BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Tony nominee Santino Fontana and his girlfriend Jessica Hershberg are engaged! BroadwayWorld sends our congratulations to the happy couple!
Fontana's previous Broadway credits include Roundabout Theatre Company's 2007 production of Sunday in the Park with George, originating the role of Tony in Billy Elliot as well as originating the role of Prince Topher in Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Most recently Fontana was seen in the Lincoln Center Theater's award winning production of Act One. Fontana's film credits include Disney's 2013 hit musical film Frozen, voicing Prince Hans, and the upcoming Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy, The Nest. He also appears on Submissions Only.
Hershberg has starred on Broadway in Cinderella and Baby It's You. National credits include Little House on the Prairie (Mary Ingalls). She has done work Off-Broadway and regionally in Pipe Dream (Encores!, Cast Recording), Love and Real Estate (59E59th), Idaho! (NYMF), It Shoulda Been You, directed by David Hyde Pierce (George Street), Sense and Sensibility (Denver Theatre Center), James and the Giant Peach (Goodspeed), Paper Mill, MUNY, PCLO, Arden Theatre. She has a BFA from the University of Michigan. To learn more, visit her website at www.jessicahershberg.com.
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