Tony winner Boyd Gaines is the newest Broadway star to get his picture on the Sardi's Wall of Fame. Sardi's Restaurant is a popular theater district eatery located on 44th Street and 8th Avenue where caricature's of famous Broadway actors, directors and writers cover the walls.
Boyd Gaines currently appears in Broadway's Gypsy along side Broadway greats Patti LuPone and Laura Benanti. His performance recently earned him a Tony and a Drama Desk Award. Other Broadway credits include: Pygmalion, Journey's End, Twelve Angry Men, Contact, Cabaret, The Show Off, She Loves Me, Company, and The Heidi Chronicles. Off- Broadway credits include: Bach at Leipzig, Major Barbara, The Shawl, Comedy of Errors, The Extra Man, The Maderati, The Winter's Tale, Barbarians, and A Month in the Country. Regional work includes performances at: Williamstown, Yale Rep, Center Stage, Long Wharf, Guthrie, and Kennedy Center. Gaines trained at Juilliard and found early stage work on the NYC stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Roundabout Theatre and the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
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Justin Blanchard, John Behlmann, Boyd Gaines, and Stark Sands
Justin Blanchard, John Behlmann, Boyd Gaines, and Stark Sands
Michael Emerson and Boyd Gaines
Robert Foxworth
John Behlmann and Stark Sands
John Behlmann and Stark Sands
Boyd Gaines and Max Klimavicius
Boyd Gaines and Max Klimavicius
Boyd Gaines and Max Klimavicius
Michael Emerson and Leigh Ann Larkin
Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, and Patti LuPone
Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, and Patti LuPone
Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, and Patti LuPone
Leigh Ann Larkin, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, and Patti LuPone
Boyd Gaines with his wife and their daughter Leslie
Boyd Gaines with his wife and their daughter Leslie
Boyd Gaines with his wife and their daughter Leslie
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