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Danny Burstein

Gender

Male

Born

Jun 16, 1964

New York, New York, USA

Performer

Relations

Husband of
Rebecca Luker (2000 - 2020) her death

Comments

Graduate University of California San Diego

CREDITS
- Broadway
- Touring
Awake and Sing! (Jan 2027 - )
Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein

Uncle Morty - Original

Celebrity Autobiography (May 18, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026)
Special, Return Engagement

Performer: Danny Burstein

Performer - Replacement

Marjorie Prime (Dec 08, 2025 - Feb 15, 2026)
Play, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein

Jon - Original

Gypsy (Dec 19, 2024 - Aug 17, 2025)
Musical, Revival

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Herbie - Original

Pictures From Home (Feb 09, 2023 - Apr 30, 2023)
Play, Original

Starring: Danny Burstein

Larry Sultan - Original

Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Jul 25, 2019 - Aug 30, 2026)
Musical, Original

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Harold Zidler - Original (Jun 28, 2019 - Dec 08, 2019)

Harold Zidler - Replacement (Jan 21, 2020 - Jan 16, 2022)

My Fair Lady (Apr 19, 2018 - Jul 07, 2019)
Musical, Revival

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Alfred P. Doolittle - Replacement (Jan 08, 2019 - Apr 28, 2019)

Fiddler on the Roof (Dec 20, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016)
Musical, Revival

Starring: Danny Burstein

Tevye - Original

Cabaret (Apr 24, 2014 - Mar 29, 2015)
Musical, Return Engagement

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Herr Schultz - Original (Mar 21, 2014 - Mar 29, 2015)

The Snow Geese (Oct 24, 2013 - Dec 14, 2013)
Play, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein

Max Hohmann - Original

Golden Boy (Dec 06, 2012 - Jan 20, 2013)
Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein

Tokio - Original

Follies (Sep 12, 2011 - Jan 22, 2012)
Musical, Revival

Starring: Danny Burstein

Buddy Plummer - Original

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Nov 04, 2010 - Jan 02, 2011)
Musical, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein

Taxi Driver - Original

South Pacific (Apr 03, 2008 - Aug 22, 2010)
Musical, Revival

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Luther Billis - Original

The Drowsy Chaperone (May 01, 2006 - Dec 30, 2007)
Musical, Original

Starring: Danny Burstein

Aldolpho - Original

A Class Act (Mar 11, 2001 - Jun 10, 2001)
Musical, Original

Standby: Danny Burstein

Ed - Original

Lehman - Original

Titanic (Apr 23, 1997 - Mar 21, 1999)
Musical, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein

1st Officer William Murdoch - Replacement

Performer: Danny Burstein

2nd Class Passenger - Replacement

Understudy: Danny Burstein

Harold Bride - Replacement

Company (Oct 05, 1995 - Dec 03, 1995)
Musical, Revival

Starring: Danny Burstein

Paul - Original

The Flowering Peach (Mar 20, 1994 - Apr 24, 1994)
Play, Revival

Understudy: Danny Burstein

Japheth - Original

Three Men on a Horse (Apr 13, 1993 - May 16, 1993)
Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein

Delivery Boy - Original

Understudy: Danny Burstein

The Tailor - Original

Al - Original

Saint Joan (Jan 31, 1993 - Mar 14, 1993)
Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein

Page to Dunois - Original

Understudy: Danny Burstein

Gilles de Rais - Original

The Seagull (Nov 29, 1992 - Jan 10, 1993)
Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein

Yakov - Original

A Little Hotel on the Side (Jan 26, 1992 - Mar 01, 1992)
Play, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein

Porter - Original

Constable - Original

Understudy: Danny Burstein

Second Constable - Original
Grease (Aug 08, 1988 - Oct 09, 1988)
Musical, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein

Sonny Latierri - Original
AWARDS

Tony Award®

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

2026 | Nominee | Marjorie Prime

Performer: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

2025 | Nominee | Gypsy

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

2020 | Winner | Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

2016 | Nominee | Fiddler on the Roof

Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

2014 | Nominee | Cabaret

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

2013 | Nominee | Golden Boy

Performer: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

2012 | Nominee | Follies

Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

2008 | Nominee | South Pacific

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

2006 | Nominee | The Drowsy Chaperone

Starring: Danny Burstein

Drama Desk Award

Ensemble Award

2026 | Winner | Marjorie Prime

Performer: Danny Burstein (as part of the resonant quartet of Second Stage Theater’s revival of “Marjorie Prime,” who palpably tap into the emotions that make us human, even when playing AI versions of their characters, in Jordan Harrison’s prescient play about memory, aging, technology, and grief.)

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

2016 | Winner | Fiddler on the Roof

Starring: Danny Burstein

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

2014 | Nominee | Cabaret

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

2012 | Winner | Follies

Starring: Danny Burstein

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

2008 | Nominee | South Pacific

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

CREDITS
AWARDS

Broadway
Touring

Awake and Sing! (Jan 2027 - )

Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Uncle Morty - Original

Celebrity Autobiography (May 18, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026)

Special, Return Engagement

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Performer - Replacement

Marjorie Prime (Dec 08, 2025 - Feb 15, 2026)

Play, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Jon - Original

Gypsy (Dec 19, 2024 - Aug 17, 2025)

Musical, Revival

Also Starring: Danny Burstein
- Herbie - Original

Pictures From Home (Feb 09, 2023 - Apr 30, 2023)

Play, Original

Starring: Danny Burstein
- Larry Sultan - Original

Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Jul 25, 2019 - Aug 30, 2026)

Musical, Original

Also Starring: Danny Burstein
- Harold Zidler - Original (Jun 28, 2019 - Dec 08, 2019)
- Harold Zidler - Replacement (Jan 21, 2020 - Jan 16, 2022)

My Fair Lady (Apr 19, 2018 - Jul 07, 2019)

Musical, Revival

Also Starring: Danny Burstein
- Alfred P. Doolittle - Replacement (Jan 08, 2019 - Apr 28, 2019)

Fiddler on the Roof (Dec 20, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016)

Musical, Revival

Starring: Danny Burstein
- Tevye - Original

Cabaret (Apr 24, 2014 - Mar 29, 2015)

Musical, Return Engagement

Also Starring: Danny Burstein
- Herr Schultz - Original (Mar 21, 2014 - Mar 29, 2015)

The Snow Geese (Oct 24, 2013 - Dec 14, 2013)

Play, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Max Hohmann - Original

Golden Boy (Dec 06, 2012 - Jan 20, 2013)

Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Tokio - Original

Follies (Sep 12, 2011 - Jan 22, 2012)

Musical, Revival

Starring: Danny Burstein
- Buddy Plummer - Original

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Nov 04, 2010 - Jan 02, 2011)

Musical, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Taxi Driver - Original

South Pacific (Apr 03, 2008 - Aug 22, 2010)

Musical, Revival

Also Starring: Danny Burstein
- Luther Billis - Original

The Drowsy Chaperone (May 01, 2006 - Dec 30, 2007)

Musical, Original

Starring: Danny Burstein
- Aldolpho - Original

A Class Act (Mar 11, 2001 - Jun 10, 2001)

Musical, Original

Standby: Danny Burstein
- Ed - Original
- Lehman - Original

Titanic (Apr 23, 1997 - Mar 21, 1999)

Musical, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein
- 1st Officer William Murdoch - Replacement
Performer: Danny Burstein
- 2nd Class Passenger - Replacement
Understudy: Danny Burstein
- Harold Bride - Replacement

Company (Oct 05, 1995 - Dec 03, 1995)

Musical, Revival

Starring: Danny Burstein
- Paul - Original

The Flowering Peach (Mar 20, 1994 - Apr 24, 1994)

Play, Revival

Understudy: Danny Burstein
- Japheth - Original

Three Men on a Horse (Apr 13, 1993 - May 16, 1993)

Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Delivery Boy - Original
Understudy: Danny Burstein
- The Tailor - Original
- Al - Original

Saint Joan (Jan 31, 1993 - Mar 14, 1993)

Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Page to Dunois - Original
Understudy: Danny Burstein
- Gilles de Rais - Original

The Seagull (Nov 29, 1992 - Jan 10, 1993)

Play, Revival

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Yakov - Original

A Little Hotel on the Side (Jan 26, 1992 - Mar 01, 1992)

Play, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Porter - Original
- Constable - Original
Understudy: Danny Burstein
- Second Constable - Original

Grease (Aug 08, 1988 - Oct 09, 1988)

Musical, Original

Performer: Danny Burstein
- Sonny Latierri - Original

Tony Award®

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

2026 | Nominee | Marjorie Prime

Performer: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

2025 | Nominee | Gypsy

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

2020 | Winner | Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

2016 | Nominee | Fiddler on the Roof

Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

2014 | Nominee | Cabaret

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

2013 | Nominee | Golden Boy

Performer: Danny Burstein

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

2012 | Nominee | Follies

Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

2008 | Nominee | South Pacific

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

2006 | Nominee | The Drowsy Chaperone

Starring: Danny Burstein

Drama Desk Award

Ensemble Award

2026 | Winner | Marjorie Prime

Performer: Danny Burstein (as part of the resonant quartet of Second Stage Theater’s revival of “Marjorie Prime,” who palpably tap into the emotions that make us human, even when playing AI versions of their characters, in Jordan Harrison’s prescient play about memory, aging, technology, and grief.)

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

2016 | Winner | Fiddler on the Roof

Starring: Danny Burstein

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

2014 | Nominee | Cabaret

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

2012 | Winner | Follies

Starring: Danny Burstein

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

2008 | Nominee | South Pacific

Also Starring: Danny Burstein

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