For the record, April 28, 2022 marks the 25th Anniversay of Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical opening on Broadway at the Plymouth Theater (now called the Schoenfeld Theater).
Robert’s other Broadway appearances include playing Javert in Les Miserables, and his high-flying performance in another dual role, Dr. Norman Osborn aka The Green Goblin in the rock musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.
Robert’s first big break was playing Lancelot opposite the legendary Richard Harris’s King Arthur in the U.S. and Canadian tours of Camelot. He’s also performed in Kander and Ebb’s, And The World Goes ‘Round, Off-Broadway as Nathan in The Rothschilds, and years later as Mayer Rothschild in Rothschild and Sons, which was also staged in London’s off-West End.
Robert’s undertaken challenging roles at numerous theaters all over the U.S., appearing in Maury Yeston’s and Arthur Kopit’s Phantom of the Opera, leading roles in numerous productions of Shakespeare plays, and in classic plays and musicals like Amadeus, 1776, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, The Sound Of Music, Funny Girl, Oklahoma!, The Man of La Mancha, Jesus Christ Superstar and many more.
He’s created roles in new musicals and plays, including, White Guy on The Bus, A Moon To Dance By (with Jane Alexander), and Bikeman: A 9/11 Play, among others.
TV credits include: The Sinner, Elementary, White Collar, Baywatch, Sliders, recurring roles on All My Children, One Life To Live, Loving and The Guiding Light. Also, you can see Robert in such movies as: The Stranger, The Rest of Us, Impossible Monsters, Columbus on Trial, and Woody Allen’s Celebrity.
As a director Robert has staged Jekyll & Hyde at Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars, the Westchester Broadway Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, and here in Pittsburgh at the CLO. He’s also directed productions of The Glass Menagerie and The Merchant of Venice at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.
Robert has sung at a host of venues around the U.S., and his exceptional voice can be heard on the original Broadway cast recording of Jekyll & Hyde, and on the cast recordings of Rothschild and Sons, And The World Goes ‘Round, The Maury Yeston Songbook, and Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris. And please be sure to check out Robert’s debut solo album, The Look Of Love.
PLEASE NOTE: Our humble apologies for technical audio issues mid-show that were beyond our control. Despite the less than ideal sound quality, Robert gives us the gift of his great experience and deep wisdom
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A long time friend of Robert’s, I started out with him in community theater in all my Sons. Also saw him on the road tour Jekyll and Hyde before it reached Broadway and have the music from there which is different from the Broadway version very interesting to see the changes that we made. Thank you so much for featuring him as he is so deserving
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Thanks for listening, Carol! We could not agree more! Bob deserves all the kudos he can get!
saw Robert in Spider-man with my family he was awesome, he is so talented so proud. He has the most amazing voice. So honored to call him my cousin.
Thanks so much for listening, Tracey!
It has been a long time since I first saw you in Jekyll and Hyde. I was very fortunate to be an extra one night. That will be a memory to remember. And then the fun being involved with the auction for the next person to be there. I still can’t get over that you called be up to the stage snd and I got the bid to $10,000. What fun! It has always been great to see you on Broadway and N.J. You’ve made many people happy!