David Engel (actor)

{{Short description|American singer, actor and dancer}} '''David Engel''' (born 1959) is an American Broadway singer, actor and dancer.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musicaltheatreguild.com/MTGDEngel2.html | publisher=Music Theatre Guild | title=David Engel at the Musical Theatre Guild | accessdate=26 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930094459/http://www.musicaltheatreguild.com/MTGDEngel2.html | archive-date=30 September 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography== ===Career=== Engel is a six-time winner of the Ovation Awards given out by the Los Angeles Stage Alliance. He has performed on the Tonight Show, the Royal Variety Performance before Queen Elizabeth II, and co-hosted the Presidential Inaugural Gala at the Kennedy Center.

===Theater=== Engel has been in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadways productions. He created (and starred) the role of Hanna from Hamburg in the original production of ''La Cage aux Folles''. Engel has had an extensive career performing in regional theatre productions of musicals including ''Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks'' at Laguna Playhouse, ''The Addams Family'' at Gateway Playhouse, and ''Mamma Mia!'' at Patchogue Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forever Dashing and Debonair, David Engel is Crushin' It! |url=https://www.broadwayandmain.com/index.php/component/content/article/11-profiles/399-forever-dashing-and-debonair-david-engel-is-crushin-it?Itemid=101 |website=Broadway & Main |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> He has also directed many productions.

===Film=== In 2009 he appeared in the movie in ''Forever Plaid: The Movie'' (directed by Stuart Ross). He played the role of "Smudge" in this movie, a role which he created himself for the original New York City production of ''Forever Plaid''. He first appeared on film in 1982 in ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)'', in 2001 in ''New Port South'', and in 2006 in the shorts ''Zombie Prom'' and ''The Albino Code''.

Engel is the creator and director of the MGM/UA Home Video "Logo-Fanfare" which heads every video release. He directed and produced ''That's Entertainment III'', a documentary featuring scenes from classic MGM musical films.

===Personal Life=== Engel is married to director Larry Raben. They met during the original production of ''Forever Plaid'' in 1989 and have frequently worked together in the years since.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forever Dashing and Debonair, David Engel is Crushin' It! |url=https://www.broadwayandmain.com/index.php/component/content/article/11-profiles/399-forever-dashing-and-debonair-david-engel-is-crushin-it?Itemid=101 |website=Broadway & Main |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930094459/http://www.musicaltheatreguild.com/MTGDEngel2.html David Engel as a member of the Music Theatre Guild] * [http://broadwayworld.com/people/David_Engel/ David Engel on Broadwayworld.com] * {{IBDB name}} * {{IMDb name|1701676}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Engel, David}} Category:American male dancers Category:American male musical theatre actors Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:1959 births