Tony Award nominee Michael Arden celebrates his birthday October 6.
Arden made his Broadway debut in 2003, starring as Tom Sawyer in the revival of Big River. He also starred in the Off-Broadway cult hit Bare, originated the role of Quasimodo in Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and more.
In addition to his work as an actor, Arden is also a celebrated director, earning Tony Award nominations for his reinventions of Spring Awakening and Once On This Island on Broadway.
Michael Arden in Bare
Michael Arden and John Hill in Bare
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Tyrone Giordano, Ty Taylor, Michael Arden and cast of Pippin
Michael Arden, Ty Taylor and Tyrone Giordano in Pippin
Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Arden in Swimming in the Shallows
Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Arden in Swimming in the Shallows
Michael Arden and Charlie Hodges in The Times They Are A-Changin'
Michael Arden and Thom Sesma in The Times They Are A-Changin'
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Michael Arden and cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Michael Arden and Ciara Renée in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Cast of Deaf West Theater's Spring Awakening
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Austin P. McKenzie and cast of Spring Awakening, directed by Michael Arden
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Treshelle Edmond, Ali Stroker, Amelia Hensley, Lauren Luiz, Kathryn Gallagher, Krysta Rodriguez and Alexandra Winter in Spring Awakening , directed by Michael Arden
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Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga, Alex Newell, Hailey Kilgore, and Tamyra Gray in Once On This Island, directed by Michael Arden
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Hailey Kilgore in Once On This Island, directed by Michael Arden
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Alex Newell, Hailey Kilgore, and the cast
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John Douglas Thompson, Michael Arden, and Russell Harvard in King Lear
Noah Galvin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Michael Arden
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Noah Galvin and cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Michael Arden
Alex Newell, Jessica Vosk, Eden Espinosa, and Noah Galvin
Jefferson Mays in A Christmas Carol
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Jefferson Mays in A Christmas Carol
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Alex Joseph Grayson (center) and company of New York City Center’s Gala Presentation of Parade
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Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond
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