William Parry

WILLIAM PARRY moved to New York in 1971, and has been working onstage ever since. William’s first show in NYC was the original Jesus Christ Superstar. He also originated roles in the Broadway productions of the rock musicals, Sgt. Peppers... and Rockabye Hamlet, directed by Gower Champion, as well as Into the Light, The Leaf People, and Agamemnon at Lincoln Center. Also on Broadway: James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George and Passion (both filmed for PBS); Camelot (HBO) as understudy to Richard Burton and Richard Harris; Gypsy, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Bernadette Peters; and Groundhog Day. His numerous off-Broadway credits include John Weidman and Sondheim's Assassins at Playwrights Horizons, and their Road Show at the Public directed by John Doyle. Also at the New York Shakespeare Festival: The Knife, Cymbeline, Dispatches, and Wonderland in Concert (with Meryl Streep). Bill has also performed in the National Tours of A Few Good Men, The King and I, and Titanic (as Capt. E.J. Smith.) He’s appeared in over 40 regional productions, favorites include: All My Sons, Saint Joan, Morning After Grace, All The Way, Love Letters, The Rainmaker, Zorba!, The American Clock, Biloxi Blues, and Blanco! at The Goodspeed Theater, where he and Jim Morlino first met over 30 years ago. Film and Television credits include In & Out, Domestic Disturbance, “Spencer for Hire”, “One Life to Live”, several episodes of “Law and Order” and “The Pretender”. For radio listeners, two enjoyable seasons on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. In 2022, he was pleased to work on the premiere of Knoxville, a new musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, at the Asolo Theater in Sarasota, FL. It was written and directed by a true luminary of the theater, the late Frank Galati.