Stephen DeRosa

Stephen DeRosa (born June 10, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Cantor in the television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013).

He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., as an undergraduate, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut, with a Master of Fine Arts in 1995.

Although DeRosa's career has primarily been in the theatre, he has also made several television appearances.^[1] These include the television film The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000), guest appearances on the television series Law & Order , Third Watch , and Ugly Betty ,^[2] a recurring role as Eddie Cantor on Boardwalk Empire , and his appearance in the miniseries Wormwood (2017).

He appeared at a staged reading of You Can't Take It with You for The Acting Company at Playwrights Horizons, with F. Murray Abraham.^[3]

Broadway

• The Man Who Came to Dinner as Metz, u/s Banjo (2000)
• Into the Woods as the Baker (2002)^[1]
• Henry IV as Bardolph, u/s Shallow and Silence (2003)
• Twentieth Century as Max Jacobs (2004)
• Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad (2005-2007)
• On the Town as Ensemble, u/s Judge (2014)
• Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus as standby Gary (2019)
• Mr. Saturday Night as u/s Bobby/Mr. Jacovitti/Ramon/Larry Myereson & Others (2022)

Touring

• Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad (2004–2005)
• West Side Story as Gladhand, u/s Krupke/Doc (2011)

Off-Broadway

• Measure for Measure (1993)
• Love's Fire: Fresh Numbers by Seven American Playwrights (1998–1999)
• The Mystery of Irma Vep (1998–1999)
• Newyorkers (2001)
• The It Girl (2001)
• Walmartopia (2007)
• Little Shop of Horrors as Mushnik (2023-2024)^{[4] [5]}

Regional

• Falsettos as Mendel (1995), Arden Theater Company
• Into the Woods as the Baker (2002), Ahmanson Theatre
• Peter Pan as Captain Hook (2008), Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts
• Assassins as Charles Guiteau (2017), Yale Repertory Theatre
• Joy as Rudy (2022), George Street Playhouse
• Boop! The Musical as Grampy (2023), CIBC Theatre
• The Queen of Versailles as John (2024), Colonial Theatre

• Stephen DeRosa at IMDb
• Stephen DeRosa at the Internet Broadway Database Edit this at Wikidata
• Stephen DeRosa at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Artist's website
• "Stephen DeRosa: Master of the QuickChange ..., Actor With a Mile High Comic Flair", Curtain Up, Elyse Sommer

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