Editing Kelsey Grammer (section)

=== 1977–1983: Theatre work and early roles ===
After leaving [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]], Grammer had a three-year internship with the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in San Diego in the late 1970s before a stint in 1980 at the [[Guthrie Theater]] in Minneapolis. Grammer acted as the Burglar in the LA production of the [[George Bernard Shaw]] play ''[[Too True to Be Good]]'' in 1977. In 1980 he starred in the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]'s production of ''[[A Month in the Country (play)|A Month in the Country]]''. He made his Broadway debut in 1981 as "Lennox" in ''[[Macbeth]]'', taking [[Macbeth (character)|the lead role]] when [[Philip Anglim]] withdrew after receiving negative reviews. Grammer then played [[Michael Cassio]] in the 1982 Broadway revival of ''[[Othello]]'', alongside [[James Earl Jones]] and [[Christopher Plummer]]. That same year he portrayed Codename Lazar in the [[Public Theatre]] production of the [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]] play ''[[Plenty (play)|Plenty]]''. In 1983, he performed in the demo of the [[Stephen Sondheim]]–[[James Lapine]] production ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'', starring [[Mandy Patinkin]].