David Rogers is one of Canada's leading musical theatre talents. He has starred in major productions ranging from Broadway revues to mega-musicals and from operetta to rock opera. His one-man show, Broadway Heroes -The Great Leading Men*, originally presented by Drayton Entertainment, has played many theatre venues across Canada to critical acclaim and is now being presented with symphony orchestras. David has also appeared as a soloist with the orchestras of Toronto, Edmonton, Nova Scotia, Kitchener, Hamilton, Sault Ste Marie, Kingston, New Haven, Florida, and the N.A.C in Ottawa.
Leading theatre roles include both Raoul and the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (Toronto/National Tour), Captain Walker in The Who's Tommy (Elglin Theatre), Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (Winter Garden Theatre), Bobby in Company (St. Lawrence Centre), Gus the Theatre Cat in Cats (Massey Hall), Che in Evita (Drayton Entertainment, Neptune Theatre) as well as Petruchio/Fred in Kiss me Kate, Curly in Oklahoma, Lancelot in Camelot, Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, Georg in She Loves Me, Sam in Romance/Romance, Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore and Tony in West Side Story. He also starred in the original Canadian production of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and was hand picked by John Kander and Fred Ebb to star in the Canadian premiere of The Word Goes ’Round. David has produced several benefit concerts and events and continues to be involved with charities such as the Actor’s Fund of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society. David can be heard as Christian on the Canadian cast recording of Cyrano by Rick and Michael Fox and also has two solo CD’s, Broadway Bachelor and Time for a Love Song.
*David's one man show, Broadway Heroes has played in many venues across Canada including the Drayton Festival Theatre, the Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Aquarius, The Charlottetown Festival, Huron Country Playhouse, The King's Wharf Theatre, The Red Barn Theatre, Lighthouse Festival, the Living Arts Center, The Imperial Theatre, Sarnia and the Centre in the Square , Kitchener.
DAVID ROGERS
