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Steven Stein-Grainger made his Broadway debut in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award winning production of Sunset Boulevard. During his extended run he was proud to play the role of Max von Mayerling in over one hundred performances, starring opposite Glenn Close, Betty Buckley and Elaine Paige. That engagement closely followed his eighteen  month appearance in the Toronto production of Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera directed by Harold Prince. There, he won acclaim for his portrayal of operatic tenor Ubaldo Piangi. Following his success on Broadway in Sunset, Mr. Stein-Grainger joined the U.S. National Tour of Phantom where he reprised the role of Piangi in some of the finest theaters all across the country.

Mr. Stein-Grainger has distinguished himself as a very versatile performer; he has found himself equally at home in the demanding repertoire of bel canto opera as he has on the concert stage and in the realm of American Musical Theatre and concertizing has become a major part of his professional life.

His operatic performances have earned him the reputation of being an “acting singer” in roles running the gamut from the seriously dramatic to the comic. He has enjoyed critical success in such diverse roles as Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Goro in Madama Butterfly, The Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Rinnuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte combining the theatrical and musical aspects of performance into an engaging operatic experience. Orff’s Carmina Burana, Händel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Symphony Nr. 9, and Rossini’s Stabat Mater have become mainstays of his professional work as well as musicals in concert combining the classical and musical theatre repertoires seamlessly.

 His musical theatre roles include Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd, Mr. Bumble in Oliver!, Enoch Snow in Carousel, and Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys & Dolls, and  the Padre in Man Of La Mancha among many, many others. He was seen as Rudolph in Ogunquit Playhouse’s production of Hello Dolly! starring starring Sally Struthers and spent a rewarding summer at the Utah Shakespearean Festival where he had the great opportunity to create the role of Tito Merrelli in the world premier of Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical based on the play by Ken Ludwig , written by Peter Sham and composed by Brad Carroll.
He is very proud to have played Grandfather in Portland Center Stage's 2009 production of Ragtime with direction by Chris Coleman, choreography by Joel Ferrell and musical direction by Rick Lewis.
 

He is very proud to have played Grandfather in Portland Center Stage's 2009 production of Ragtime with direction by Chris Coleman, choreography by Joel Ferrell and musical direction by Rick Lewis.