Acting
If there is an overriding lesson from thirty-plus years of acting, it is that great theater can happen anywhere. I am so grateful for the opportunities and the people I've been fortunate to work with (especially the one I married). This highlight page is a work in progress :-)
Les Miserables
Playing any role is as much about the commaraderie backstage as it is the onstage work. This was especially true of this production of Les Miserables (Northern Stage). Tim Shew (as that ne'er-do-well Valjean) and the rest of the cast kept the laughter flowing backstage. But we were ALWAYS the consummate professionals onstage.
Phantom
Reflections from my nearly eight years on the road with Phantom could fill several hundred pages but the most important was meeting my wife Erin Stewart. Traveling and performing together on a Broadway National Tour was almost like being on vacation. A vacation where you work your butt off eight shows a week then pack up and move.
Erin and I have been performing together for over 15 years, beginning when we met on Phantom. As a couple, we have recently sung with The Northern Dutchess Symphony, The Chappaqua Orchestra, Baltimore Musicale, The Festival of the Arts at Mohonk Mountain House, Shadowland Stages, and more!
We created a cabaret-concert titled Married with Child. It includes our favorite songs about the ups and downs of marriage and parenting from the Great White Way, The Great American Songbook, as well as old Hollywood gems while sharing humorous anecdotes from our experiences as parents and as a couple.
Please visit our YouTube Channel DavidandErin !
David DeWitt and Erin Stewart perform with the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra - 'Early Valentine Concert' (Highlights from Act 1). Footage captured by Chris Ramirez (www.firehouseroad.com)
Cats
CATS (IV National) was my first production contract and will always hold a special place in my heart. I was an understudy for Gus and Old Deuteronomy. When the guy playing Gus hurt his ankle (I didn't trip him) my string of performances out-numbered the runs of most of my previous shows. Performing in those iconic theaters like the Orpheum and Fox, one could sense the ghosts of all the performers that had gone before, most of whom did not wear Yak hair.