Ron Raines - Broadway Passion (CD)
Solo album of Broadway and TV Star, Ron Raines Texas born Ron Raines is well known to theatre audiences around the country as one of America's leading musical theatre performers. He first gained prominence on Broadway when he starred as Gaylord Ravenal in the 1983 revival of SHOWBOAT, a role he later performed for the St. Louise MUNY, Dallas Summer Musicals, Opera Pacific and Michigan Opera Theatre. He originated the role of Teddy Roosevelt's ambitious son-in-law, Nick Longworth, in the Broadway musical TEDDY AND ALICE as well as the dual role of Jupiter/Amphytrion in the Off-Broadway musical hit OLYMPUS ON MY MIND.Other New York appearances include Whitelaw Savory in ONE TOUCH OF VENUS at Town Hall, Fredrik Egerman in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with the Opera Ensemble and OH LADY! LADY! at Carnegie Hall as well as numerous appearances with the 92nd Street, Y's acclaimed Lyrics and Lyricists series. Ron starred in the Irving Berlin revue SAY IT WITH MUSIC at Rainbow and Stars and returned th