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Robert Petkoff

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Actor b. 1963 On stage 20042019

Robert Petkoff is an American stage actor known for his work in Shakespearean productions and more recently on the New York City musical theater stage. Petkoff has performed on Broadway, the West End, regional theatre, and done work in film and television. Petkoff was featured as "Perchik" in the Tony award-nominated 2004 revival cast of Fiddler on the Roof but is perhaps best known for his role as "Tateh" in the 2009 revival of Ragtime on Broadway. Petkoff has also provided the voices for over two dozen audiobooks, winning awards for his reading of Michael Koryta's So Cold the River. Married to actress Susan Wands, Petkoff has lived in New York City for the last twenty years, and often perf…

On stage 5 productions, 15 years

2004 Fiddler on the Roof Minskoff Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerome Robbins 781 perf.
2009 Ragtime Neil Simon Theatre · Revival · directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge 65 perf.
2011 Anything Goes Stephen Sondheim Theatre · Revival · directed by Kathleen Marshall 521 perf.
2014 All The Way Neil Simon Theatre · Original · directed by Bill Rauch 131 perf.
2019 Moulin Rouge! The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Alex Timbers 1,500 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Richard Poe 2 productions
John McMartin 2 productions

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In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Christiane Noll, Ron Bohmer, Christopher Cox, Quentin Earl Darrington, Robert Petkoff, Bobby Steggert, Stephanie Umoh, Jonathan Hammond, Donna Migliaccio, Savannah Wise, Eric Jordan Youngebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Fredel Rita Harvey Rivka Joy Hermalyn Motel John Cariani Perchik Robert Petkoff Mendel Chris Ghelfi Yussel Enrique Brown Yitzuk Randy Bobishtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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