Lara Teeter (born February 3, 1955) is an American dancer, actor, singer, theater director and college professor.
[4] For his third stage effort, the 1983 revival of On Your Toes he won critical recognition and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, as "The Hoofer" and "Junior",[5] originally played by Ray Bolger in 1936.
[8] Off-Broadway and national touring credits include the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (in 1998),[9][10] The Robber Bridegroom, She Loves Me as Kodaly in 1987 at the Ahmanson Theatre,[11] My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins at the North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Massachusetts) in 1999,[12] Little Shop of Horrors, Follies in 2005 as "Buddy"[13] and Oklahoma!
[8] He appeared with the New York City Opera in Naughty Marietta in 1979 as "Private Silas Slick"[14] and The Most Happy Fella at Lincoln Center in 1991 as "Herman".
[30][31] Teeter and his wife, Kristen, a dancer and teacher of jazz and contemporary dance classes, married at a Sonoma Valley winery in 1998.