John Rapson is an actor, singer and writer who has performed on stages and screens across the world. In New York, John performed as Grantaire, Javert and Thenardier in the original Broadway cast of the recent revival of Les Miserables as well as playing Beadle Bamford (and eventually the title role of Sweeney Todd himself) in Barrow Street Theatre’s acclaimed immersive Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. John is perhaps best known for originating the role of The D’Ysquith family on the first national tour of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, leading the company by playing 8 different members of a vile and hilarious family (IRNE Award winner). John is currently playing a leading role in Between the Lines (adapted by New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and based on her own novel) at New York’s acclaimed Second Stage theatre. Other theatrical credits include work at regional theaters all over North America: The Tale of Despereaux (Roscuro) at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho) at the Goodspeed Opera House, Oklahoma! (Jud) at Broadway Sacramento, Camelot (Mordred) and Grand Horizons (Ben) at the Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Play That Goes Wrong (Robert) at St. Louis Rep, and several tours of Japan with the Tokyo Philharmonic as the featured soloist of Disney on Classic playing a rogues gallery of Disney Villains. During 2020, John was immensely proud to work with Jefferson Mays and Michael Arden to help bring their tour-de-force one man adaptation of A Christmas Carol to thrilling life on film, serving as a standby and scene partner for Mays throughout the filming of one of the only productions to take place on a New York stage in the past year. John has appeared on “The Blacklist” as well as “The Tony Awards”, “Good Morning America” and “America’s Got Talent” with various companies of Broadway and touring shows throughout the years. John is represented by CGF and has recently partnered with the exciting startup “Empowering the Artist” to work with young performers all across the country. John is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan. @jrrapson