Avery Saltzman
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Known as one of Canada's most versatile character actors Avery has been acting professionally for almost 30 years. He started his career at the Shaw Festival in "Lady Audley's Secret" and from that show acted in every major venue across Canada and in Toronto itself.

Memorable shows include:

  • Nicely Nicely in "Guys and Dolls" - Stage West dinner theatre, Mississauga
  • "Swimming With Endorphins" - Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton
  • "Playground" - Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie
  • "You Don't Have To Be Jewish" Co-Starring with Jamie Farr - Massey Hall, Toronto
  • Pawnee Bill in "Annie Get Your Gun" - Massey Hall, Toronto
  • Mr. Baker"Come Blow Your Horn" - Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton
  • Edna and Wilbur in "Hairspray" - The Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
  • Melvin P. Thorpe in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"- Stage West dinner theatre, Mississauga
  • the Baker in "Into the Woods" at Canadian Stage (nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore award)
  • Wazir in "Kismet" at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
  • The Devil in "Damn Yankees" at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
  • "Rumors" opposite Elliott Gould - Stage West, Toronto
  • "Nite Club Confidential" opposite Gary Sandy - Stage West, Toronto
  • "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat" with Donny Osmond - The Elgin Theatre, Toronto
  • "Sunset Boulevard" with Diahann Carrol in Toronto and with Petula Clark in the US National Tour
  • Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" - Stage West, Toronto
  • The "Boyfriend" opposite Cynthia Dale and Sheila McCarthy - Talk of Toronto Theatre
  • "Waiting For Godot" with R.H. Thomson - Theatre New Brunswick

Original Canadian Shows include:

  • Dave Carley's "Test Drive"
  • "Thin Ice"
  • "8 to the Bar"
  • "Flicks"
  • "Mad In Canada"
  • "Treehouse at the Edge of the World"(Dora Mavor Moore nomination)
  • "Joy"
  • Norm Foster's "Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun"
  • Leslie Arden's "The Last Resort"
  • "Napoleon"
  • "Aladdin" opposite Ross Petty and Camilla Scott

Having his U.S. papers, Avery has starred off Broadway in:

  • "The Witch" opposite Emily Loesser at the Jewish Rep
  • On Broadway as Hines in "The Pajama Game" opposite Judy Kaye and Richard Muenz
  • In"Candide" opposite Jim Dale and Andrea Martin

U.S. Tours include:

  • Pseudolus in "Forum"
  • "Pirates of Penzance"
  • Sancho in "Man of La Mancha"
  • The Wazir in "Kismet" opposite Kim Criswell and Brent Barrett

Ave's Music

"Man of La Mancha" can be heard on a new CD recorded in 2001 at Abbey Road Studios with Kim Criswell and Ron Raines.
Avery also has a recording of "The Pajama Game" on the EMI label. He will be recording a CD of "Music Man" later this year.

No stranger to operetta he has starred in "The Merry Widow" at the Canadian Opera and the National Arts Centre, Koko in Brian Macdonald's "The Mikado" at the NAC, "The Barber of Seville" at the COC, and as Frosch the Jailer in "Die Fledermaus" at Florida Opera, Chataqua Opera, Hamilton Opera, COC, NYC Opera, and Saskatchewan Opera.

Along with Operetta and the Stage, Avery is now performing internationally on the Concert Stage. He has sung with the BBC Concert and Symphony Orchestras in "Man of La Mancha". "Forum" with the Covent Garden Festival, "Guys and Dolls" at the Royal Albert Hall, directed by Julia Mackenzie, and with the Vienna Symphony. Avery has just finished a performance of "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" at the Red Hot Aids Gala held at the Millenium Stadium in front of 30,000 spectators in Cardiff Wales - which aired on Showtime in January 2002.

Future concerts include: Work with the London Philharmonic and the Cardiff Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro David Abell.

Avery also has an extensive Television career

  • He can be heard weekly as Mr. Pugallski (the dog) in Nelvana's animated cartoon series "Pekola"
  • As a semi regular in "Doc" opposite Billy Ray Cyrus.

Other television appearances include

  • "Queer as Folk"
  • "In a Heartbeat"
  • "Traders"
  • "Soul Food"
  • "Due South"
  • "Street Legal"
  • A semi regular on "T and T"
  • "Mayonnaise"
  • "Beachcombers"
  • "Zoe Busiek: Wildcard"
  • Roles in most every Canadian episodic