Biography
Rob Evan is an accomplished actor, singer and producer with 30 years of professional experience in the entertainment industry. During the span of his diverse career, he has performed in 10 leading roles on the New York Stage including the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde, playing the title roles for three years 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. Most recently, Rob co-Created, Produced, Directed and Starred in his Classical Rock Fusion project ROCKTOPIA, which he filmed for PBS in Budapest and brought to New York's iconic Broadway Theatre in the spring of 2018. He also appeared on Broadway as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Kerchak in Disney's Tarzan, "The Dentist" in Little Shop of Horrors, and Count von Krolock in Jim Steinman's Dance of the Vampires. Off-Broadway, Rob created the roles of The Dancin' Kid in Johnny Guitar and the hero Miles Hendon in Neil Berg's The Prince and the Pauper. As a vocalist and recording artist, Rob is a former member of the multi-platinum-selling rock band, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He can be heard on TSO's The Lost Christmas (Certified Double Platinum -Lava/Atlantic) and their latest release, Nightcastle, which debuted at #5 on Billboard's Top 100 (currently certified Platinum -Atlantic Records). He has played in arenas across the country for up to 20,000 people daily. Rob has toured Europe and the US with TSO as Beethoven in their Rock Opera, Beethoven's Last Night. Rob has opened for and performed with Sir Elton John, Trisha Yearwood, Linda Eder, Phil Collins, REM, Bonnie Tyler, John Cougar Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, Usher and Michael Crawford, among others. He was also lead vocalist for Jim Steinman's The Dream Engine and released the debut album for his new progressive rock band, Menrva Realm. In concert, Rob has been a featured soloist for many leading symphonies across the nation, including recent appearances in San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Chicago, Alabama, and Indianapolis as well as recent and upcoming appearances in Bravo Broadway's Broadway Rocks with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Cleveland, Minnesota, Utah, West Virginia, National, Houston, Dayton, Maryland, Taipei and New Jersey Symphonies. He conceived,
co-created and starred The Rock Tenor, which garnered rave reviews in Philadelphia at The Wilma Theater and is currently booking around the US. Rob's position as Creative Director at Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment enabled him to be the one of the first Broadway performers to play Havana, Cuba in the last 50 years with the concert entitled, Broadway Ambassadors. He also co-created (w/ Grammy winner and Broadway composer Jason Howland), directed and produced BROADWAY ROX, which continues to tour internationally for Nederlander WWE. Rob is also a founding member of Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway.
