Bart, Roger 1962–

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BART, Roger 1962

PERSONAL

Born September 29, 1962, in Norwalk, CT; children: Alexandra, Ella. Education: Graduated from Rutgers University.

Addresses: Agent Gersh Agency, 130 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036. Manager Handprint Entertainment, 1100 Glendon Ave., Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Career: Actor and singer.

Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award, best featured actor in a musical, Drama Desk Award, outstanding featured actor in a musical, 1999, both for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Video Premiere Award nomination (with Melissa Manchester and Normal Gimbel), best original song, DVD Exclusive Awards, 2001, for Lady and the Tramp Part II; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best performance by a featured actor in a musical, Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding featured actor in a musical, 2001, both for The Producers.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Singing voice of young Hercules, Hercules (animated), Buena Vista, 1997.

Seelbach hotel manager, The Insider, Buena Vista, 1999.

Singing voice of Scamp, Lady and the Tramp Part II (animated; also known as Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure ), Buena Vista, 2000.

Roger Bannister, The Stepford Wives, Paramount, 2004.

Carmen Ghia, The Producers, Universal, 2005.

Also appeared in Man of the People.

Television Appearances; Series:

Paul Newman, Bram and Alice, CBS, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 53rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1999.

Himself, Recording "The Producers ": A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks, PBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Ron Blessington, The George Carlin Show, Fox, 1994.

Benjy Dowe, "Closure," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: S.V.U. ), NBC, 2000.

Alex Hughes, "Surrender Dorothy," Law & Order, NBC, 2000.

Stage Appearances:

Tom Sawyer, Big River, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 19851987.

Nick Kaledin, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, c. 1988.

Up Against It, Joseph Papp's Public Theatre, New York City, 1989.

Thomas/Francis, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Public/Newman Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Whizzer, March of the Falsettos/Falsettoland, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1991.

Jonathan, King David, New Amsterdam Theater, New York City, 1997.

Harlequin (the valet), Triumph of Love, Royale Theatre, New York City, 19971998.

Snoopy, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1999.

Fit to Print: Remotely Controlled, Bay Street Theater, Sag Harbor, NY, 1999.

Warren, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 2000.

Fully Committed, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 19992001.

Carmen Ghia, The Producers, St. James Theatre, New York City, 20012004.

Leo Bloom, The Producers, St. James Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Made offBroadway debut in A Second Wind; also appeared as Cousin Kevin, The Who's Tommy, London and German production; in Lessons; Falsettos, Hartford Stage; You Can't Take It With You, Bay Street Theatre.

Major Tours:

Dickon, The Secret Garden, U.S. cities, 1992.

Cousin Kevin, The Who's Tommy, U.S. cities, 19931995.

Bud Frump, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, U.S. cities, 19951996.

Harlequin, Triumph of Love, U.S. cities, 1997.

Also appeared as Jonathon, King David, U.S. cities; Tom Sawyer, Big River, U.S. cities.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Playbill, February 28, 2003, p. 14.