Christopher Fitzgerald

Christopher Fitzgerald originated the role of Ogie Herbert Eincorn in Waitress the Musical on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Christopher’s voice can be heard on the Original Broadway Cast Recording.

He originated the role of Boq in Wicked on Broadway and has starred in many other hit Broadway shows, including Young Frankenstein and Chicago. He also starred in “Girl Most Likely” alongside Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon and Darren Criss, in 2012.

He left Waitress on 9 July 2017, and went onto star in the Netflix series “Godless.” He was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Waitress, and won Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical at both the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards in 2016.

Selected Previous Credits

Broadway

  • An Act of God
  • Chicago
  • The Merchant of Venice
  • Finian’s Rainbow
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Wicked
  • Amour

Off-Broadway

  • The Winter’s Tale, Public
  • Gutenberg! The Musical!, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Lincoln Center
  • Saturday Night, Second Stage
  • Wise Guys, New York Theatre Workshop
  • Corpus Christi, Manhattan Theatre Club
  • Fully Committed, Cherry Lane Theatre
  • The Cripple of Inishmaan, Public
NameEric Anderson
Born26 November 1972
FromBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
TrainedAmerican Conservatory, Boston
RoleOgie Herbert Eincorn Broadway