Eric Anderson

Eric Anderson is an American actor. Born in Newport Beach, California, Anderson started acting at age eight as part of a children's operetta company. In 2013, Anderson was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He won the inaugural Joel Hirschhorn award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre, awarded by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, two San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Awards and multiple Back Stage West Garland Awards as best actor in a musical. Anderson's performances on stage have included Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Burrs in both versions of The Wild Party, and Merlyn in a U.S. national tour of Camelot opposite Michael York. He moved to New York in 2008, where he made his Broadway debut as Stewpot in the Tony award-winning revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center. Most recently, he was in the original Broadway cast of Kinky Boots (musical), written by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper. He received critically acclaim for his work off-Broadway playing Shlomo Carlebach in Soul Doctor at the New York Theatre Workshop, and reprised his role on Broadway in 2013, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. He has also had guest roles on television, including The Good Wife, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Alias, and in movies, such as Gods Behaving Badly (2012 film) and New Year's Eve. Anderson is a member of the Troubadour Theater Company. He is the lead singer of the Shel Silverstein tribute band, The Freakers Ball. Eric is married to Broadway actress, Jessica Rush.