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The Drowsy Chaperone at Lyric Stage
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As Man in Chair, Paul serves as the audience’s narrator and guide into his favorite play, The Drowsy Chaperone, which comes to life onstage before him.
Running April 5-May 12, join Paul and the rest of the cast and crew for what Lyric Stage describes as a “refreshing musical cocktail that’s like a bubble bath for your heart. But with tap dancing. And spit takes.”
Buy your tickets now, and cheers!
It’s official — The Drowsy Chaperone (and Paul) is a hit!
A Boston Theater Critics’ Pick for 2024, with 11 raves (and counting), and featured on WBZ News and Boston Public Radio (listen around 1:25:00), The Drowsy Chaperone is only playing through May 12.
Read the reviews on Paul’s Press page, and don’t miss your chance to catch this critical darling.
Titanish at Greater Boston Stage Company
Photo credit: Nile Scott Studios
He can’t promise to draw you like one of his French girls, but Paul’s sure he can promise laughs with Titanish, a hilarious send-up of the 1997 James Cameron film.
Onstage now through March 17 at Greater Boston Stage Company, Titanish delivers a parody of all your favorite moments from the movie.
Paul welcomes you aboard as Frederick, among other roles.
Don’t miss the boat on this East Coast premiere — get your tickets now!
New Hampshire Lottery “Tax Shark” Commercial
Video description: A woman answers her door only to have her head bitten by the tax shark. Paul Melendy stands in the foreground to explain the benefits of NH state lottery.
Paul’s not afraid of the tax shark!
Check out his new commercial for the New Hampshire state lottery, airing now.
Liberty Bank “Be Community Kind” Commercial
Video description: A Liberty Bank employee notices a broken bench in a park and stops to fix it, later meeting with a customer on the same bench.
This fall, catch Paul on TV as a community-minded Liberty Bank employee in this new commercial.
Elliot Norton WINNER for Oustanding Solo Performance
Photo credit: Nile Scott Studios
Paul is honored to have been awarded the 2023 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for his work in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Greater Boston Stage Company.
He put so much of himself into the show and considers it one of the highlights of his acting career. Thank you to the Boston Theater Critics Association for their recognition.
For a full list of this year’s Norton awardees, click here.
Plymouth Rock Insurance commercials
If you’re a sports fan of any kind, you’ve surely seen Paul as the Patriots Militia Man in a series of commercials for Plymouth Rock Insurance, airing during pretty much every Boston sports game since Fall 2022.
These were a fun bunch of spots filmed on the field at Gillette Stadium and with local sports legends like Bruins player Hampus Lindholm and commentator Jack Edwards.
As of the Sox’s Opening Day, season 2 of The Bostonians is officially running.
Vistaprint commercials
Paul donned his best Boston accent for these Vistaprint spots, currently airing on radio and TV screens, with more to come.
He thinks they turned out wicked good, kid.
The face of LinkSquares
Move over, Flo. There’s a new spokesperson in town.
As of 2022, Paul couldn’t be happier to be the face of rising legal tech company LinkSquares, headquartered in Boston.
As part of their already-prolific creative partnership, Paul has lent his face to their website, filmed product demos and commercials with puppets, and even appeared on billboards in Vegas and on a Jumbotron spot at TD Garden.
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