Randal Keith's Biography
While Randal Keith is perhaps best known to his fans as Jean Valjean in the long
running musical Les Misérables, he has spent many years in local, regional and
national companies playing a wide range of parts. He is presently performing in
the Las Vegas production of Spamalot. He has played The Phantom in
the First National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera and also played Raoul and
Monsieur Andre during the six years he toured with that company. He is one of
the few actor/singers who have played all three major male roles in Phantom. He
toured in Sunset Boulevard before joining the Les Misérables cast, where he
eventually became Jean Valjean in the Third National Les Misérables Tour.
In July of 2002 he performed as the alternate Jean Valjean, along with the
original Valjean, Colm Wilkinson, in the Third National tour's engagement in
Shanghai, China, the first ever Broadway musical to visit that country. He then
starred in the production in Seoul, Korea, and in February of 2003 was picked by
producer Cameron Mackintosh to star as Valjean on Broadway to close Les
Misérables' sixteen year run there in May 2003. Mr. Keith remembers that night
as the emotional high point of his career to date, filled with incredible energy
and love for a show that continues to enthrall audiences around the world. He
then returned to touring with the Broadway National Tour of Les Misérables
until the last show of the tour in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2006.
He has recently performed the roles of governor/innkeeper in Man of La Mancha,
for which he received a nomination for the 2007 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award
for Featured Actor in a Musical. He is presently performing as King Arthur in
Spamalot in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Other roles Mr. Keith has performed are Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita,
John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Nicoli in Chess,
and the Governor/Innkeeper in Man of La Mancha. He has sung in
concert with the prestigious Cincinnati, Tulsa and Rochester Symphonies. His
first CD, "Life Has Been Good To Me" is now available through www.Randal-Keith.com.
It is a compilation of songs he has sung during his career on the musical stage
and some songs he has always wanted to perform. It is a well-rounded CD giving
full range to Mr. Keith's rich, resonant voice.
A native of North Carolina, he attended Anderson College in Anderson, Indiana,
and now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, Karen. Karen is a special effects make-up artist who applied make-up
for The Phantom of the Opera. They met in Ft. Lauderdale during the tour's run
there, and it was love at first sight. They were engaged by the third date and
married in the next city. Mrs. Keith is often with him when he is on the road, always
bringing along Merlin, a fluffy white dog who immediately steals the show
wherever he is.
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Contact:djh@Randal-Keith.com