Steven Skybell

Steven Skybell is a theater, film and television actor. He has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theater productions, on television, and in film.

Biography

Early life and education Skybell grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and performed in two productions of Fiddler on the Roof from an early age: First as a "chuppa boy" and then Tevye at the Interlochen Center for the Arts summer camp. He went on to attend the Yale School of Drama, performing alongside Jodie Foster in Getting Out, directed by Tina Landau. At Yale, Steven would reprise the role of Tevye again.

On stage (2000s-2010s) Skybell worked with Stephen Schwartz and Joe Mantello on the workshop for Wicked, and Broadway They held adjunct faculty positions at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and at Fordham University in their theater departments. His credits in the 2000s and early 2010s would include productions by the Classic Stage Company leading to four separate extensions. In February 2019, the show transferred uptown to Stage 42 For his portrayal of Tevye, Skybell won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, and was nominated for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Skybell would reprise his role as Tevye at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, his first English performance in the role on a larger stage, In this role, he received his first Tony Award nomination, for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Stage credits September 13 - 14, 2025 2024Cabaret at the Kit Kat ClubHerr SchultzBroadwayAugust Wilson Theater April 21, 2024 - September 21, 2025 2023The Lehman TrilogyHenry LehmanBoston, MAHuntington Theatre Company June 13, 2023 - July 16, 2023 2022Fiddler on the RoofTevyeChicago, ILLyric Opera of Chicago September 17, 2022 - October 7, 2022 2022Fidler Afn DakhOff-BroadwayNew World Stages November 21, 2022 - January 1, 2023 2019Off-BroadwayStage 42 February 21, 2019 - January 5, 2020 (moved from Museum of Jewish Heritage production after 4 extensions) 2018Off-BroadwayMuseum of Jewish Heritage July 4, 2018 - December 30, 2018 2016 Fiddler on the Roof Lazar Wolf Broadway Broadway Theater June 14 - September 4, 2016 2015 Cymbeline Gaoler, Pisanio, Frenchman Off-Broadway Shakespeare in the Park August 10, 2015 - August 23, 2015 2014 A Man's a Man Jesse Mahoney Classic Stage Company January 30, 2014 - February 16, 2014 2012A Midsummer Night's DreamBottomClassic Stage Company April 29, 2012 - May 20, 2012 2012GallileoPerformerClassic Stage Company February 12, 2012 - March 18, 2012 2011Love's Labour's LostHolofernesThe Public Theater December 11, 2008 - March 1, 2009 2005The Controversy Of ValladolidSepulveldaOff-BroadwayThe Public Theater February 20, 2005 - March 13, 2005 2004The Bald Soprano And The LessonThe ProfessorOff-BroadwayAtlantic Theater Company September 19, 2004 - October 17, 2004