Jason Forbach (he/him)

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Jason Forbach is an American actor and singer. He has played Rapunzel's Prince and the Baker in Into the Woods, Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera, and Enjolras and Feuilly in Les Misérables.

Forbach joined the Las Vegas cast of The Phantom of the Opera understudying the roles of Raoul and Monsieur Reyer in 2006. In 2009, Forbach played the dual role of Rapunzel's Prince and The Wolf in Into the Woods at the Wells Fargo Pavilion.

In 2012, Forbach joined the 25th Anniversary national tour cast of Les Misérables as Feuilly and an understudy for Enjolras. He later took over the role of Enjolras playing opposite his partner Joseph Spieldenner as Grantaire. In March 2014, Forbach returned to Les Misérables in the Broadway revival. Once again playing Feuilly and understudying Enjolras. He briefly took over the role of Enjolras again in October 2014 and left the production in November of that same year. In June 2015, he returned to the production playing Feuilly and the Factory Foreman.

In 2022, Forbach joined the New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods as the male swing where he ended up going on for Rapunzel's Prince for a majority of the run. He moved with the production to the St. James Theatre for the 2022 Broadway revival understudying the roles of the Baker, the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince, and the Narrator/Mysterious Man. He opened the production as the Baker when Brian d'Arcy James was sick, and also went on for the Princes and Wolf many times during the production's run on Broadway.

On November 21, 2022, Forbach returned to The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre for a limited run through December 5 playing the role of Raoul. He had been a vacation swing in Phantom at the Majestic Theatre for several years, primarily understudying the roles of Raoul, Reyer, Marksman, and Hairdresser. Currently Forbach is on tour across the United States with the Broadway production of Into the Woods playing Rapunzel's Prince and understudying the Baker. He's starring opposite Gavin Creel, Stephanie J. Block, Montego Glover, and Sebastian Arcelus all reprising their Broadway roles.

March 17, 2023

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 127 with Jason Forbach

On this episode I talked with Jason about the moment he fell in love with theatre and performing, the most valuable lesson he learned in college that has helped him as a professional in the theatre industry, his audition for …

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