Performer

This is what I love the most -- and also, sadly, what I do the least. Performing requires a production, which requires time, money, and the efforts of many people, whereas writing is something I can do anytime. In fact, I'm doing it right now. As any actor will tell you, pursuing a career as a performer takes all the energy a human can muster. I could only do it to the exclusion of these other pursuits. So I produce my own work and perform when I can. Occasionally, I'm invited to appear in a play or perform at an event. Whenever I do it, I remember that there's nothing more fun or satisfying.

I have a long history of playing Groucho Marx, including in my own adaptation of I'll Say She Is, in Music of the Marx Brothers at 54 Below, and in stage productions such as Groucho on the Air. My performances as Groucho have been called "uncanny and hilarious" by Time Out New York, and the New York Times said "Noah Diamond might as well be Groucho," and if it's press you want, there's more here.

In each of the Nero Fiddled musicals, I appeared in multiple roles, and also narrated. In my solo show, 400 Years in Manhattan, I played the challenging role of Noah Diamond, to great acclaim. I played Creon, Ruler of Thebes, in Quarantigone.

I was seen in Trav S.D.'s Travesties of 2012, a presentation of the American Vaudeville Theatre and the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

I've also performed extensively in improv shows, comedy clubs, and dozens of plays and musicals.