Danny Burstein

Danny Burstein is an American actor of stage and screen, who made his Broadway debut in 1992. He is a sixtime Tony Award nominee for The Drowsy Chaperone , South Pacific , Follies , Golden Boy , Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof . His role as Buddy Plummer in Follies also won him a Drama Desk Award and earned him a Grammy Award nomination. His other Broadway credits include The Seagull , Saint Joan , and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown .

Burstein was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, and was raised in New York City. Dannys biological parents separated when he was two months old. He was raised by his mother, Virginia , a painter, and his stepfather, Harvey Burstein, a professor of Greek philosophy. His mother, who is from Costa Rica, is Catholic and of Spanish descent, and his stepfather is Jewish. Burstein attended the High School of the Performing Arts and Queens College in New York City. He received an MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego in 1990. Bursteins first acting job was in the chorus of The Music Man at The Muny in St. Louis during college.

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