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'Italic text'Italic text'Italic text'Italic text'Italic text'DONNIE KEHR is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, producer, and philanthropist, dedicated to performing, as well as furthering the next generation of performing artists with his 501c3 organization, THE PATH FUND, Inc. (Performing Artists That Help). In 2023, THE PATH FUND celebrated 30 years, with Donnie Kehr hosting its annual concert held at Sony Hall in midtown, NYC. Honorees included Melissa Etheridge (Lifetime Achievement Award) and Rick French (Ambassador of Rock), while featuring an outstanding line-up of talent from Simon Kirke (Bad Co.), KT Tunstall, Debbie Gibson, Michael Cerveris, Alexa Ray Joel, Ryann Redmond and many others. Kehr is a prolific actor, singer, dancer and musician, starring on Broadway in Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot, Aida, The Who's TOMMY, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Human Comedy and many more. His film credits include Jersey Boys directed by Clint Eastwood, Wall Street, Chaplin with Robert Downey, Jr. and more. TV credits include House of Cards, Gotham, Quantico, Tales of the City, Z-The Beginning of Everything and Inventing Anna. He has performed on the Tonight Show, David Letterman, Good Morning America, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Oscars. He co-founded the band URGENT with his brothers Michael and Steve Kehr, as well as Yul Vazquez and Klyph Black on EMI-Manhattan Records and their album 'Cast The First Stone' sold over 400,000 copies to reach Billboard's Top 100. He is featured on two Grammy Award winning albums: The Who's Tommy (Pinball Wizard), produced by Pete Townshend and Sir George Martin and Jersey Boys (Trance), produced by Bob Gaudio. Donnie is a partner and performer at The Friki Tiki, a breakthrough underground NYC lounge since 2023, proud Creator/Executive Producer of The Greatest Piano Men and songwriter/performer on his second solo alum, BEAUTIFUL STRANGE, streaming everywhere.

EARLY LIFE & EDUCATION Donnie grew up in Hell's Kitchen, son of Dolores E. Kehr (famed ballerina, choreographer and NYC ballet instructor) and musician Harry "Skip" Kehr, who played in the US Navy Band, performing on the Ed Sullivan Show. He received a scholarship to the School of American Ballet, which set his trajectory to Broadway. PERSONAL LIFE Donnie was married to Lisa Mordente, daughter of Chita Rivera, after they met on the set of The Who's TOMMYItalic text'Italic text'Italic text'Italic text''Italic text; they later divorced.

References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Mordente https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Boys_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_(musical) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who%27s_Tommy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YUI_Orta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Boys