Song:I Believe
Album:The Book Of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Though he has also done films and TV, Andrew Rannells has had his greatest success on Broadway. He won a Grammy and was Tony nominated for the 2011 show The Book Of Mormon. He was born Aug. 23, 1978 in Omaha. He performed in theater growing up and after graduating high school, he moved to New York City. He did a lot of voice over work for 4Kids Entertainment. They produce video game based animation like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cubix, Sonic X etc. At the same time he was doing musical theater tours like Pokemon Live! and Hedwig and the Angry Itch. His first significant Broadway role was as Link Larkin in the 2006 revival of Hairspray. And he also played Bob Gaudio in the national tour of Jersey Boys. The Book Of Mormon was written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez. Of course Parker and Stone created South Park. They were in New York with producer Scott Rudin and he suggested they see the show Avenue Q with all the puppets written by Lopez. They liked the show so much that the three wrote The Book Of Mormon. A religious spoof is something Parker and Stone had wanted to do for a while. The show was very successful though I don't think the LDS Church liked it much. The show won several Tonys including Best Musical. Rannells was nominated for a Tony. The show won a Best Musical Theater Album Grammy. Rannells continues to have success on Broadway. He was nominated for a Tony for the 2016 show Falsettos. And he currently appears in The Boys In The Band. He was also a regular on the HBO series Girls. And he's done TV guest shots and a few films. Here's Andrew Rannells performing I Believe on the 2011 Tony Award broadcast.
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