Eddie Korbich is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and dancer. He was born in Washington, D.C. but grew up in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
Career
1980s
He graduated from the Boston Conservatory with a B.F.A. in acting in 1983. In 1985, he appeared in A Little Night Music at the Equity Library Theatre in New York, New York. In 1987 he was in both the Off-Broadway production of Flora the Red Menace and Off-Off-Broadway The No-Frills Revue His first listed show on Broadway was in Singin' in the Rain at the Gershwin Theatre, then in the Sweeney Todd revival in 1989 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. He starred as Tobias Ragg, with Bob Gunton as Sweeney and Beth Fowler as Mrs. Lovett. He starred in Godspell at Lamb's Theatre in 1988.
He was in the original cast of Taking a Chance on Love at the York Theatre in 2000, which he won an Obie Award. He was also in Seussical in 2000 as Ensemble/Grandpa Who. This was after his 12-minute number The Lorax in which he played The Onceler was cut after the Boston tryout. Then in 2001, he was in the concert version of Bloomer Girl as Ebenezer Mimms/Ensemble put on by Encores! He was next seen at North Shore Music Theatre in their 2002 production of ', where he starred as R.M. Renfield. He was then cast in the original production Wicked as a swing and then an understudy for Doctor Dillamond and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 2003. Then in 2004 he was in The Irish Curse at the Fringe Festival. In 2005 he starred in the original play After the Night and the Music at the Manhattan Theatre Club as Keith. 2006 saw Korbich in the original production of the musical The Drowsy Chaperone as George, earning him a Drama Desk Award nomination for best-featured actor. He would go on to be in the limited run of The Most Happy Fella at the State Theatre at Lincoln Center as the Doctor. He then appeared in the Face the Music revival in 2007 at the New York City Center. In 2008 he was the original Scuttle in the musical The Little Mermaid. In the fall of 2010, Korbich performed at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California in the world premiere of ', a musical detailing the life of Charlie Chaplin. In February 2011 he was Gus/Growltiger and Bustopher Jones in Cats at Musical Theatre West in Long Beach, California. In 2012, Korbich appeared in the original Broadway cast of A Christmas Story, appearing as Santa Claus and the Doctor. In 2013, Korbich was in the Emilia Clarke-led Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany's. Later that year, Korbich was in the original cast of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
