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10 unusual facts about Matthew Broderick


Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins

In the 1999 film Election, Matthew Broderick's character compares his humiliating story to the apelike model of Homo ergaster.

Jennifer Paige Chambers

Jennifer Paige Chambers is a musical theatre performer, who has appeared in "The Producers" on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, in Los Angeles with Martin Short and Jason Alexander, and in the National Tour with Louis Stadlen and Don Stephenson.

Joe DiPietro

Nice Work If You Can Get It, a re-imagining of a Gershwin musical, starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre in 2012.

Kevin Cahoon

He also starred opposite Matthew Broderick in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of 'The Foreigner' for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor.

Kilcar

The American couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker own a holiday home in the area, and have been regular visitors.

Paul Trueblood

Paul Trueblood (November 11, 1935 - January 16, 2012) was musical director/pianist for a variety of performers including Diane Keaton, Michael Feinstein, Julie Wilson, Carol Lawrence, Matthew Broderick, Anita Ellis, and Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt.

Ronn Carroll

Career highlights include Oklahoma!, directed by Trevor Nunn, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Matthew Broderick, and two productions of Annie Get your Gun with both Ethel Merman and Bernadette Peters.

The Last Shot

He finds unsuspecting wannabe writer/director Steven Schats (Matthew Broderick), who'd do just about everything to get the chance to direct a feature.

Truancy

Truancy is a frequent subject of popular culture; perhaps most famously Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which is entirely about the titular character's (played by Matthew Broderick) day of truancy in Chicago with his girlfriend and best friend.

United States Colored Troops

The motion picture Glory, starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick, portrayed the African-American soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.


Gallimaufry Performing Arts

Sherwood recently wrote the screenplay for the film Diminished Capacity, which starred Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda.

Gene Gabriel

Gabriel has appeared on the Broadway stage originating the role of "Rodriguez" in Take Me Out and opposite Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Brad Garrett in The Odd Couple.

Stanley Wayne Mathis

He starred on Broadway in the musical comedy Nice Work if You Can Get It costarring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara.

The Miserable Mill

When Lemony Snicket refers having to fight with a TV repairman, it might be a reference to The Cable Guy which contains a scene in which the characters played by Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick go to a restaurant named "Medieval Times" and are chosen to fight with swords.