About Daniel Kushner
Daniel is an actor and writer based in NYC.
A rich baritenor with a comedic sensibility, he has adored musicals ever since he was two years old, dancing in his living room to Cats on VHS.
Coming up on Monday October 26th Daniel will have a reading of his play, Beshert, with NY Classical Theatre, directed by Stephen Burdman. You can find more information here.
Most recently, he starred in Titanic as Charles Clarke at Ogunquit Playhouse. He recently performed in Fiddler on the Roof at Asolo Rep. He previously played Motel Kamzoil in the Broadway national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Tony-winner Bartlett Sher, which he did for over 350 performances.
Daniel is also a TV/film actor. He recently starred in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) and Food That Built America (History Channel).
Daniel's personal essays and reviews have been published in New Voices Magazine. His play Beshert was selected to be developed with NY Classical Theatre as a part of their New Visions Play Development Program. It was a semi-finalist for both the Premiere Play Festival and MAD Theatre Company's New Perpsective Festival.
Daniel graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in History, magna cum laude. He is a professional test-prep tutor, an avid listener of disco, and a Diet Coke fanatic.
About Daniel Kushner
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Don Aucoin
The Boston Globe
Miracle of Miracles has always struck me as one of the Fiddler score’s few weak links, but Daniel Kushner, as the timid Motel the tailor, turns it into something special.
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Russell Florence Jr. and Don Thrasher
Dayton Daily News
Striking tenor Daniel Kushner is marvelously meek as shy tailor Motel, delivering one of the most endearing, epiphanous and lyric-driven renditions of Miracle of Miracles I have heard.
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Michael Grossberg
The Columbus Dispatch
As timid Motel the tailor…Daniel Kushner amusingly charts the classic transformation from mouse to man. His climactic self-discovery and self-congratulation provides the perfect segue into his rapturous Miracle of Miracles.
As timid Motel the tailor…Daniel Kushner amusingly charts the classic transformation from mouse to man. His climactic self-discovery and self-congratulation provides
the perfect segue
into his rapturous
Miracle of Miracles.
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