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Robert Evan

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Actor 1930–2019 On stage 19872006

Robert Evans (born Robert J. Shapera; June 29, 1930 – October 26, 2019) was an American film producer, studio executive, and actor who worked on Rosemary's Baby (1968), Love Story (1970), The Godfather (1972), and Chinatown (1974). Evans began his career in a successful business venture with his brother Charles Evans, selling women's apparel. In 1956, while on a business trip, he was by chance spotted by actress Norma Shearer, who thought he would be right to play the role of her late husband Irving Thalberg in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). Thus he began a brief film acting career. In 1962, Evans went into film producing instead, using his accumulated wealth from the clothing business, and…

On stage 5 productions, 19 years

1987 Les Misérables Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird 6,680 perf.
1987 Les Miserables Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird 6,680 perf.
1997 Jekyll & Hyde Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Robin Phillips 1,543 perf.
2003 Little Shop of Horrors Virginia Theatre · Original · directed by Jerry Zaks 372 perf.
2006 Tarzan Richard Rodgers Theatre · Original · directed by Bob Crowley 486 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Robert Dusold 3 productions
Robert Cuccioli 3 productions
Merwin Foard 3 productions
Kerry Butler 3 productions
Joseph Mahowald 3 productions
Hunter Foster 3 productions
Frank Mastrone 3 productions
Darren Ritchie 3 productions
Willy Falk 2 productions
William Solo 2 productions
Wade Williams 2 productions
Tregoney Shepherd 2 productions

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Also credited on1 work

Jekyll & Hyde

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In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Robert Cuccioli, Linda Eder, Christine Noll, George Meritt, Robert Evan, Barrie Inghamebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Tom Canty (The Pauper) Jimmy Dieffenbach Miles; Charlie; Patch Robert Evan Lady Jane; Jamie Allison Fischer Annie; Floozy; Baker's Wife Amy Goldberger Prince Edward Dennis Michael Hall Father Andrew; Pike James Hindman Hermit; Dresser Roland Rusinek Hugh Hendon; Stache Wayne Schroder John Canty; King Henry; Castle Cook Dan Sharkey Mary Ca…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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