Biography
Currently I am living and teaching in Taiwan. I received my New York State teaching certification in February of this year and immediately left for a teaching position in Sigang, Tainan County, Taiwan. To view pictures of my life here in Taiwan, click Life in Taiwan.
Most of my life has been spent as a professional actor and singer, with numerous stage, film and television appearances to my credit. I have appeared on Broadway eight times, most recently David Leveaux's revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Other Broadway credits include Disney’s Aida, Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria, starring Julie Andrews, Sir Peter Hall’s The Merchant of Venice, Chess, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Roza, and The First. Additionally, I can be heard on the original cast recordings of Joseph... and Chess. (Listen to Audio Recordings )
I have worked extensively in regional theaters and on national tours. (View Photos ) Most recently, I collaborated with Michael Tilson Thomas on his autobigraphical show The Thomashefskys, performing the role of Boris, Mr. Thomas's illustrious grandfather. This multi-media presentation was performed with Maestro Thomas and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, and New World symphonic orchestras.
Recently, I did two shows at the Engeman Theater in Northport, New York. I played Fagin in Oliver and the title character in Ken Ludwig's hilarious farce Lend Me A Tenor. Prior to that, I was Zuniga in Franco Dragone's 'pop' adaptation of Carmen at the La Jolla Playhouse, and Don Quixote/Cervantes in the Maltz Jupiter Theater production of Man of La Mancha, for which I was nominated for a Carbonell award. Other roles include Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Tateh in Ragtime,Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady (Carbonell and CEA nominations), Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss in Candide, Macheath in The Threepenny Opera, and, under the auspices of Joe Papp and New York's Public Theater, Schaunard in La Boheme. On tour he has played the villainous Zoser in Disney's Aida, Captain Von Trapp opposite Marie Osmond in The Sound of Music, Thenardier in Les Miserables, and the piano-playing Sidney Cohn in On Your Toes, directed by the legendary Mr. George Abbott. (View Playbills and Memorabilia )
I have appeared on the HBO series The Sopranos, And the Band Played On..., various episodes of Law and Order, Sea of Love (scene with Al Pacino), The Trials of Rosie O'Neill,Mathnet, The Equalizer, and Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street.
I am a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, BA 1973, and New York University, MA 2003. ( View CV Resume )
Most of my life has been spent as a professional actor and singer, with numerous stage, film and television appearances to my credit. I have appeared on Broadway eight times, most recently David Leveaux's revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Other Broadway credits include Disney’s Aida, Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria, starring Julie Andrews, Sir Peter Hall’s The Merchant of Venice, Chess, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Roza, and The First. Additionally, I can be heard on the original cast recordings of Joseph... and Chess. (Listen to Audio Recordings )
I have worked extensively in regional theaters and on national tours. (View Photos ) Most recently, I collaborated with Michael Tilson Thomas on his autobigraphical show The Thomashefskys, performing the role of Boris, Mr. Thomas's illustrious grandfather. This multi-media presentation was performed with Maestro Thomas and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, and New World symphonic orchestras.
Recently, I did two shows at the Engeman Theater in Northport, New York. I played Fagin in Oliver and the title character in Ken Ludwig's hilarious farce Lend Me A Tenor. Prior to that, I was Zuniga in Franco Dragone's 'pop' adaptation of Carmen at the La Jolla Playhouse, and Don Quixote/Cervantes in the Maltz Jupiter Theater production of Man of La Mancha, for which I was nominated for a Carbonell award. Other roles include Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Tateh in Ragtime,Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady (Carbonell and CEA nominations), Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss in Candide, Macheath in The Threepenny Opera, and, under the auspices of Joe Papp and New York's Public Theater, Schaunard in La Boheme. On tour he has played the villainous Zoser in Disney's Aida, Captain Von Trapp opposite Marie Osmond in The Sound of Music, Thenardier in Les Miserables, and the piano-playing Sidney Cohn in On Your Toes, directed by the legendary Mr. George Abbott. (View Playbills and Memorabilia )
I have appeared on the HBO series The Sopranos, And the Band Played On..., various episodes of Law and Order, Sea of Love (scene with Al Pacino), The Trials of Rosie O'Neill,Mathnet, The Equalizer, and Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street.
I am a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, BA 1973, and New York University, MA 2003. ( View CV Resume )
