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Danny Maseng
Don Tourliev "Danny" Maseng (Hebrew: דני מסנג; born in 1950) is an Israeli-born performer. An actor, singer and writer, Maseng is known as a composer of contemporary Jewish Liturgical music. He currently leads MAKOM LA, a spiritual community in Los Angeles, California.
Maseng was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to Norwegian-American pilot Trygve Johannes Maseng and American-born Eve Davidowitz. Maseng's father, Trygve, arrived in Israel as a volunteer for the Air Force during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. While serving, he met Maseng's mother, Eve and Trygve converted to Judaism before the two wed in 1949. Maseng's mother was born in Philadelphia to Ida B. Davidowitz and Conservative rabbi Harry Solomon Davidowitz. In 1934 when Eve was 7 years old, the family immigrated to pre-state Israel and settled in Tel Aviv. Maseng has described his family as creative stating "everyone was an artist, philosopher or a professor."
Maseng rose to stardom in Israel at a young age and was the star of one of the first TV shows in Israel. Maseng came to America in 1971 to star on Broadway in the musical Only Fools are Sad under the patronage of Golda Meir.
After his Broadway run, Maseng remained in the States, living in several cities before becoming a practicing Buddhist and student of the late Dainin Katagiri in Minneapolis.[citation needed] He later found his way back to Judaism and became involved in the Reform Judaism movement through the Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute, where he ran the Tiferet Arts program for eight years.[citation needed]
Maseng resides with his wife in Los Angeles, California. He has three sons, Jonathan, Carmel and Jordan.
Maseng directed and starred in productions in Minneapolis, including Cold Storage and The Day they Shot John Lennon for the Genesis Theater; The Secret Rapture; the Minnesota Opera's production of Carousel; and the Ron Hutchinson play Rat in the Skull with British Actor Richard Lumsden for the Theater Exchange.
After returning to New York in the early 1990s, Maseng had roles in the Circle Repertory Company's production of A Body of Water and starred as Manasseh Da Costa ("King of Schnorrers") in the revival of the Broadway Musical King of Schnorrers in Los Angeles at the then "Westwood" now Geffen Playhouse.
In 1995, Maseng debuted his critically acclaimed one man show Wasting Time with Harry Davidowitz at the John Houseman Theater off-broadway, where it enjoyed a long run and has since toured with it abroad.
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Danny Maseng
Don Tourliev "Danny" Maseng (Hebrew: דני מסנג; born in 1950) is an Israeli-born performer. An actor, singer and writer, Maseng is known as a composer of contemporary Jewish Liturgical music. He currently leads MAKOM LA, a spiritual community in Los Angeles, California.
Maseng was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to Norwegian-American pilot Trygve Johannes Maseng and American-born Eve Davidowitz. Maseng's father, Trygve, arrived in Israel as a volunteer for the Air Force during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. While serving, he met Maseng's mother, Eve and Trygve converted to Judaism before the two wed in 1949. Maseng's mother was born in Philadelphia to Ida B. Davidowitz and Conservative rabbi Harry Solomon Davidowitz. In 1934 when Eve was 7 years old, the family immigrated to pre-state Israel and settled in Tel Aviv. Maseng has described his family as creative stating "everyone was an artist, philosopher or a professor."
Maseng rose to stardom in Israel at a young age and was the star of one of the first TV shows in Israel. Maseng came to America in 1971 to star on Broadway in the musical Only Fools are Sad under the patronage of Golda Meir.
After his Broadway run, Maseng remained in the States, living in several cities before becoming a practicing Buddhist and student of the late Dainin Katagiri in Minneapolis.[citation needed] He later found his way back to Judaism and became involved in the Reform Judaism movement through the Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute, where he ran the Tiferet Arts program for eight years.[citation needed]
Maseng resides with his wife in Los Angeles, California. He has three sons, Jonathan, Carmel and Jordan.
Maseng directed and starred in productions in Minneapolis, including Cold Storage and The Day they Shot John Lennon for the Genesis Theater; The Secret Rapture; the Minnesota Opera's production of Carousel; and the Ron Hutchinson play Rat in the Skull with British Actor Richard Lumsden for the Theater Exchange.
After returning to New York in the early 1990s, Maseng had roles in the Circle Repertory Company's production of A Body of Water and starred as Manasseh Da Costa ("King of Schnorrers") in the revival of the Broadway Musical King of Schnorrers in Los Angeles at the then "Westwood" now Geffen Playhouse.
In 1995, Maseng debuted his critically acclaimed one man show Wasting Time with Harry Davidowitz at the John Houseman Theater off-broadway, where it enjoyed a long run and has since toured with it abroad.