Clifton Hall (actor)
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Cliffton Hall is an American theater actor
and singer. He attended Castle Performing Arts Center for his first three years of high school and graduated from Kalaheo High School
in 1993. Hall went to Windward Community College for one year. He left school after he was cast in Miss Saigon
in the role of Chris, in the National Touring Company. He also starred in the Asian Tour of Miss Saigon playing opposite his wife, Deedee Magno
. He has played the part of Marius in Les Misérables
on Broadway and on the National Tour. His other theater credits include Master Class
, Grease
, Oklahoma!
, Bark!
, and Flower Drum Song
. Hall says that the most rewarding thing about acting is, "Getting to perform and doing something you love to do." The secret of life, according to Hall, is, "Living a happy life and achieving the goals you set for yourself, no matter how small or big they may be."
On October 6, 2006 he replaced Sebastian Arcelus
as Fiyero on the first national tour of Wicked
, after understudying the role since March 8, 2006. He left the role on November 16, 2008 after being on tour for over two and a half years and was replaced by Richard H. Blake
. He most recently reprised the role in San Francisco. He began June 29, 2010, taking over from Nicolas Dromard, once again starring opposite Deedee. He played his final performance September 5, 2010, when the production closed.
Cliffton Hall is married to Deedee Magno Hall
who starred opposite him as Nessarose
on the first national tour and in the San Francisco production of Wicked. They have a son named Kaeden Ryley Hall.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and singer. He attended Castle Performing Arts Center for his first three years of high school and graduated from Kalaheo High School
Kalaheo High School
Kalaheo High School is a public high school in Kailua CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on the island of Oahu.The school building opened as an intermediate school in 1966, but was repurposed as a high school in 1973. The school mascot is the Mustang, and the school colors are...
in 1993. Hall went to Windward Community College for one year. He left school after he was cast in Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...
in the role of Chris, in the National Touring Company. He also starred in the Asian Tour of Miss Saigon playing opposite his wife, Deedee Magno
Deedee Magno
Deedee Lynn Magno Hall is an American actress and singer, formerly a member of the pop group The Party. She also lent her voice to the Disney show The All New Mickey Mouse Club. She also appears as Jasmine on the Aladdin a Musical Spectacular Soundtrack...
. He has played the part of Marius in Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
on Broadway and on the National Tour. His other theater credits include Master Class
Master Class
Master Class is a play by Terrence McNally, with incidental music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, and Vincenzo Bellini.The play originally was staged by the Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Mark Taper Forum. After twelve previews, the Broadway production, directed by Leonard Foglia, opened...
, Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
, Bark!
Bark!
Bark! is a 2002 film written by Heather Morgan, directed by Kasia Adamik and starring Morgan, Lee Tergesen, and Lisa Kudrow...
, and Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song was the eighth stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. The piece opened in 1958 on Broadway and was afterwards presented in the West End and on tour...
. Hall says that the most rewarding thing about acting is, "Getting to perform and doing something you love to do." The secret of life, according to Hall, is, "Living a happy life and achieving the goals you set for yourself, no matter how small or big they may be."
On October 6, 2006 he replaced Sebastian Arcelus
Sebastian Arcelus
Sebastian Arcelus is an American actor. He has made a career in theatre on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He made his Broadway debut in Rent, first as a swing, covering the male ensemble roles as well as Mark and Roger, and then as Roger...
as Fiyero on the first national tour of Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
, after understudying the role since March 8, 2006. He left the role on November 16, 2008 after being on tour for over two and a half years and was replaced by Richard H. Blake
Richard H. Blake
Richard H. Blake is an American musical actor.One of his earliest stints on Broadway was taking over the role of Roger Davis in Rent. In 2001, Richard Blake took over the role of Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, a musical adaptation of the film of the same name, having previously starred in...
. He most recently reprised the role in San Francisco. He began June 29, 2010, taking over from Nicolas Dromard, once again starring opposite Deedee. He played his final performance September 5, 2010, when the production closed.
Cliffton Hall is married to Deedee Magno Hall
Deedee Magno
Deedee Lynn Magno Hall is an American actress and singer, formerly a member of the pop group The Party. She also lent her voice to the Disney show The All New Mickey Mouse Club. She also appears as Jasmine on the Aladdin a Musical Spectacular Soundtrack...
who starred opposite him as Nessarose
Nessarose
Nessarose Thropp is the name of the woman who becomes the Wicked Witch of the East in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation, Wicked...
on the first national tour and in the San Francisco production of Wicked. They have a son named Kaeden Ryley Hall.