Ken Page
Take a trip through time, as Ken Page conducts a tour of the soul. Experience the world through the eyes of an evocative storyteller. Re-live our shared humanity with songs that capture the times of our lives and touch our hearts in the deepest most place. From the very heartland of America (St. Louis), this tremendously gifted man — who happens to have become a Broadway legend — bares his soul and shows us ours.
Ken Page
Ken Page, in a career spanning over thirty years, has worked in nearly all areas of
the entertainment industry. Motion Pictures: “Torch, Song, Trilogy” (Murry) and “I’ll
Do Anything” (Ken). He voiced the characters, King Gator in “All Dogs Go To
Heaven” and Mr. Oogie Boogie in the cult classic “Nightmare Before Christmas”.
Television audiences have enjoyed Ken on many sitcoms,, episodic and music
specials (Ain’t Misbehavin’-NBC, Duke Ellington-The Music Lives On-PBS, Cats-
PBS, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, etc. Theatre/ Broadway; Ken made his
Broadway debut in 1976 in the all-black revival of “Guys & Dolls”. His rousing
gospel rendition of “Sit Down You're Rockin’ the Boat” earned him unanimous critical
praise and the coveted “Theatre World Award”. He was seen in the original cast of
two Tony Award-winning Best Musicals- Cats (Old Deuteronomy) and Ain’t
Misbehavin’ (Fats Waller); It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues, The Wiz (Lion),The Wizard of
OZ (Cowardly Lion), A Christmas Carol (The Ghost of Christmas Present). Across
the Atlantic, audiences have seen Ken in London’s original West End production of
Children of Eden (Father), and in the concert of My One and Only (Bishop)-London
Palladium, Mr. Wonderful (A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.) at London’s Theatre Royal
Drury Lane and Ain’t Misbehavin’ in Paris. In concert, Ken has performed at
Carnegie Hall (Anyone Can Whistle), Lincoln Center (American Songbook-Harold
Arlen/Frank Loesser),New York City Center (‘Encores! Series’) “Call Me Madam”
,”Out of This World” and “Pajama Game”, UCLA (Reprise! Series’) “Threepenny
Opera” and “Follies”, as well as Ryman Auditorium, Grand Ol’ Opry, and Caesar’s
Palace Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Mr. Page is the recipient of the New York
Drama Desk Award. He has been honored by the New York Drama League and
has been nominated for Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award and is the recent
recipient of the Kevin Kline Award (St. Louis) for his performance of King Herod in
“Jesus Christ Superstar”. Mr. Page’s concert “Page by Page” is the latest in his
theatrical/ cabaret productions, starting in 1976 with his New York club debut “A
Little Travelin’ Music”. Ken can be heard on seventeen original cast and/or
soundtrack recordings and on LML Music’s recently released “In Good Company”,
on which he sings a duet of the classic “Vincent”. Ken will be seen this Christmas
in the motion picture release of the Broadway hit musical “Dreamgirls”.
People are saying...
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“...(The) show was designed to appeal to record consumers as well as to theatre buffs... A pop style with more than a little southern soul in it... (Page has the) power and the rounded, smooth timbre of record stars such as Luther Vandross, but his approach is rougher and more openly theatrical.”
— The New York Times -
“...Page may be from St. Louis, but he was bred in rhythm-and-blues and has made his mark in New York and Broadway... (He) seems to have harkened back to the experience the lyricists outlined, survived the crises all over again, and is able to express that journey to the audience.”
— New York Post -
“Mr. Page had the audience snapping their fingers and tapping their feet... (He has a) warm, exhilarating stage presence.”
— Parlee
