- Is currently the only actor to have played the evil, buggy "Oogie Boogie" (The Nightmare Before Christmas) in any official spin-off requiring the use of the character.
- Auditioned for the original Broadway production of "Ain't Misbehavin'" because a friend of his had told him that he looked a lot like honky-tonk legend "Fats" Waller. Page did not know how to play the piano. He ended up winning a Drama Desk award for playing Waller. 25 years later Ken directed his own, down-scaled touring production of the show.
- Starred on Broadway in original casts of "Ain't Misbehavin'" & "Cats".
- Frequently plays Oogie Boogie, in the American sequels or spin-offs of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- Regularly returns to St. Louis to play a role at the Muny, an outdoor summer theater in Forest Park.
- The king-sized singer made his Broadway debut in 1976 playing Nicely-Nicely Johnson in an all-black revival of "Guys and Dolls," for which he won a Theatre World Award.
- Appeared as "Old Deuteronomy" in both New York and London productions of "Cats."
- Attended Fontbonne College.
- Playing Old Max, the narrator and guide, in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" at the San Diego Old Globe Theatre. (December 2003)
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