Mark Jacoby is currently starring in the Broadway Revival of Sweeney
Todd. Previously, he portrayed the Padre in the Broadway revival
of Man of La Mancha. Mark originated the role of Father in the Broadway
production of Ragtime, a portrayal called "perfection” by
the New Your Post's Clive Barnes. He earned Tony, Outer Critics'
and Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for his performance as Gaylord
Ravenal in Showboat, directed by Harold Prince, and he is a Theatre
World Award recipient for his Broadway debut as Vittorio Vidal in
Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse.
For two and-a-half years Mark played the title role in The
Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, a role he had created to critical acclaim
in the American National tour. Mr. Jacoby received a 2001 Drama Desk
nomination for his performance Off-Broadway as the Playwright in
Enter the Guardsman, a performance heralded by The New York Times
as "Just right in every way." He also appeared as Baron
von Gaigern in Grand Hotel on Broadway, Oscar Jaffee in the Goodspeed
Opera revival of On The Twentieth Century (Connecticut Drama Critics'
Award: Best Actor in a Musical), Guido Contini in the Chicago premiere
of Nine (Joseph Jefferson Award: Best Actor in a musical), Robert
in Robert and Elisabeth (the inaugural production of the Paper Mill
Playhouse), and John Jasper in the First National Tour of The
Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Television audiences have seen and heard Mark on such broadcasts
as Larry King Weekend, Smithsonian
Salutes Disney for the Disney
Channel, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie
Hall (PBS) and Hammerstein
the 100th Anniversary (PBS). He as appeared as a soloist with The
New York Philharmonic, the Detroit, Dallas, San Diego, Portland and
Vancouver Symphony Orchestras, the Greg Smith Singers, The Norman
Luboff Choir, and can be heard on a variety of recordings, including
cast recordings of his Broadway shows.