Ronnie Newman was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn College.
He made his acting debuts with the Chelsea Theatre: off Broadway in The Universal Nigger (1970) and the Water Hen, and on Broadway in Strider at the Helen Hayes (1979) Theatre.
According to his Playbill bio, he has sung “leading bass roles in opera and appeared in numerous Gilbert & Sullivan operettas”. According to his resume submission with Theatre World, he appeared in How it was Done in Odessa at the Walnut Theatre (Philadelphia) and in Like Two Eagles at Jewish Theatre of New York, both in 1995.
By 2004, he had left acting, from his Press Release:
Ronnie Newman, internationally known as a dealer in rare oriental rugs, is a multi-talented person with an academic background in classical and modern languages. A skilled puppet-maker and puppeteer, he produced a marionette theater with his partner Norman Gallof-appearing often throughout New England- and as actor and classical singer has appeared on and off-Broadway in musical and non-musical roles.
A connoisseur of folk art with a discriminating eye, he has amassed a stunning range of works. While these textiles have a powerful aesthetic appeal, they also have interdisciplinary teaching value, providing a sense of historic consequence within a framework of austere beauty,” says Sydney Jenkins, director of Ramapo’s art galleries.
| Credit Type | Production | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Actor | Appear and Show Cause | 1985-86 Season |