| rdfs:comment | - Norbert Leo Butz played the original Fiyero during the San Francisco tryout of the show, and opened the show on Broadway as part of the original cast. Shortly after opening Butz injured his back and was forced to take a seven week break from the show. His role was covered by Kristoffer Cusick, his understudy at the time, and then by Taye Diggs. He returned to the show in January 2004 and permanently left the production on July 14, 2004, alongside fellow cast members Kristin Chenoweth and Joel Grey.
- Norbert Leo Butz (born January 30, 1967) is an American actor best known for his work in Broadway theatre. Butz made his Broadway debut as Adam Pascal's replacement as Roger Davis in Rent in 1996. Additional Broadway credits include Thou Shalt Not (Camille Raquin, 2001–2002), for which he received a Tony Award nomination; Wicked (the original Fiyero, 2003) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy) for which he received the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, and Mark Twain's Is He Dead?. His off-Broadway credits include The Last Five Years (Jamie), Songs for a New World (Lead Male 2), Saved (Fred), and Juno and the Paycock (Jerry Devine), and he has toured as the Emcee in Cabaret and as Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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| abstract | - Norbert Leo Butz played the original Fiyero during the San Francisco tryout of the show, and opened the show on Broadway as part of the original cast. Shortly after opening Butz injured his back and was forced to take a seven week break from the show. His role was covered by Kristoffer Cusick, his understudy at the time, and then by Taye Diggs. He returned to the show in January 2004 and permanently left the production on July 14, 2004, alongside fellow cast members Kristin Chenoweth and Joel Grey. Norbert Leo Butz appears on the Original Broadway Cast recording of Wicked as Fiyero in Dancing Through Life, Thank Goodness and As Long As You're Mine. He is currently married to Michelle Federer who is the original Broadway Nessarose and they have a daughter named Georgia Teresa.
- Norbert Leo Butz (born January 30, 1967) is an American actor best known for his work in Broadway theatre. Butz made his Broadway debut as Adam Pascal's replacement as Roger Davis in Rent in 1996. Additional Broadway credits include Thou Shalt Not (Camille Raquin, 2001–2002), for which he received a Tony Award nomination; Wicked (the original Fiyero, 2003) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy) for which he received the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, and Mark Twain's Is He Dead?. His off-Broadway credits include The Last Five Years (Jamie), Songs for a New World (Lead Male 2), Saved (Fred), and Juno and the Paycock (Jerry Devine), and he has toured as the Emcee in Cabaret and as Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Butz's film roles have included Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (Pawnbroker), Noon Blue Apples (Howard Philips), and West of Here (Josiah Blackwell).
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