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Tom Frueh

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Tom Frueh as the Tap Dancing Magician in ABRA CADAVER, a film by Duane Michals
Tom Frueh (pronounced "free") is an actor and writer who works in film and theatre. Most recently, he appeared in the films "Yort" (2019) and "Abra Cadaver" (2019), both of which were directed by award-winning director Duane Michals. He also performs regularly in New York and regional musicals, including his own one-man musicals for which he has written the book, music and lyrics. His musical "Houdini" will be performed on Theatre Row at the 2019 United Solo Theatre Festival. His musical "Partners" was also performed at United Solo in 2017. Tom is the author of numerous plays which have been produced in New York. A singer-dancer and 30+ year veteran performer in musicals, some of his other recent appearances include the musicals "On the Twentieth Century", "The Drowsy Chaperone", "Cabaret", "Grand Hotel" and "Kiss Me Kate" as well as numerous concert performances. His early performing career in musicals spanned an extensive range of classics, from "The Music Man" and "Fiddler on the Roof" to "George M!" and "A Chorus Line". Tom trained as an actor at the University of Dayton and with numerous teachers in New York City. He trained as a dancer at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, and at Joffrey Ballet School and Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan. He also studied singing in New York with the renowned teacher and coach Thomas Shepard. While pursuing a professional acting career after college, he also wrote his first play, and with the support and encouragement of two prominent literary managers (at Pittsburgh Public Theater and the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York), he began to pursue writing as a career. Eventually, he decided to make both writing and acting his full-time profession.

Tom's longtime partner was Johan Renvall, former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (Mr. Renvall passed away in 2015.)
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Tom Frueh as Harry Houdini in the musical HOUDINI
Tom Frueh as Harry Houdini, performing "The Naked Escape" in the musical HOUDINI
Tom Frueh at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City
Tom Frueh in "Hairspray" (with Jenna Lynn Garrison)
Tom Frueh as Houdini (Photo by Johan Renvall)
Tom Frueh as Toulouse-Lautrec ("Voulez-Vous: An Homage to the Moulin Rouge")
Tom Frueh as Harry Houdini (aka Ehrich Weiss) in the musical HOUDINI
Tom Frueh as Houdini
Tom Frueh on set at "Abra Cadaver"

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Tom Frueh, Louisa Ward, Duane Michals, and Whitney Harris in Abra Cadaver (2019)
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Tom Frueh, Michael Scalisi, and Duane Michals in YORT (2019)
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  • Tom Frueh, Michael Scalisi, and Duane Michals in YORT (2019)
    YORT
  • Tom Frueh, Louisa Ward, Duane Michals, and Whitney Harris in Abra Cadaver (2019)
    Abra Cadaver

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    (1995, 2015-2019) Stage musical: Houdini - at United Solo, Theatre Row, New York, NY - Composer/ Lyricist/ Librettist

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    Started playing piano at an early age. First public performance was playing George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" at a theater in Dayton, Ohio.
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    There's a very close link between creating a character for a book or play and creating a character one is going to play onstage. For me, the processes are essentially the same, as are the research aspects.

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