presentingchadaustin.com is the web home of New York City actor and singer Chad Austin. As a stage actor in New York, Chad Austin has performed in some of the finest Off-Broadway theatres. Chad Austin has also performed as an actor on television and in film with some of the greatest artists of our time, including Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep, Joan Collins and Kim Zimmer. Chad Austin also played a recurring role on the daytime CBS drama The Guiding Light. Also a classically trained dancer, Chad Austin has performed in dance roles around the world. Thank you for visiting presentingchadaustin.com, the official website of Chad Austin.
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Les Contes d’Hoffmann at The Metropolitan Opera
A powerhouse team joins forces for Offenbach’s psychological fantasy. James Levine conducts, and Tony Award® winner Bart Sher (South Pacific) returns after the triumph of his Met Barber of Seville to direct. Inspired by Kafka, Sher describes his production as “a magical journey in which the character works out different manifestations of his psyche.” Joseph Calleja sings the tour-de-force title role, opposite Anna Netrebko as the tragic Antonia and Alan Held as the demonic four villains.
Chad performs in this fantastic production December 3, 2009 - January 2, 2010. Click here for Metropolitan Opera tickets.
NOTE: The December 19 performance of Les Contes d’Hoffmann will be broadcast LIVE in High Definition in select theatres across the United States, with some theatres also showing an encore performance on January 6, 2010. Click here for broadcast information.
La Damnation de Faust at The Metropolitan Opera
When it premiered last season Robert Lepage’s production amazed audiences through its use of virtual scenery, interactive video, and aerial acrobatics. Ramón Vargas, Olga Borodina, and Ildar Abdrazakov bring Berlioz’s stunning score to life, with James Conlon conducting. Don't miss Chad in this show!
Watch a video clip of La Damnation de Faust.
Performances are October 23 - November 17. Click here for Metropolitan Opera tickets.
Peter and the Wolf
In August 2009, Chad served as Assistant Director & Choreographer to Sara Jo Strickland for Hampton Ballet Theatre School's tremendously successful presentation of the enchanting ballet Peter and the Wolf.
With special guest celebrity narrator Julianne Moore (pictured here with Chad) and music by the 25-piece Hampton Chamber Orchestra (conducted by Dr. Andrew Perea) performances were held at the Children’s Museum of the East End and The Montauk Playhouse in The Hamptons.
Musical Theatre Dance Master class
Chad taught a master class in musical theatre dance as part of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School's Summer Dance Workshop Intensive in August 2009.
Under the direction of Sara Jo Strickland, these workshops were held for children 9 and up who had some previous dance experience.
Cinderella and the Prince Who Slays the Magic Dragon
Chad performed in the Little Orchestra Society production of Cinderella and the Prince Who Slays the Magic Dragon at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall on May 16, 2009.
This dazzling fairy tale set to the music of Sergei Prokofiev was complete with dancers and larger-than-life puppets including an eighteen-foot-tall Fairy Godmother and a Magic Dragon. Choreography was by Lisa Rinehart and production and character design by Manju Shandler.
Nutcracker: Rated R
Chad made his Theatre for the New City debut with the opening of Angela Harriell & David F. Slone, Esq.'s presentation of the full-length modern ballet, Nutcracker: Rated R, in December 2008.
Doctor Atomic at The Metropolitan Opera
Chad returned to The Metropolitan Opera in October and November 2008, appearing in The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Doctor Atomic, a contemporary masterpiece by John Adams and Peter Sellars that explored a momentous episode of modern history: the creation of the atomic bomb.
Click here for the Met's photo gallery “Scenes from Doctor Atomic”.
Click here to visit the Met's Doctor Atomic minisite.
Click here for a New York Times Video about the making of Doctor Atomic.
Watch another video about the Doctor Atomic below:
The Play About the Naked Guy
This summer Chad completed the Off-Broadway run of the Emerging Artists Theatre production of David Bell's The Play About the Naked Guy.
War and Peace at The Metropolitan Opera
Chad was thrilled to be part of War and Peace, one of the largest productions in Met history, which ran December 10, 2007 - January 3, 2008.
Click here to watch the New York Times' audio slideshow featuring War and Peace.
Scott Gerst's The Riefenstahl Project
Chad's image can be seen as part of Scott Gerst's new art exhibit: The Riefenstahl Project. Click here to check out Scott's site.
Back in the Studio
Chad will be back in the recording studio early this year. Stay tuned for updates!
