benjamin lurye

benjamin luryE

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

Photo by Kim Carson

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Ben Lurye is an actor and singer originally from Maryland, now living in NYC, where he moved on March 1, 2020 (it’s a really fun story, ask him about it sometime).

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.

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

NEWS

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
Directed by Dann Dunn
Music Direction by Trevor Pierce

FROZEN

Ben returned to Theater Under the Stars as The Duke of Weselton in Disney’s FROZEN!

December 2024
Houston, TX
Directed by Dan Knechtges
Music Direction by Stephen W Jones

TITANIC

Ben sailed aboard the Ship of Dreams as Charles Clarke at North Shore Music Theatre.

October-November 2024
Beverly, MA
Directed by Kevin P Hill
Music Direction by Milton Granger

Elliot Norton Award Nomination – Outstanding Ensemble

THE LAST 5 YEARS

Ben played Jamie at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

June 2024
Center Valley, PA
Directed by Jason King Jones
Music Direction by Samuel Bagala

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

Ben played Fabrizio Naccarelli at Opera in the Heights.

February 2024
Houston, TX
Directed by Seamus Ricci
Music Direction by Stephen W Jones

SWEENEY TODD

Ben made his Theater Under the Stars debut as Adolfo Pirelli in his fifth production of SWEENEY TODD.

October 2023
Houston, TX
Directed by Dan Knechtges
Music Directed by Stephen W Jones

SWEET CHARITY

Ben makes his Gulfshore Theatre debut in SWEET CHARITY, playing all of Charity’s beaus in the triple role of Vittorio Vidal, Oscar Lindquist, and Charlie.

Now through May 4, 2025
Naples, FL
Directed by Dann Dunn

"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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"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.