Rob Evan Rob Evan is a singer and actor , best known as a lead performer in numerous Broadway musicals , a performer in national and international tours of musical productions , and a featured vocalist on several music albums . Personal . Evan , a native of Monticello , Georgia , said in a September 27 , 2008 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 . Family . He met his future wife while he was working on a cruise ship , as one of four lead singers in a musical review . His future wife , Beate , was working on the ship as a stewardess , and is from Oslo , Norway . Shortly after his time on the ship , he moved to New York City , with Beate , to pursue roles in musicals . Early on during his time 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 . Musical theater . Rob Evan has performed in many musical theater productions . Most notably , he played the title roles in the original Broadway production of " Jekyll & Hyde " for over three years , from the years 1997 until 2000 , and over 600 performances . He has continued to perform in touring productions of the show . Evan has appeared alongside Linda Eder , Luba Mason , Coleen Sexton , Christiane Noll , Anastasia Barzee and Andrea Rivette , as his leading ladies . After a few community theater roles , his first professional role was in the ensemble for " South Pacific " in Atlanta , Georgia in 1990 . He appeared in multiple productions of " Les Misérables " , including on Broadway and at the Fox Theater in Atlanta , Georgia . His roles include Jean Valjean and Enjolras . Off - Broadway , he created the roles of " The Dancin ' Kid " in " Johnny Guitar " , and " Miles Hendon " in the musical " The Prince and the Pauper " . He played " Orin Scrivello " in " Little Shop of Horrors " with Joey Fatone on Broadway . He also performed the role of the Count von Krolock in the Broadway show called " Dance of the Vampires " at the Minskoff Theatre in 2002 . This show is separate and very different from the show by that name that has been performed in Europe and elsewhere . A backup to Michael Crawford , he did perform the role on stage for at least one show . He originated the role of Nanki - Poo in the TUTS / Pittsburgh CLO premiere of the " Hot Mikado " . Other musicals in which he has appeared include " Hello , Dolly ! " , " By George ! " , " Three Penny " , " Jesus Christ Superstar " , Brigadoon , " Desert Song " , " Chess " , " The Civil War " , and others . He has been in a touring show , " The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber " , and Neil Berg ' s " 100 Years of Broadway " . On March 26 , 2007 , he began performing as " Kerchak " in the Disney Broadway musical " Tarzan " . He played his final performance on July 8 , 2007 , when the show closed . Trans - Siberian Orchestra . Rob Evan can be heard on Trans - Siberian Orchestra ' s albums " The Lost Christmas Eve " ( " What Is Christmas ? " , " Back to a Reason Part II " , and " What Child Is This ? " ) and " Night Castle " ( " There Was a Life " , " Epiphany " ) . In an interview Evan said , " Paul has really been brilliant in the way he handled that band . I have three platinum records on my wall because of him . In fact , the house they ’ re hanging in is because of the last TSO record we did " , referring to Paul O ' Neill . Evan has also toured live with TSO , singing " This Is Who You Are " in 2001 ; " An Angel Came Down " and " The World That He Sees " in 2003 ; " An Angel Came Down " and " An Angel Returned " in 2009 ; " What is Christmas ? " , " Back to a Reason Part II " , and " What Child Is This ? " in 2012 ; as well as playing the part of Beethoven on TSO ' s spring 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 tours . " The Dream Engine " . Rob Evan was one of the two lead vocalists for The Dream Engine , a music performance group that performed the music of Jim Steinman . This project has not performed or been active in public since 2006 , aside from having a website and Myspace page . At live shows for The Dream Engine , Evan has performed solo vocals on the songs " What Part of My Body Hurts The Most " , " ( It Hurts ) Only When I Feel " , " Is Nothing Sacred " , " Two Out of Three Ain ' t Bad " , " For Crying Out Loud " and " Speaking In Tongues " . As duets with Adrienne Warren , he has performed the songs " Not Allowed To Love " and the revised " Braver Than We Are " ( alternate titles have been " An American Elegy " and " God ' s Gone AWOL " ) . He has performed " Loving You ' s a Dirty Job but Somebody ' s Gotta Do It " as a duet with Bonnie Tyler and Elaine Caswell . He performed one of three vocal parts in " Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are " , and one of the four vocal parts in " We ' re Still the Children We Once Were " . In 2005 , before The Dream Engine had officially formed , Rob Evan performed at a set of shows called " Over The Top " , featuring the music of Jim Steinman . In addition to some of the songs mentioned above , he also performed at these shows " I ' d Do Anything for Love ( but I Won ' t Do That ) " , " Heaven Can Wait " , " A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste " , " Read ' Em And Weep " , " Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through " and the original " Braver Than We Are " . While appearing in The Rock Tenor shows , Rob has performed the song " Paradise By the Dashboard Light " as a duet with Patti Russo . Recordings . Evan ' s voice can be heard on multiple recordings , including Trans - Siberian Orchestra ’ s " The Lost Christmas Eve " and " Night Castle " ( Lava / Atlantic ) , Jekyll & Hyde ( OBC / Atlantic ) , The Civil War ( Atlantic ) , The Broadway Musicals of 1940 ( BayView ) , The Prince and the Pauper ( OOBC / JAY ) , Johnny Guitar ( OOBC ) , ( KOCH / Globalvision ) , Dracula ( KOCH / Globalvision ) , the soundtrack to Neil Berg ' s 100 Years of Broadway ( Left Field Productions ) , and Menrva Realm ' s " Angels " ( Ectronia ) . In 2005 / 06 he did vocal work on studio recordings intended for The Dream Engine . Sample clips from " Nowhere Fast " and " Is Nothing Sacred " were posted to the Internet , but the album was never released . Other appearances . Rob Evan performed at the 2001 Inaugural Gala for President George W . Bush , the Millennium Independence Day US Naval Revue aboard the USS JFK for President Clinton , the Millennium World Forum Conference with guest speaker Mikhail Gorbachev , the 1998 Goodwill Games , the New York City Mayor ’ s Inaugural Gala , the 1998 and 1999 NY Yankees World Series Celebration at City Hall , The Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Telecast in September 2006 , The Today Show , and Monday Night Football . In 2008 Rob sang the song " If I Should Lose My Way " as a duet with Trisha Yearwood , and the song " The Last Waltz for Dixie " as a solo , in a show of songs and dialog from Frank Wildhorn ' s The Civil War . President George W . Bush and First Lady Laura Bush were present . The show was done to benefit the Ford ' s Theater in Washington , D . C . In 2009 he performed in " The Rock Tenor " , which featured Patti Russo , and in " Classic M : The Music of Motown , USA " . He has appeared in the soap opera " All My Children " on ABC .