Montego Glover
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Biography

Montego Glover was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She attended the Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences, one of the very first schools in the country to be founded on the Paideia Teaching Philosophy. After graduation from CSAS, Montego went on to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre with Honors. And after college spent time working as an actress/singer/dancer in Japan and around the United States before moving to Orlando, Florida to begin work on numerous premiere projects for the Walt Disney World Company. After a very successful stint at WDW, Montego made her move to New York.

 

In New York, Montego made her Broadway debut in The Color Purple in the roles of Celie & Nettie, and her Off-Broadway debut in The Pirates of Penzance (a reimaging of the classic G&S operetta) whereby Mabel not only sang legit soprano, but blues, gospel, r&b, pop, and music theatre. Pirateslanded her Dreamgirls: the 20th Anniversary Concert (the famous “One Night Only” concert held at what is now the Hilton Theatre), followed by the workshop production of Radiant Baby under the direction of George C. Wolfe at the Public Theatre. Next came Ghetto Superstar, again at the Public, followed by Me & Juliet at the York Theatre, and a new play called Roses Are Brown at Theatre for the New City.

 

While based in New York, Montego has been privileged to travel to a number of exciting theatre companies both near New York and around the country including: the Geffen Playhouse (Los Angeles), North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Mass.), St. Louis MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, North Carolina Theatre (Raleigh), Music Theatre Wichita, Sacramento Music Circus, Round House Theatre (Bethesda, MD), Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma City, Opera Grand Rapids, Papermill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ), The Huntington Theatre (Boston), Canadian Stage Company & the New Yorker Theatre (Toronto). And the productions have been as varied as the locations: Aida (4 productions in the role of Aida, IRNE Award-Best Actress in a Musical), Ragtime (2 productions, Sarah), Dreamgirls (Lorrell), Into The Woods (Red Riding Hood) Oklahoma (Ado Annie), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Westside Story (Anita), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magadelene), Smokey Joe's Cafe (Brenda), Cookin’ at the Cookery (4 productions as the Narrator, IRNE & Dora Award Nominations), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlaine), and Once On This Island (TiMoune, Helen Hayes Award Nomination) among others.

 

Montego also has three World Premieres to her credit. Most recenty, Saint Heaven, book by Martin Casella, music & lyrics by Keith Gordon, directed by Matt Lenz, at Stamford Center for the Arts, Rich Forum. A play called The Conservationist written by English playwright Mark Wheatley with the Asolo Theatre Company. And Memphis, co-produced by North Shore Music Theatre & Theatreworks/Palo Alto, book by Joe DiPietro, music & lyrics by David Bryan, directed by Gabriel Barre. Memphis earned Montego a third IRNE Award Nomination, and a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critic’s Award Nomination for Best Female Performance in a Musical.

 

While theatre and music continue to thrive, Montego also spends time on studio recording. She can be heard on the Dreamgirls 20th Anniversary double cd, the original cast recording of Festival of the Lion King and Rhythm of One both for Disney, the new concept recording of Pirates of Penzance reprising her role as Mabel, and several recordings for the Broadway Inspirational Voices, a very prestigious choir of invited members from the Broadway community, under the direction of Mr. Michael McElroy. Montego is a member of the BIV and serves as Soprano Section Leader, a job she really enjoys.

 

It’s true that Montego came to New York to work in the theatre. However, TV, radio, voiceover, commercials and film have become an exciting and innovative area of her career as well. Montego has done television, commercials, and voiceover for numerous companies including: Sony, Nickelodeon, Royal Caribbean, the Oxygen Network, Wishbone, Miller Beer, MTV & TRL, Pepsi, Hershey’s, WE (Women’s Entertainment), Kraft, “The Guiding Light” on CBS, and “The Wonderful World of Disney” for ABC. Most recently, Montego completed a short film called "Flicker Flutter" with the Raw Impressions Film Festival, which enjoyed screenings in both New York and Los Angeles. Interestingly enough, Montego got her commercial representation from her work on a theatre project.

 

And while theatre and commercials keep Montego busy, concert work has emerged as a way to both travel and work in New York, and celebrate composers in a setting different from fully mounted musicals or studio recording. Montego has been privileged to concertize with the Chicago Humanites Festival, the New York City Theatre Museum (Hudson Theatre), the Museum of Television and Radio (Mer Theatre, New York), Seven Days of Opening Nights (Ruby Diamond Hall, Tallahassee, Florida), The Artist’s Songbook with Canadian Stage Company (Toronto), 100 Years Of Arlen with the Tulsa Signature Orchestra, Broadway Inspirational Voices (Town Hall), Broadway Divas, and Broadway Meets Country (Jazz at Lincoln Center).

 

A proud member of AEA, SAG, and AFTRA, Montego continues to grow, learn and thrive as an artist.

And as the song by Cy Coleman says, "the best is yet to come".

 

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