BEST DEBUT - WINNER - 2008 Back Stage Bistro Award
BEST MALE DEBUT - WINNER - 2008 MAC Award
BEST RECORDING - NOMINEE - 2008 MAC Award
Debut CD JONATHAN WHITTON - LIVE AT THE LAURIE BEECHMAN now available at CDBaby and Apple iTunes. ================================================
“Poised, handsome and bursting with charisma. Whitton is a winner.” – John Hoglund, Cabaret Hotline’s “After Dark”
"Disarming and sharp... Jonathan Whitton is a performer to watch and appreciate. He has an agenda and he delivers.” - Elizabeth Ahlfors, Cabaret Scenes
"Whitton is built to last. He'll be around for the long run: performing, growing daring.” - Rob Lester, Cabaret Scenes
"Jonathan Whitton exudes talent and taste... The songs he chooses to act are sterling." - David Finkle, Backstage
"Jonathan Whitton makes a delightful debut with his topnotch tenor voice and bright and boyish charm.’’ – Wayman Wong, New York Daily News
"A musical theater performer with considerable craft and skill at his disposal... Jonathan Whitton will, indeed go a long, long way in cabaret." -Barbara & Scott Siegel, Talkin' Broadway
"Lola may have been blessed with 'a little brains, a little talent,' but Jonathan Whitton has both of these assets in spades." - Roy Sander, Cabaret Columnist & Critic
"A young Tommy Tune reimagined by Picasso." - Jay Jeffries, Cabaret Exchange
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JONATHAN WHITTON received both the 2008 Back Stage Bistro Award and 2008 Manhattan Association of Cabaret & Clubs (MAC) Award for his NYC Cabaret Debut. He has played standing room only engagements in numerous major American cities and has sung in such NYC venues as The Duplex, Gotham Comedy Club, The Reprise Room at Dillon's, The Triad, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. His Cabaret Debut PERFECT FINITE is captured on his first CD - JONATHAN WHITTON: LIVE AT THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE - released on Finite Records.
As an actor he has appeared in regional productions of THE LAST FIVE YEARS (Jaimie, Regional Premiere), CABARET (2x as Emcee), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Hedwig, Southeastern Premiere), THE SANTALAND DIARIES (Crumpet), GREATER TUNA (Various Roles), PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE (Picasso), & VISITING MR. GREEN (Ross, Regional Premiere). Most recently, he received an MITF Award Nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for originating the role of Hamilton in the NYC Premiere of THE STREET.
Jonathan is a member of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) & Cabaret West.
And it comes full circle- Seriously, Santaland Diaries here in Dec.? Awesome. Front and center, baby, that'll be me. Congrats on what appears to be an incredible Hegwig run for you. Your fans sound very familiar...you are so on your way.
I can't stop talking about Hedwig show on Friday. My husband, daughter and I are crazy about how you performed Hedwig. We could not take our eyes off of you, you had our complete attention from the second u stepped on stage, till the second u stepped off bleeding. YOu are an incredible talent! So professional, so very comfortable, able to ad lib at the drop of a hat, and never miss a beat! BRAVO! Dianne
Hey Handsome! Kudo's again on the Bistro and enjoy the MAC venue on the 6th... You are AMAZING, always have been, always will be. Love you bunches! Miss you sooo much!
hello lovechild. i saw on my missed calls that i missed YOUR call and am bummed. i will be at the theatre all day today for strike/company mtg. call me and i shall pass the phone around. i love you boyheart.
Just popping over to say that I saw "Battles" last night and you, sir are a brilliant director. Hope it's not too long before you get back up here and grace Upstate again with your marvelousness in any capacity or form. It's all good and we miss you.
Hi Jonathan, how are ya? Just dropping in to listen to some of your music & to wish you a happy Easter weekend - have an absolutely rockin' one! Write back sometime! Take care, bye for now, ~Nick ;)
so...how in the WORLD did you locate my 7th grade dance recital??????? i do believe that was choreographed my anne richardson in uh...dunno...circa 81.......omg...you have really made my otherwise boring sunday quite stupendous!
Jonathan, just listen to your version of "Now" again (as I am want to do every 'now' and 'again') and I must sya the amount of passion you put into your singing never ceases to amaze me. BTW, Jason Robert Brown is also a mjor favorite. great job.
