benjamin lurye

benjamin luryE

"A wonderful singer of glorious proportions...
a showstopper"

Photo by Kim Carson

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Ben Lurye is a versatile actor and singer originally from Maryland, now living in NYC.

He’s performed across the country, including at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, North Shore Music Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Olney Theatre, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Gulfshore Playhouse, and many others. Ben has also appeared in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Lawton Philharmonic, and The American Pops, and performs with the opera-rock mash-up show The Jersey Tenors.

Also a musician, arts educator, and Music Director, Ben’s work ‘on the other side of the table’ has been seen at Constellation Theatre, Adventure Theatre, We Happy Few, the Capital Fringe Festival, and in numerous educational productions at Adventure Theatre, Imagination Stage, and DC-area high schools.

Ben also loves cooking, DC/Baltimore sports teams, designing websites, and yes he wants to pet your dog (the fluffier, the better!)

Resumé
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"Lurye is a master of multiple roles...slipping seamlessly from the money-grubbing Charlie...to a fragile Italian film star to the neurotic Oscar Lundquist"
The Naples Press | Sweet Charity at Gulfshore Playhouse
"Lurye demonstrates great range, from a narcissistic loser to over-the-top Italian movie star to a well-meaning shy guy with baggage of his own. If not for the listing in the playbill, you wouldn’t know it was the same actor."
Florida Theatre on Stage
"Benjamin Lurye commands the stage when he lets loose with his bright, finely focused tenor"
The Baltimore Sun | Sweeney Todd at Rep Stage

photo: Sweeney Todd | theater under the stars

"soaring vocals and crisp, smart acting"
lehigh valley stage | The Last 5 Years at PSF

UPCOMING & RECENT

ONE VOICE
THE MARIAN ANDERSON MUSICAL

Ben will appear in the world premiere of this fantastic new musical at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, directed by Tamara Tunie.

February 25-March 14, 2027
Montgomery, AL

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER

Ben returns to Olney Theatre for the DC-area premiere of this Tony Award-Winning musical.

July – August, 2026

SOUND OF THE SILK ROAD

Ben appeared in readings of SOUND OF THE SILK ROAD by Peter Kam, Ivan Menschell, Kate Anderson, and Elyssa Samsel, directed by Gabriel Barre.

September 2025
June 2026
NY, NY

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER

Ben’s Riverside Theatre debut!

Jan – Feb 2026
Vero Beach, FL

SOUTH PACIFIC
IN CONCERT

Ben played Lt. Joseph Cable in a concert performance of SOUTH PACIFIC at Olney Theatre.

August 2025
Olney, MD

SWEET CHARITY

Ben made his Gulfshore Playhouse debut in a new reimagining of SWEET CHARITY, playing all of Charity’s beaus in the triple role of Vittorio Vidal, Oscar Lindquist, and Charlie.

April-May 2025
Naples, FL

ONE VOICE
THE MARIAN ANDERSON MUSICAL

Ben will appear in the world premiere of this fantastic new musical at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, directed by Tamara Tunie.


February 25-March 14, 2027
Montgomery, AL

"Benjamin Lurye as Freddy Eynsford-Hill is absolutely perfect.
I mean it."

dc metro theatre arts

my fair lady | Olney theatre Center

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selected performances

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"Fabrizio's last song, 'Love to Me', truly hits us in the heart"
Houston Press

The Light in the Piazza | Opera in the Heights

Contact

Ben is represented by
Lohne / Graham Management.