heralds the lanky antics of Tommy Tune or Danny Kaye. It was a riot to watch his vaudevillian performance.

—Dave Mortensen, Utah Theatre Bloggers

THE FANTASTICKS - Music Theatre of Connecticut

That it could be otherwise is proved by the performance of Jack Doyle as Bellomy, the girl’s father. The actor has an innate feel for pure showmanship, a presence and believability that, along with vocal chops, has him dominating his every scene.

—David A. Rosenberg, The Stamford Times

ANNIE - Kansas City Starlight Theatre

…and the limber-limbed Doyle, as Rooster, adds sparkle and pizzazz to Mimi B. Wallace’s imaginative choreography.

—Robert Eisele, Kansas City Star

DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - National Tour

The castle servants account for much of the show’s heart, especially Jack Doyle’s Gallic charm as Lumiere… Human Again is a highlight. The storybook romanticism peaks in Be Our Guest.

—Michael Greenberg, The Columbus Dispatch

THE MUSIC MAN - Broadway

Mr. Bierko has a gleaming impishness of his own, never so evident as when he is hoodwinking a group of officious councilmen by turning them into a mellifluous barbershop quartet ( charmingly embodied by Michael-Leon Wooley, Jack Doyle, John Sloman and Blake Hammond ).

—Ben Brantley, The New York Times

Then there’s that barbershop quartet – here called the Hawkeye Four – Jack Doyle, Blake Hammond, John Sloman, and Michael-Leon Wooley. These guys can lift a show all by themselves, just by harmonizing their way through “Goodnight, Ladies” or “Lida Rose”.

—Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press

Shinn enlists four deliciously inept heads of the school board ( the enchanting Jack Doyle, Blake Hammond, John Sloman, and Michael-Leon Wooley ) a honey-voiced Barbershop quartet that keep distracting themselves with their own vocal abilities.

—Sam Whitehead, Time Out New York

Who’s missing? The honey-voiced barbershop quartet from The Music Man. They may never get their hands on Harold Hill’s credentials, but they should at least have been nominated.

—Sam Whitehead, Time Out New York, The Tony Award Predictions

With a few exceptions, most everything in Meredith Wilson’s variegated score is sung by the stars, the quartet or the chorus (on the CD). The quartet is a major presence, and they do a wonderful job. They seem to be a touch more human than the Buffalo Bills, who originated the roles. Rather than using a professional barbershop quartet, this production assembled their own – “The Hawkeye Four” – using actors with a sense of humor.

—Steven Suskin, Playbill On-Line

Special kudos to Jack Doyle, Blake Hammond, John Sloman and Michael-Leon Wooley, four veteran musical comedians who play the barbershop quartet with so much wit and dexterity that they come perilously close to stealing the show. Go guys!

—John Kenrick, Musicals 101.com