Debbie Gravitte
Debbie Gravitte is an American actress and singer.
Also recorded as Debbie Shapiro · Debbie Shapiro Gravitte
Debbie Gravitte
- Name
- Debbie Gravitte
- Occupation
- Singer, actress
- Spouse
- Beau Gravitte
- Born
- 1954 · Los Angeles.
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Debbie Gravitte • Occupation — Singer, actress • Website — https: debbiegravitte.com/ • Spouse — Beau Gravitte • Children — 3 Debbie Gravitte is an American actress and singer.
Career
Career
Gravitte made her Broadway debut in the chorus of They're Playing Our Song in 1979. She performed on Broadway in Blues in the Night in 1982; Zorba in 1983; Les Misérables as Fantine replacement, 1994; and Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton replacement in 2003. In 1989 she appeared in Jerome Robbins' Broadway, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She was nominated for the Drama Desk Award. She was nominated for the 1981 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, for the Frank Loesser revue Perfectly Frank (1990). She has appeared in several Encores! staged concerts at New York City Center, including Carnival (2002), The Boys from Syracuse (1997) and Tenderloin (2000). Her solo album Part of Your World celebrates the songs of Alan Menken, and she is featured on the recording Unsung Sondheim. She was a member of the regular cast of the short-lived 1988 television situation comedy Trial and Error. Her only other screen credit is the 2000 Jacqueline Susann biopic Isn't She Great, in which she portrayed singer Eydie Gormé. On October 27, 2012, Gravitte starred in the Broadway-style musical Loving the Silent Tears, which premiered in Los Angeles, California. On November 11, 2019, Gravitte starred as the narrator in the Off-Broadway revival of Over Here! at The Triad Theatre in New York City with direction by Will Nunziata and music direction by Blake Allen. The production also starred Haley Swindal as Pauline, Jessica Hendy as Paulette, and Nikka Graff Lanzarone as Mitzi the Nazi. In April 2026, Gravitte started a run as Polly in the Broadway musical Just in Time, replacing Michele Pawk. She performs in concerts, including with the National Symphony with Marvin Hamlisch, the Boston Pops, the Atlanta Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Utah Symphony, St. Lous, Houston, and San Diego Symphonies.
Personal life
Personal life
She is married to actor/singer Beau Gravitte; the couple has three children. The Bay Area Reporter noted: "Being at home to rear her three children with actor husband Beau Gravitte was a big reason she turned to the life of a traveling concert performer, with big at-home gaps built into the schedule."
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- 1."'They're Playing Our Song' Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- 2."'Blues in the Night' Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015
- 3.'"Zorba' Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015
- 4."'Les Misérables' Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015
- 5."'Chicago' Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015
- 6.gans, Andrew. "Debbie Gravitte Returns to Broadway in 'Chicago'" Playbill, December 1, 2003
- 7."'Jerome Robbins' Broadway' Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015
- 8."'Perfectly Frank' Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015
- 9.Simonson, Robert and Jones, Kenneth. "Gravitte and Stiers Star in Encores!' 'Tenderloin', March 23–27" Playbill, March 10, 2000
- 10.Simonson, Robert. "Stokes, Sills, Gravitte Star in Encores! 'Carnival', Feb. 7" Playbill, February 7, 2002
- 11.Gans, Andrew. "Luker & Gravitte Star in 'Encores!' Syracuse May 1–4" Playbill, April 30, 1997
- 12."Unsung Sondheim" AllMusic. Retrieved December 24, 2015
- 13.Mitchell, Elvis. Review The New York Times, January 28, 2000
- 14.Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Jon Secada and More Set for LOVING THE SILENT TEARS in LA, 10/27.
- 15.website. Loving the Silent Tears.
- 16.Over Here! 2019 Revival.
- 17.Culwell-Block, Logan. Photos: Matthew Morrison, Isa Briones, Debbie Gravitte Make 1st Splash in Broadway's Just in Time. Playbill. 2 April 2026.
- 18."Debbie Gravitte Bio" orsymphony.org, 2012
- 19."Beau Gravitte is New Chair of Drama Department at Wooster School" hamlethub.com, March 12, 2011
- 20.Gans, Andrew. "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Big Time's Debbie Gravitte, Your Evita Thoughts and News of Peters and Menzel" Playbill, September 9, 2005
- 21.Dodds, Richard. "Debbie Gravitte defies gravity" ebar.com, November 6, 2008
- 22.Fox, Sandra Diamond. "A Sunday chat with Beau Gravitte" newstimes.com, August 14, 2010
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