Rob Evan
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Evan performing with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in December 2016
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| Birth name | Robert Evan |
| Origin | Monticello, Georgia |
| Associated acts | Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Dream Engine, Rocktopia |
| Website | www |
Rob Evan is a singer and actor, best known as the lead performer in numerous Broadway musicals, a performer in national and international tours of musical productions, and a featured vocalist on several music albums.
Evan, a native of Monticello, Georgia, said in a personal interview
"I grew up in Monticello, Georgia, and I was a football player at UGA, and that's the first time I saw Les Mis — twenty years ago here at the Fox. It just made me go, I want to do this for a living. I was just a business major, I had wanted to go to law school, but this show lit the fire... I ended up auditioning at a Les Mis open call 'a la American Idol' two years later. I waited ten hours to sing sixteen bars of Stars. He walked out with the proverbial gold ticket. 'I thought it was going to be instant stardom and cash, not knowing any better."
In 1989 he was the first recipient of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Talent Award. He walked on to the varsity football team as a kicker/punter at the University of Georgia, where he majored in Finance and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in 1990.
Rob met his wife, Beate, while working on a cruise ship as one of four lead singers in a musical review. Beate, originally from Oslo, Norway, was working on the ship as a stewardess. Shortly after his time on the ship, he moved to New York City, with Beate, to pursue a career on Broadway. During his early days in New York City, Evan worked waiting tables at the T.G.I. Friday's restaurant in Times Square. Rob and Beate have three children, named Johan, Max and Birk.
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