Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban
(born February 27, 1981) is an
American
singer
,
songwriter
,
musician
,
actor
, and
record producer
. He has won many Tony and Grammy awards throughout his career, including one for Natasha, Pierre and the great Comet of 1812. He is playing Sweeney Todd now.
Josh Groban
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![Groban, February 2009](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Josh_Groban_%28Cropped%29.jpg/220px-Josh_Groban_%28Cropped%29.jpg) Groban, February 2009
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Birth name
| Joshua Winslow Groban
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Born
| (
1981-02-27
)
February 27, 1981
(age?43)
[1]
Los Angeles
,
California
, U.S.
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Genres
| Easy listening
,
vocal
,
operatic pop
,
pop rock
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Occupation(s)
| Singer, songwriter, musician, actor, record producer
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Instruments
| Vocals, piano, drums, percussion
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Years active
| 1997?present
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Labels
| 143
,
Reprise
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Website
| joshgroban
.com
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Early life and education
change
Groban was born in
Los Angeles
,
California
, to Jack Groban, a businessman, and Lindy Groban (nee Johnston), a school teacher.
[2]
His father is a descendant of
Jewish
immigrants from Poland and Ukraine,
[3]
[4]
but converted from
Judaism
to
Christianity
upon marrying his mother.
[5]
His mother's ancestry includes
English
,
German
, and
Norwegian
; one of her own grandfathers had also been Jewish.
[6]
[7]
[8]
[4]
His parents are
Episcopalians
.
Groban first sang in public when he was in the seventh grade. His music teacher chose him to sing a solo of "S'wonderful" at the school's cabaret night, where he sang alone on stage for the first time.
[9]
At this time, he was more focused on acting, playing Tevye in his high school's production of
Fiddler on the Roof
.
[10]
In the summers of 1997 and 1998, he also attended the
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Camp in
Michigan
,
[3]
majoring in musical theater, and began taking vocal lessons. He went on to attend the
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
as a theater major and graduated in 1999.
[3]
He was admitted to and briefly attended
Carnegie Mellon University
, intent on studying musical theater. Four months into his first semester, Groban was offered a recording contract and left college to pursue a singing career.
[3]
He is playing Sweeney Todd, and he claims to be a pescetarian… because of meat pies
- ↑
"Monitor".
Entertainment Weekly
. No.?1248. Mar 1, 2013. p.?25.
- ↑
"That Josh Groban Guy"
. That Josh Groban Guy
. Retrieved
March 12,
2011
.
- ↑
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
"Josh Groban ? Biography"
. Biggeststars.com. Archived from
the original
on December 24, 2008
. Retrieved
March 12,
2011
.
- ↑
4.0
4.1
Smolenyak, Megan (October 18, 2011).
"10 Things You Didn't Know About Josh Groban's Family Tree"
.
HuffPost
. Retrieved
May 16,
2018
.
- ↑
"Dave 'Til Dawn"
. Groban Archives. December 13, 2002. Archived from
the original
on May 11, 2011
. Retrieved
March 12,
2011
.
- ↑
Cidoni, Michael (January 21, 2008).
"Josh Groban to sing at Sundance festival"
.
USA Today
. Retrieved
May 7,
2010
.
- ↑
"Josh Groban article"
. Grobanarchives.com. November 7, 2006. Archived from
the original
on July 11, 2011
. Retrieved
March 12,
2011
.
- ↑
Miller, Victoria (April 19, 2015).
"Five things you didn't know about Josh Groban"
.
AXS.com
. Retrieved
May 17,
2018
.
- ↑
"That Josh Groban Guy"
. That Josh Groban Guy
. Retrieved
May 23,
2014
.
- ↑
"Bio"
.
AJT Enterprises
. Joshgrobanlive.com. April 12, 2008. Archived from
the original
on December 7, 2010.