Chad Kimball
{{short description|American theater actor (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Chad Kimball Come From Away 2017.jpg
| caption = Kimball in 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |year=1976 |month=9 |day=2 }}
| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.
| alma_mater = Boston Conservatory at Berklee
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Emily Swallow|2018}}
| website = {{URL |http://www.chadkimball.com }}
}}
Chad Kimball (born September 2, 1976) is an American stage actor known for roles in musical theatre, especially Huey Calhoun in the Broadway musical Memphis and Milky White in the 2002 Broadway revival of Into the Woods.
Early life and career
Kimball was born in Seattle, Washington, on September 2, 1976, and graduated from Boston Conservatory with a BFA in musical theatre in 1999.Heller, Billy.[http://www.chadkimball.com/docs/NYpostchadcow.pdf "Holy Cow! He's Broadway's Bovine Baby"], {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009043826/http://www.chadkimball.com/docs/NYpostchadcow.pdf |date=October 9, 2007 }} The New York Post, archived at chadkimball.com, June 1, 2002{{cite web|url = https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/chad-kimball-93341|title = Chad Kimball|website = Internet Broadway Database|accessdate = November 18, 2024}}
After moving to New York City, he joined the Broadway musical The Civil War, three weeks before it closed.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} He was in the Off-Broadway revival of Godspell in 2000 and the Broadway revival of Into the Woods in 2002 as Milky White the cow and an understudy for Jack and the Wolf/Rapunzel’s Prince.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} He appeared in the Broadway musicals Lennon and Good Vibrations in 2005.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} During this period, he also appeared in regional theatre as Anthony in Sweeney Todd at the Signature Theatre (1999),Gutman, Les.[http://www.curtainup.com/sweeneytodd.html "Review: Sweeney Todd "] curtainup.com, September 15, 1999 Baby at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey (2004),Rendell, Bob.[http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/nj/nj45.html "Review: Baby at the Papermill,"] talkinbroadway.com, April 7, 2004 and Little Fish in 2007 at the Blank Theatre, Los Angeles.Lipton, Brian.[http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2007/jbara-kimball-ripley-et-al-set-for-blank-theatres_11604.html "Jbara, Kimball, Ripley, et al. Set for Blank Theatre's Little Fish Jbara, Kimball, Ripley, et al. Set for Blank Theatre's Little Fish,"] theatermania.com, September 15, 2007
''Memphis'' and later years
Kimball originated the lead role of Huey Calhoun in the musical Memphis at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2008,Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/131542-Kimball_and_Glover_to_Make_Music_in_Memphis_on_Broadway "Kimball and Glover to Make Music in Memphis on Broadway."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801094911/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/131542-Kimball_and_Glover_to_Make_Music_in_Memphis_on_Broadway |date=August 1, 2009 }} Playbill.com, July 29, 2009 and starred in the role in the Broadway production until fall 2011.Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/155757-Tony-Nominee-Chad-Kimball-Departs-Broadways-Memphis-Oct-23 "Tony Nominee Chad Kimball Departs Broadway's Memphis Oct. 23"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028145634/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/155757-Tony-Nominee-Chad-Kimball-Departs-Broadways-Memphis-Oct-23 |date=October 28, 2011 }} playbill.com, October 23, 2011 He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the role.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} Kimball appears in the filmed version, Memphis: Direct from Broadway by Broadway Worldwide.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
In 2017 he returned to Broadway as Kevin T. in the musical Come from Away.Evans, Greg. [https://web.archive.org/web/20211021221848/https://deadline.com/2021/10/chad-kimball-come-from-away-lawsuit-broadway-christian-beliefs-1234860005/ "Broadway Actor Chad Kimball Files Lawsuit Alleging He Lost Come From Away Job Over Christian Beliefs"], Deadline.com, October 21, 2021
In March 2020, he contracted and recovered from COVID-19. Later that year, on Twitter, he criticized, and pledged to disobey, COVID public health restrictions regarding singing in churches. His tweet caused backlash.{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Broadway Actor & COVID Survivor Chad Kimball Sparks Backlash For Pledging To "Respectfully Disobey" State Restrictions On Religious Services |url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/chad-kimball-broadway-actor-covid-coronavirus-survivor-backlash-disobey-restrictions-religious-services-1234616363/ |website=Deadline |date=November 16, 2020}} He was not invited to return to Come from Away when the show resumed production in 2021, and he subsequently filed a lawsuit against the show's producers, alleging religious discrimination.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.chadkimball.com/}}
- {{IBDB name|93341}}
- {{IOBDB name|10543}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121006095250/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&keyword=name&first=Chad&last=Kimball&middle= archive])
- {{IMDb name|2169627}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606140612/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm?int_news_id=966 "Quick Wit: Chad Kimball", August 16, 2000 at theatermania.com]
- [http://broadwayworld.com/article/Chad_Kimball_Actor_and_Entrepreneur_20050911 Interview, September 11, 2005, at broadwayworld.com]
- {{Playbill person|chad-kimball-vault-0000073632}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120110143448/http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/73632/Chad-Kimball archive])
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Category:20th-century American male actors
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Category:American male musical theatre actors
Category:American male stage actors
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