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BIOGRAPHIES

BRIEF RESUME

Larry Wayne spent seventeen-years with Broadway’s, The Phantom of the Opera performing the lead role of Ubaldo Piangi, the opera tenor divo in over 6,300 performances. He appeared with the Phantom productions in Basel, Switzerland, the American First National Touring Company, the Broadway Company and at the Las Vegas Venetian Resort.

He has also been a featured guest soloist with the Dallas Opera, the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, the Fort Worth Youth Symphony, the Tulsa Signature Orchestra, and the Las Vegas Philharmonic as well as the guest performing artist for the Annual Profiles in Courage Award Ceremony at the Kennedy Library, the 2009 & 2013 Presidential Inaugurations, and the Bill & Gloria Gaither “Amazing Grace” and “Give It Away” homecoming video series.

Mr. Wayne has been a guest lecturer at Texas Christian University, Oral Roberts University, Anderson University, the University of Valley Forge, Evangel University, and Asbury University. He has sung for the L.A. Dodgers, the Texas Rangers, the New York Knicks, and the New York Rangers. He is especially pleased to have given concerts for the excellent folks at Laughlin and Kirkland Air Force Bases.

EXTENDED RESUME

AEA (Actor’s Equity Association)
Pi Kappa lambda
Alpha Psi Omega

Ministerial Credential : Assemblies of God (since 1991)

416 Magnum Bark Ct.

Las Vegas, NV 89183

Cell: 914.319.5356

larrywaynem@cs.com / LarryWayneM.com

CREDITS

BROADWA
The Phantom of the Opera Ubaldo Piangi    Webber and Hart
Venetian Hotel & Casino 2006-2012
The Majestic Theater 1998-2006

TOURING COMPANIES
The Phantom of the Opera Ubaldo Piangi    Webber and Hart
First National 1997-1998
Basel, Switzerland 1995-1997
MUSICAL THEATER
Fiddler on the Roof       Russian Soldier Bock and Harnick  

West Side Story Tony Bernstein and Sondheim 

My Fair Lady Freddy Lerner and Loewe 

She Loves Me Georg Harnick and Bock

ORATORIO (soloist)
St. Mark's Passion, Bach The Creation, Haydn
Missa Brevis K. 192, Mozart    Judas Maccabeus, Handel
Messiah, Handel    Elijah, Mendelssohn
Carmina Burana, Orff Mass in F Minor, Bruckner
Ninth Symphony, Beethoven

OPERA
Così fan tutte Ferrando    Mozart
La Bohème    Rodolfo    Puccini
La Traviata Alfredo Verdi
Die Fledermaus Eisenstein    Strauss
The Merry Widow    Mirko Zeta    Lehar
Trial by Jury Defendant    Gilbert and Sullivan
Un ballo in maschera Magistrate    Verdi
The Tender Land    Martin    Copland

FEATURED SOLOIST FOR...

* The Annual Profiles in Courage Award Dinner, The Kennedy Library, Boston
* AOF Black Tie Dinner & Award Show / Icon Awards Dinner & Awards Show for the
2019 Action on Film Megafest Inter. Film Festival & Writers Competition XV
* Bill and Gloria Gaither Videos : “Amazing Grace” & “Give It Away”
* Dennis Bono Show, SouthPoint Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
* National Fine Arts Festival Vocal/Musical Adjudicator
* Voice of Hope Radio Station, Bethlehem, Palestine
* Christian Celebrity Luncheons Guest Speaker/Performance Artist, Rancho Mirage
* Miss Asian USA Beauty Pageant, Redondo Beach
* Caritas 2014, Presented by the Irene Dunn and St. John’s Health Center Foundation, Beverly Hills
honoring David Foster and Toni Hohberg
* The 2009 & 2013 California State Society Presidential Inaugural Luncheon, Ritz Carlton, Washington, D.C.
* The Heart Association Benefit Honoring Ginger Rogers, Las Vegas
* The California State Society Presidential Inaugural Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
* The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles, San Francisco * The Southern California Branch of Na'Amat, Beverly Hills * The Consul General of the People's Republic of China to the United States, Las Vegas * Royal Caribbean Cruise Line * Mediterranean Shipping Cruise Line
* SwissAir, Basel * Vice President of the United States, Dan Quayle * Jewish Hospital of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver * L.A. Dodger and Texas Rangers Major League Baseball Teams * New York Knicks, Professional Basketball Team, Madison Square Garden * New York Rangers, Professional Hockey Team, Madison Square Garden * Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio * Kirkland Air Force Base, Albuquerque * Wm Rigg Realtors, Dallas * American Society of Safety Engineers, Dallas * Mary Kay National Convention, Dallas * Private concert for the former Empress Farah Diba of Iran, Paris * Opern-Serenade Im Tiefsten Kleinbasel - Benefit for the 100th Anniversary, Matthauskirche * Military reception for the Commander of the Sixth Fleet, American Embassy, Paris * Highland Springs Resort, Palm Springs

TV AND RADIO COMMERCIALS
Spaghetti Warehouse – National U.S. television and radio – tenor soloist
The Italian Inn – Regional Television – tenor soloist
Asahi Beer – National Radio – tenor soloist

SOLO ENGAGEMENTS
Really Useful Co., Basel Switzerland    The American Guild of Organist, Dallas
Alan Wasser Associates    Denton Bach Society, Fort Worth
Des Moines Metro Opera Las Vegas Studio Orchestra
Los Angeles Civic Light Orchestra Musical Arts Chorus & Orchestra, Las Vegas Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra

Fort Worth Youth Symphony Dallas Opera Tulsa Signature Symphony
Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra Opera Las Vegas

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Backup singer at NBC Studios in Burbank, California for numerous Primetime television specials with various artists and TV personalities including: Della Reese, Johnny Mathis, Roy Clark, Pat Boone, Pearl Bailey, Sarah Vaughn, Burl Ives, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Harve Presnell, Jane Powell, and Doc Severinsen * The Rosie O'Donnell TV Show, guest soloist * More Than The Music TV Series, guest soloist * PBS Wishbone Series, opera singer

RECENT PHANTOM OF THE OPERA REVIEWS
*"...the full-blooded, full-throated comic tenor of Larry Wayne Morbitt was a special delight." Clive Barnes, New York Post
 * "...Patricia Hurd, who plays Carlotta Giudicelli, the zaftig, old-style diva, is a full-fledged opera singer; so is her tenor, Larry Wayne Morbitt. And they sing up a storm." Chicago Sun Times  * "...'Phantom' is directed...in an over-the-top melodramatic style...Sometimes it works pretty well. The operatic pastiches--one a neo-Meyerbeer score, another more along the lines of, say, Salieri--are well done and carried off with panache, especially by Patricia Hurd as the company Prima donna and by Larry Wayne Morbitt as the short...paunchy Italian tenor with all the high notes." Minneapolis Star Tribune  * "...But if the 'Phantom' part left me cold, the 'Opera' element is fun. The musical contains some sharp takeoffs on operatic war horses and two vivid second-banana performances--Liz McCartney as Carlotta Giudicelli, a hefty diva threatened by the rise of Christine, and by Larry Wayne Morbitt as Ubaldo Piangi, a huge (tenor) who is Carlotta's lapdog..." New York Post

OTHER REVIEWS
* "But the 'Ham of the Evening' award must go to Larry Wayne [Morbitt] for his portrayal of Baron Mirko Zeta. He coupled vividly dramatic speech, full of deliciously exaggerated rolled r's, with melodramatic gestures, making his role one of major importance." Las Vegas Sun (from its review of the Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra's production of The Merry Widow)  * "Larry Wayne [Morbitt], the Baron Mirko Zeta, ambassador from the mythical Balkan nation of Pontevedro, took charge in every scene, dishing up funny physical gestures and mugging ferociously. He tenorized the role completely." Las Vegas Review-Journal (from its review of the Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra's production of The Merry Widow)  * "Tenor Larry Wayne Morbitt gave a ringing performance of the solo 'Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen...!'" Tulsa World (from its review of the Tulsa Signature Symphony and Chorus' production of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony)

DIRECTORS
Harold Prince, Arthur Masella, Herbert Ross, Dugg McDonough, Henry Mollicone, Paula Homer, Paul Gleason, Richard Estes, and Vern Sutton

CONDUCTORS
Kristen Blodgette, David Caddick, Gareth Hudson, John Burrows, Herald Evans, Dr. Robert Larsen, Stefan Minde, Verko Baley, Henry Gibbons, Graeme Jenkins, Philip Brunelle, Donato Renzetti, Douglas R. Peterson, Robert Barclay, David Lai, Barry Epperley, and Jack Gaughan

VOICE TEACHERS
Dr. Pattye Johnstone, Seth Riggs, Dr. Vincent Russo, Burton Garlinghouse, Lee Sweetland, Giuseppe
Gaudio, and Raffael Cantanzariti

EDUCATION
* Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas (Master of Music - vocal pedagogue & performance) * Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Bachelor of Music Education) * Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Musical Theater Workshop

VIDEOGRAPHY
GAITHER VOCAL BAND: GIVE IT AWAY, guest soloist performing, Down From His Glory, Executive Producers: Bill Gaither, Barry Jennings, and Bill Carter; Gaither Music Group, 2006

BILL & GLORIA GAITHER PRESENT: AMAZING GRACE, guest soloist performing, Then Jesus Came, Executive Producers: Bill Gaither, Barry Jennings, and Bill carter; Gaither Music Group, 2007

MORE THAN THE MUSIC…LIVE: STAND AND TESTIFY, VOL. 2 guest soloist performing, It Is Well and duet with Larnelle Harris, The Lord’s Prayer, Produced by David Byerley and Dino Elefante; Total Living Network, 2002

DISCOGRAPHY
Larry Wayne Morbitt, arranged, conducted, and produced by Larry Dalton, Executive produced by Larry Wayne Morbitt; distribution pending, 2005  Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For a Cure, Vol. 6, arranger and conductor - cut #11, disc one; Hark The Herald Angels Sing 2004   Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For a Cure, Vol. 5, arranger and conductor - cut #19; How Great Our Joy/Joy To The World, 2003  Heaven and Hope, LWM solo album with selected members of Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera Cast as featured soloists, arranged by David Byerley and Michael Omartian; Produced by Crown Music Group; Distributed by TimeWarner, 2002  Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For a Cure, Vol. 4, arranger - cut #15, Angels We Have Heard On High, 2002  More Than the Music...Live: Stand and Testify, guest soloist, duet with Larnelle Harris, Produced by David Byerley and Dino Elefante; Total Living Network, 2001  Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For a Cure, Vol. 2, guest soloist, conductor, and arranger - cut #10, I Wonder As I Wander, 2000  Larry Wayne, Arranged and Produced by Paul Johnson, distributed by L&L Enterprises, 1979

That the World May Know, Larry Wayne, Jessy Dixon, Danniebelle Hall, Russ Peavy, Pat Boone,
Len Mink, Andrae Crouch and Gene MacLellan; Produced by Omega Advertising, Inc., for FGBMFI,
1979

The Church Is Singing Again, Richard & Patti Roberts and the World Action Singers, arranged &
Conducted by Ralph Carmichael; produced by Bill Cole; Distributed by Light Records, 1974

9 Musical Packages, The World Action Singers with Richard and Patti Roberts; arranged by
Ralph Carmichael; Produced by Bill Cole; Distributed by Light Records, 1973

Oral Roberts in Hawaii, Don Ho, The Surfers, Richard Roberts, Patti Roberts and The World Action Singers; arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael; Distributed by the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association on the Light Record label, 1973

Oral Roberts on Country Roads (music from Oral Roberts TV special), Roy Clark, Skeeter Davis, Clara Ward and the Clara Ward Singers, Richard Roberts, Patti Roberts, and the World Action Singers; Arranged and Conducted by Ralph Carmichael; Distributed by Light Records, 1972

Mini-Musicals, The World Action Singers featuring Richard & Patti Roberts; arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael; adapted from “Oral Roberts Presents” national television series; produced by Bill Cole; distributed by Light Records, 1972

Old Gems New Settings, with the World Action Singers, arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael; produced by Lee Gillette and Bill Cole; distributed by Light Records, 1971

Love Is…, featuring Richard Roberts, Patti Roberts and the World Action Singers; arranged and
Conducted by Ralph Carmichael; produced by Lee Gillette and Bill Cole; distributed by Light Records, 1971