Robert Evan
Rob Evan starred in the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde, playing the title roles for three years on Broadway and over 1,000 performances worldwide. His rendition of This Is The Moment has been performed at numerous prestigious events including the 2001 Inaugural Gala for President George W. Bush, the Millennium Independence Day US Naval Revue aboard the USS JFK for President Clinton, the Millennium World Forum Conference with guest speaker Mikhail Gorbachev, the 1998 Goodwill Games, the New York City Mayor's Inaugural Gala, the 1998 and 1999 NY Yankees World Series Celebration at City Hall, The Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Telecast, the Today Show, and Monday Night Football. Rob created and starred around the world in Jekyl & Hyde: The Concert, including a 16-show run in Seoul, South Korea's Olympic Hall.
Rob, also, appeared on Broadway as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and recently reprised his performance for the newly envisioned Les Miz in Atlanta, Washington DC, Kansas City and Houston. He played the role of Kerchak in Disney’s Tarzan at the Richard Rodgers Theater. Rob starred as the sadistic Orin Scrivello D.D.S. in Little Shop of Horrors with Joey Fatone from *NSYNC on Broadway and he had the pleasure of performing the role of the Count von Krolock in Jim Steinman’s Dance of the Vampires at the Minskoff Theater.
Off-Broadway, Rob created the roles of The Dancin’ Kid in Johnny Guitar and the hero Miles Hendon in The Prince and the Pauper.
As a vocalist and recording artist, Rob is a member of the platinum selling rock band, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and he is featured on their recordings The Lost Christmas (Platinum/Atlantic) and most recently Night Castle, which debuted at #5 on Billboard's Top 100. He recently toured the US and Europe as Beethoven in TSO's Beethoven's Last Night. Rob was lead vocalist for Jim Steinman’s The Dream Engine and co-founded the prog rock band Menrva Realm, which released their debut album entitled Angels (Ectronia Records).
In concert, Rob has been a featured soloist for many leading symphonies around the world including recent appearances in Hong Kong, San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Alabama, and Indianapolis as well as upcoming appearances in Bravo Broadway’s Broadway Rocks with the Prague, Cleveland, Minnesota, Utah, West Virginia, and National Symphonies. Rob created and starred in ROCKTOPIA (formerly titled The Rock Tenor) in Philadelphia at The Wilma Theater and garnered rave reviews. The show will debut in NY this fall. He has appeared in the touring production of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, which originated at the Kennedy Center in 2004. Rob tours frequently with Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway around the US. He is a recipient of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Talent Award in 1989. He was awarded the 1999 “Shining Star” award by the Leukemia Society of America and honored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America for his charitable support. TV credits include a stint on All My Children (ABC). Rob is currently Associate Artistic Director of Nederlander Worldwide Events in New York (www.nederlanderworldwideevents.com).
Other recordings include Jekyll & Hyde (OBC, Atlantic), The Civil War (Atlantic), The Prince and the Pauper (OOBC, JAY), Johnny Guitar (OOBC), Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection (KOCH/Globalvision), and his long overdue solo project TBA on Legacy Records.
A native of Monticello, Georgia, Rob is a former varsity athlete at the University of Georgia under legendary Coach Vince Dooley, where he majored in Finance. His favorite roles continue to be that of husband to Beate and father to Johan, Max, and Birk. Thanks Linda! www.robevan.com
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