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One of the interesting things about the Law and Order franchise is how it draws its actors from Broadway.
The dearly departed Jerry Orbach, of course, had a long and outstanding career on The Great White Way. But it doesn't end there....
Jesse L. Martin got his big break in Rent. S. Epatha Merkeson was nominated for a dramatic Tony for The Piano Lesson.
Over at SVU, B.D. Wong (my nominee for sexiest voice on network television) won a Tony for his Broadway debut role in M. Butterfly. (He also played Linus in a revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," which I find delightful.) (SVU draws its cast from a variety of origins: Ice-T was the father of gangsta rap.)
Jamey Sheridan of L&O: CI has been in a number of Broadway productions, earning a Tony nomination in 1987 for a revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Katherine Erbe was nominated for a Tony for her role in 1991 The Speed of Darkness. Courtney B. Vance has two Tony nominations, for Picket Fences in 1987 and Six Degrees of Separation in 1991.
And then there is the wonderful Bebe Neuwirth on Trial by Jury (who was the reason I started contemplating all of this to begin with). She has TWO Tonys, for her performances in the revivals of Sweet Charity (1987) and Chicago (1997 -- she played Velma Kelly).
My hunch is that Broadway actors end up on the show because it is shot in NYC, but that would just be a guess.
The dearly departed Jerry Orbach, of course, had a long and outstanding career on The Great White Way. But it doesn't end there....
Jesse L. Martin got his big break in Rent. S. Epatha Merkeson was nominated for a dramatic Tony for The Piano Lesson.
Over at SVU, B.D. Wong (my nominee for sexiest voice on network television) won a Tony for his Broadway debut role in M. Butterfly. (He also played Linus in a revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," which I find delightful.) (SVU draws its cast from a variety of origins: Ice-T was the father of gangsta rap.)
Jamey Sheridan of L&O: CI has been in a number of Broadway productions, earning a Tony nomination in 1987 for a revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Katherine Erbe was nominated for a Tony for her role in 1991 The Speed of Darkness. Courtney B. Vance has two Tony nominations, for Picket Fences in 1987 and Six Degrees of Separation in 1991.
And then there is the wonderful Bebe Neuwirth on Trial by Jury (who was the reason I started contemplating all of this to begin with). She has TWO Tonys, for her performances in the revivals of Sweet Charity (1987) and Chicago (1997 -- she played Velma Kelly).
My hunch is that Broadway actors end up on the show because it is shot in NYC, but that would just be a guess.