Invited to represent the U.S. at the 10th Anniversary of Les
Misérables in
London, Craig Schulman is the only actor in the United States to have portrayed
three of the greatest musical theatre roles: the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The
Phantom Of The Opera; Jean Valjean in Les Misérables; and
the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde. He has portrayed Jean Valjean in four
different companies in three countries for a total of over 1,900 performances.
Widely recognized from the PBS broadcast of The 10th Anniversary: Les Misérables
In Concert; he has also played Che in Evita, Tevye in Fiddler On
The Roof, and Archibald in The Secret Garden.
Schulman moves freely between the worlds of Broadway, opera and symphonic pops
programs. He has appeared with many opera companies around the U.S., singing
leading tenor roles in The Tales of Hoffmann, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Carmen,
Die Fledermaus, La Bohéme, La Traviata, The Crucible, and Manon.
As a Pops artist, he is the creator and producer of the BROADWAY
NIGHTS concert
series. Craig has appeared in all six of the BROADWAY
NIGHTS programs with
symphonies and at corporate events around the country, and individually with
the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Philadelphia Pops with Skitch Henderson. He
sang for the 40th Anniversary Gala for Opera Memphis. In September, 2000, he
debuted his new solo symphony concert entitled, "Heroes, Monsters & Madmen".
Craig recorded his debut CD called Craig Schulman On Broadway in January
at Abbey Road Studios, with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. It is now available
on the Broadway Gems Records label at www.BroadwayGemsRecords.com.
Television credits include The Guiding Light, All My Children, One Life To
Live and most recently, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and NBC's Weekend
Today. He can be heard as the voices of both "Luciano Pavarotti" and "Placido
Domingo" on MTV's Claymation Celebrity Death Match.
Craig is married to prominent New York voice teacher Monica Robinson, and they
are the proud parents of two sons and a daughter. He dedicates his performance
to the memory of his daughter Jenna.
Craig's fans can learn more about his career at www.CraigSchulman.com.
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