in Buffalo, New York with actors such as John Schuck. At the Studio Arena he appeared in productions such as Oh, Kay! as The Duke, The Man Who Came to Dinner as Beverley Carlton and Under Milk Wood, which he also directed. In late 1967 he was cast in his first Broadway production in Portrait of a Queen with Dame Dorothy Tutin which ran until April 1968. Through 1968 he performed with The Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut, Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, Connecticut, The Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, New York and the Green Hills Theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania. In late 1968 he was cast as the Captain of the Inquisition in the first U.S. national touring company of Man of La Mancha with José Ferrer, which he toured with into the summer of 1969. In 1970 Bradshaw appeared in the Original Broadway production of Barry England's Conduct Unbecoming as Major Lionel Roach, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. In the 1970s he served as Production Stage Manager for the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, and then retired for most of the 1980s, working again as a printer and focusing on his family. In the late '80s he began acting again, starting off small, appearing in community theatre and even directing several high school productions. Quickly he began appearing in smaller productions around the New England area, especially Boston where he worked extensively during the 1990s, most notably for The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, at which he performed in Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Pygmalion, Present Laughter, The Heiress, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Juno and the Paycock and Mrs. Warren's Profession to name but a few. He gained quite a reputation in the area, performing for the Huntington Theatre Company in productions such as Arcadia and for the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 1997 performance of "Romeo and Juliet" as Friar Laurence, The first Commonwealth Shakespeare Company performance to take place at the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common. He also appeared in productions for the Lyric West Theatre Company, The New Repertory Theatre, Boston Actors' Ensemble, Gloucester Stage Company and performed in the first ever Boston Theater Marathon. In 1998 he was nominated for the prestigious Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actor in a Small Company. Later life It was around this time that he began to work in small roles in film, television and voice over work.