Randy Graff
Email: randy@broadwayartistsalliance.org

Specialties:
– Song interpretation
– Monologue work
– Audition prep
– College audition prep

Randy Graff received the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her role in City Of Angels, as well as an Outer Critics, Drama Desk and Tony Award nomination for her work in A Class Act. She most recently starred opposite Billy Crystal in Mr. Saturday Night.

Ms. Graff has the distinction of creating the role of Fantine in the original Broadway production of Les Misérables for which she received a Helen Hayes Award nomination. Her work for playwright Neil Simon includes Laughter On The 23rd Floor on Broadway and Hotel Suite for the Roundabout Theater Company. Other Broadway starring roles include Falsettos, High Society and sharing the stage with Carol Burnett in Moon Over Buffalo. She co- starred with Alfred Molina in the 2004 Broadway revival of Fiddler On The Roof and received a Best Actress Drama League nomination and Outer Critic’s Circle nomination. Her Off Broadway work includes Richard Greenberg’s The Babylon Line for Lincoln Center (Lucille Lortel Award for Best Featured Actress and Drama Desk nomination), Paula Vogel’s The Long Christmas Ride Home at the Vineyard Theater (Drama League nomination), Motherhood Out Loud for Primary Stages, Do Re Mi starring Nathan Lane for City Center Encores, Damn Yankees with Sean Hayes for Encores Summer Stars, and the original production of A…My Name Is Alice at the Village Gate.

She has performed from coast to coast in regional theaters including Hartford Stage, McCarter Theater, San Diego’s Old Globe where she portrayed legendary columnist Ann Landers as The Lady With All The Answers (a one woman show) and at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., where she proudly portrayed the Countess in A Little Night Music for the renowned Sondheim festival in 2002.

Ms. Graff has served on the Musical Theatre faculties at NYU Tisch/New Studio On Broadway and the Manhattan School of Music where she has taught “Acting Through Song” and “Audition Techniques.” Ms. Graff holds an honorary doctorate in the Performing Arts from Wagner College.

Randy’s Coaching Philosophy

I believe the key to your greatest expression as an artist lies in your ability to access your true self. That is where all your creativity lies. That is your treasure chest. Together we will explore different tools and techniques to unlock your inner artist so that you feel free, focused and confident in your work and in the audition room. And I promise to make it fun!