Jamie deRoy

Jamie deRoy is an American producer of Broadway plays, and a cabaret, stage, film and TV performer.[1][2][3][4][5] She has won seven Tony Awards for her theatre work and was one of the New York Friars Club's first eight female members.[6][7]

Jamie deRoy
OriginPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Performer
Host
Broadway and Off-Broadway Producer
Songwriter
Recording artist/Producer
Humanitarian
Websitehttp://www.jamiederoy.com/

Early life

deRoy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood. Her mother Aaronel deRoy Gruber was a multimedia artist and her father Irving Gruber was the owner of American Forge and Manufacturing Co.[8][9][10] She attended Linden Elementary School and Allderdice High School.[7] deRoy then studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University.[11][12] In 1964 she moved to New York City and enrolled in classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[13]

Career

Appearances on:

  • Television shows "Alice," "Spiderman" and "Knight Rider"[14][15]
  • Films GoodFellas,[16] Raging Bull, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Married To It.[15][17]
  • Onstage, deRoy appeared with Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard with musical direction by Barry Manilow.[18][19]
  • TV Movie music documentary "Backstage at The Sound of Music" - Jamie deRoy is host[20]

Cabaret

Jamie deRoy's debut performance was at The Living Room in NY city in 1969.[21] One of deRoy's earliest collaborations was with Barry Manilow.[22]

deRoy opened for Joan Rivers in New York and L.A.[5] She was in the first group of eight female members, including Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers and Brooke Shields to be admitted to the Friars Club.[23]

Jamie deRoy appeared at Caroline's at the Seaport, New York in 1988. In his New York Times review, Stephen Holden wrote "If Joan Rivers were a Manhattan-based cabaret artist, her act might well resemble that of Jamie deRoy, a singer and comedian who appeared at Caroline's at the Seaport on Monday".[24]

Jamie deRoy hosts the variety show Jamie deRoy & friends. deRoy's show has been running for 29 years.[6] Guest entertainers have included Christina Bianco, Mike Birbiglia, E. Clayton Cornelious, John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey and Haley Swindal,[25] Larry Gatlin, Tonya Pinkins, Lewis Cleale, Daisy Jopling, and Caroline Rhea,[26] Melissa Errico, Barbara Fasano, Michael Garin, Daniel Rodriguez and Michael Somerville,[27] among others.

Jamie interviews and gives a short bio of each one of her “friends”, then follows a performance.[28]

Jamie deRoy & friends variety shows are directed by Barry Kleinbort, and musical director Ron Abel.[29]

Jamie deRoy & friends have appeared at Birdland,[30] The Metropolitan Room,[31] Laurie Beechman, West Bank Cafe,[32] and Feinsteins 54 Below.[26][33]

Jamie deRoy teamed with Larry Gatlin to present Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers for her Jamie deRoy & Friends series: Country Meets Broadway.[34]

August 2019, Jamie deRoy brought Jamie deRoy & friends variety show to perform at the Milton Berle Room of the Monastery at the Friar's Club. Music and comedy guests included Jared Bradshaw, Steve Hayes, [[David Buskin]], Sophie Buskin, Willy Falk, Angela LaGreca, and Charlotte Maltby.[28]

Recording career

Jamie deRoy produced nine CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series released on the Harbinger and PS Classics labels.[35]

Jamie deRoy shows have benefitted charitable causes including the “Actors Fund: Jamie deRoy & friends Cabaret Initiative,”[36] a program to assist people in the cabaret industry with help for medical needs and concerns.

In 2001, "Grateful" The Songs of John Bucchino by Jamie deRoy & Friends won the MAC statuette[37] for Cabaret in the recording category for various artists.

Jamie deRoy album

Jamie deRoy record producer

  • Heather Mac Rae - Songs For My Father (record producer)[39]
  • Mabel Mercer - Legendary Performers (executive producer)[40]

Jamie deRoy & friends albums

  • Volume 1: The Child in Me
  • Volume 2: The Child in Me
  • Volume 3: 'Tis the Season[41]
  • Volume 4: Family
  • Volume 5: Animal Tracks[41]
  • Volume 6: When I Grow Up
  • Volume 7: The Real Thing
  • If I Sing: The Songwriters Album

Cable TV show

Jamie deRoy & friends airs every other Sunday at 7:30pm on the [[Manhattan Neighborhood Network]], Time Warner 56/RCN 83, and Verizon/FIOS channel 34.[42][43]

Broadway co-producer

Jamie deRoy is a producer of Broadway shows[1] as Jamie deRoy, Roxanne Seeman & Jamie deRoy, Jamie deRoy/Catherine Adler/Wendy Federman/Heni Koenigsberg, deRoy/Winkler/Batchelder, deRoy Kierstead, CatWenJam Productions, 42nd.club/The Yonnone Family/Island Productions, deRoy-Winkler, and as deRoy-Carr-Klausner.[44]

Tony Awards

  • The Ferryman (2018 - 2019)[45]
  • The Band's Visit (2017-2018)[46][47][48][49]
  • Angels In America (2017-2018)
  • Once On This Island (2017-2018)
  • A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder[50] (2013-2014)
  • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike[50] (2012-2013)
  • The Norman Conquests[51] (2008-2009)

Broadwayworld Audience Choice Awards

  • Once on This Island
  • The Play That Goes Wrong on Broadway

Drama Desk Awards

  • Angels in America
  • Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
  • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
  • The Norman Conquests

Drama League Awards

  • The Ferryman
  • The Waverly Gallery
  • Angels in America
  • The Band's Visit
  • Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
  • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
  • Blithe Spirit

Off-Broadway Alliance Awards

  • Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
  • Exit Strategy

Broadway co-producer
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • Beetlejuice
  • Tootsie
  • To Kill A Mockingbird[52]
  • Network
  • The New One
  • The Waverly Gallery
  • Ain't Too Proud
  • The Ferryman
  • The Lifespan of a Fact
  • Pretty Woman: The Musical
  • Three Tall Women
  • Angels In America (Tony Award)
  • Once On This Island (Tony Award)
  • Meteor Shower
  • Latin History for Morons
  • The Band's Visit (Tony Award)
  • 1984
  • The Play That Goes Wrong Significant Other
  • Sunday in the Park with George
  • The Font Page
  • An Act of God
  • American Psycho
  • Bright Star
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • China Doll
  • Sylvia
  • The Gin Game
  • The Heidi Chronicles
  • The Realistic Joneses
  • A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award)
  • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award)
  • Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Peter and the Starcatcher
  • The Motherfucker with the Hat
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • Enron
  • The Addams Family
  • Lend Me a Tenor
  • All About Me
  • A Behanding in Spokane
  • The Miracle Worker
  • Ragtime
  • Finian's Rainbow
  • Desire Under the Elms
  • The Norman Conquests (Tony Award)
  • Impressionism
  • Blithe Spirit
  • Speed-the-Plow
  • All My Sons
  • The Seagull
  • Thurgood
  • The Country Girl
  • November
  • Coram Boy
  • Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Say Goodnight Gracie  

Film co-producer
  • Broadway: The Golden Age[53]
  • Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age[54]

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  2. December 11, Frank J. Oterion; 2014 (2014-12-11). "Corigliano and Over 130 Other Music Creators Honored at ASCAP Foundation Awards". NewMusicBox. Retrieved 2019-09-30.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  5. "After decades in theater, Tony-winning CMU alum knows what it takes to succeed". jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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  8. "Obituary: Aaronel Deroy Gruber / Renowned painter and sculptor known for her 'Steelcityscape' model". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
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