Robert Petkoff

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Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff March 2010.jpg
Born Sacramento, California, United States
Occupation Stage actor
Website petkoff.com

Robert Petkoff is an award-winning 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 1994 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.[1] 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 performs in benefit concerts for theater-district-related charities.

Early life and career

Robert Petkoff is the son of Carolyn and Peter Petkoff, the 5th of seven children, and was born in Sacramento, California. His father was an officer in the Air Force and Robert grew up living all over the United States. He graduated from Princeton High School (Illinois) and attended Illinois State University, studying theater. After finishing college, he began acting with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, then continued his career in Chicago, working with the Oak Park Festival Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

While in Chicago Robert was cast in the TV pilot “Mona”, a spin-off from “Who's The Boss”. He moved to Los Angeles and lived there for five years, where along with television work, he also worked in local theaters.

Petkoff performed in Los Angeles-area stage productions including "Julius Caesar" at the Mark Taper Forum directed by a young Oskar Eustis, and "The School for Husbands" at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California. In 1993, Petkoff was cast by Michael Kahn as the Duke of Aumerle in Kahn's production of Richard II at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., performing twice more for the company in 1994.

After returning to Chicago to perform under Barbara Gaines at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater as Troilus in "Troilus and Cressida" and as Hamlet in "Hamlet", Petkoff worked with director Mark Lamos, who cast him as Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Hartford Stage Company, with Calista Flockhart as Juliet.

Stage career

Petkoff first appeared on Broadway in Epic Proportions starring Kristin Chenoweth, and shortly after he was cast in Sir Peter Hall's production of "Tantalus", which was a co-production of The Denver Center for The Performing Arts and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The production opened in Denver and then toured in the UK, with a final performance at the Barbican Theatre in London. The production of "Tantalus" was the subject of a TV documentary, which examined the turbulent collaboration with John Barton and Sir Peter Hall.[2]

Petkoff would go on to work with Sir Peter Hall in two other productions: as Perry Stewart in The Royal Family (play) with Judi Dench, Toby Stevens and Emily Blunt in London's Theater Royal Haymarket, and as Algernon in "The Importance of Being Earnest" with Lynn Redgrave in a national tour.

Petkoff's first professional musical role was with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, when he starred as George in Sunday in the Park with George, directed by Gary Griffin in 2002. Although not trained as a musical theater singer, he had been trained as a stage actor at Illinois State University, this was the first of his musical theater roles. Petkoff's first Broadway musical was as Perchik in the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof starring Alfred Molina and Harvey Fierstein.

Petkoff was cast as Sir Robin in the National Tour of Spamalot in 2007 replacing David Turner in the role. After a year on tour he was invited to join the Broadway company and in 2008 replaced Martin Moran in the role until Clay Aiken took over. Petkoff reclaimed the role again after Clay's first departure.

Petkoff returned to Broadway in Ragtime, as Tateh, in the 2009 revival directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, which opened at the Neil Simon Theater in November 2009 and closed January 10, 2010. The revival was nominated for seven 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival; and was also nominated for nine 2010 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical.[3][4][5]

Pekoff performed the role of Buddy in Follies, with the Chicago Shakespeare Festival, directed by Gary Griffin in October 2011.[needs update][6]

In 2012 Petkoff starred in the Roundabout Theatre production of Anything Goes, as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, love interest for Reno Sweeney, played by Stephanie J. Block, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.[7]

In 2014 he starred on Broadway as Hubert Humphrey in All the Way opposite Bryan Cranston as LBJ.[8] Currently Robert is appearing as Richard Hanny in "39 Steps" at the Union Square Theater in New York City.

Musical theater

Petkoff's first musical was with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, when he starred as George in Sunday in the Park with George, directed by Gary Griffin in 2002.

Petkoff's first appearance on Broadway in a musical was as Perchik in the 2004 production of Fiddler on the Roof, starring Alfred Molina. Directed by David Leveaux, the revival was nominated for the 2004 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical.

In 2007, he joined the national tour of Spamalot as Sir Robin for a year, and then played the role on Broadway, replacing Martin Moran in the role before Clay Aiken took over and then returned when Clay departed.

In 2009 Petkoff appeared in "Happiness" at Lincoln Center Theater, directed by Susan Stroman, playing the part of Neil.

Petkoff has also worked with several musical theater workshops, including a reading of new musical version of Enchanted April in the role of Mr. Briggs in March 2010.[9]

Petkoff also appeared as Guy Fawkes in the New York Stage & Film's Powerhouse Theater production of Bonfire Night, directed by Alex Timbers.[10]

Petkoff appeared in the "Like Water for Chocolate" musical workshop with Tony Award winner Chita Rivera at the Sundance Institute's 2011 Theatre Lab in Alberta, Canada, in April 2011. In addition to Chita Rivera (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chicago, The Rink), and Robert Petkoff (Ragtime, Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof), the cast included Nicholas Rodriguez (Tarzan, "One Life to Live").

Selected works

Recordings

Date Title Author Type Publisher[11]
6/8/2004 Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock
Sheldon Harnick		 Cast recording PS Classics[12]
10/14/2008 Lincoln: A Photobiography Russell Freedman Audiobook Listening Library
1/7/2009 Beat the Reaper Josh Bazell Audiobook Hachette Audio
4/14/2009 BoneMan's Daughters Ted Dekker Audiobook Hachette Audio
5/6/2009 The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor Colin Tudge Audiobook Hachette Audio
8/10/2009 Michael Jackson: The Final Years J. Randy Taraborrelli Audiobook Hachette Audio[13]
8/25/2009 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe J. Randy Taraborrelli Audiobook Hachette Audio
9/1/2009 This Book Is Not Good for You Pseudonymous Bosch Audiobook Hachette Audio[14]
5/6/2010 Westward the Tide Louis L'Amour Audiobook Random House Audio
5/26/2010 So Cold the River Michael Koryta Audiobook Hachette Audio[15]
6/1/2010 The Broom of the System David Foster Wallace Audiobook Hachette Audio
6/1/2010 Pleading Guilty Scott Turow Audiobook Hachette Audio
9/3/2010 Room Emma Donoghue Audiobook Pan Macmillan[16]
9/21/2010 This Isn't What It Looks Like Pseudonymous Bosch Audiobook Hachette Audio[14]
12/3/2010 Girl with Curious Hair David Foster Wallace Audiobook Hachette Audio
1/24/2011 The Cypress House Michael Koryta Audiobook Hachette Audio
2/2/2011 The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore Benjamin Hale Audiobook Hachette Audio[17]
2/15/2011 A Heartbeat Away Michael Palmer Audiobook Macmillan Audio
7/15/2009 Ravens George Dawes Green Audiobook Hachette Audio (re-release)[18]
3/29/2011 The School of Night Louis Bayard Audiobook Macmillan Audio
4/15/2010 The Pale King David Foster Wallace Audiobook Hachette Audio[19]
4/19/2011 Go, Mutants! Larry Doyle Audiobook Harper Audio
6/8/2011 The Ridge Michael Koryta Audiobook Hachette Audio
10/11/2011 A Hunger Like No Other: Immortals After Dark, Book 2 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
03/20/2012 No Rest For The Wicked: Immortals After, Dark Book 3 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
06/05/2012 Wicked Deeds On A Winter's Nigh: Immortal's After Dark, Book 4 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
11/01/2012 Dark Needs At Night's Edge: Immortals After Dark, Book 5 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
02/05/2013 Dark Desires After Dusk: Immortals After Dark, Book 6 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
05/07/2013 Kiss Of The Demon King: Immortals After Dark, Book 7 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
09/13/2013 Untouchable: Immortals After Dark, Book 8 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
12/03/2013 Pleasure Of A Dark Prince: Immortals After Dark, Book 9 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
03/04/2014 Demon From The Dark: Immortals After Dark, Book 10 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
05/06/2014 Dreams Of A Dark Warrior: Immortals After Dark, Book 11 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
0/110/2012 Lothaire: Immortals After Dark, Book 12 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
11/27/2012 Shadow's Claim: Immortals After Dark, Book 13: The Declans Book 13 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
07/02/2013 Macrieve: Immortals After Dark, Book 14 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio
6/01/2015 Those Who Wish Me Dead Michael Koryta Audiobook Hachette Audio[20]
08/06/2014 Dark Skye: Immortals After Dark, Book 15 Kresley Cole Audiobook SimonandSchuster Audio

Theater

Year Title Role Venue Type Notes
1990 Julius Caesar Strato Mark Taper Forum Regional Directed by Oskar Eustis[21]
1992 The School for Husbands Valere Old Globe Theatre Regional Directed by Edward Payson Call[22]
1993 Richard II Aumerle Shakespeare Theatre Company Regional Directed by Michael Kahn[23]
1994 Julius Caesar Flavius Shakespeare Theatre Company Regional Directed by Joe Dowling[24]
1994 Romeo & Juliet Paris Shakespeare Theatre Company Regional Directed by Barry Kyle[25]
1994 The Illusion Theogenes,
Clindor,
Calisto		 The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Regional Directed by Paul Mullins[26][27]
1995 Troilus and Cressida Troilus Chicago Shakespeare Theater Regional Directed by Barbara Gaines[28]
1996 Hamlet Hamlet Chicago Shakespeare Theater Regional Directed by Barbara Gaines[29][30]
1995 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Hartford Stage Company Regional Directed by Mark Lamos
with Calista Flockhart as Juliet[31]
1996 The Rivals Faukland Hartford Stage Company Regional Directed by Mark Lamos[32]
1997 More Stately Mansions John Hartford New York Theatre Workshop Off-Broadway Directed by Ivo van Hove[33]
1998 Voices in the Dark Owen George Street Playhouse Regional Directed by Christopher Ashley[34]
1999 Jolson Sings Again Julian George Street Playhouse Regional Directed by David Saint[35]
1998 Avow Tom The Directors Company Off-Broadway Directed by Michael Parva[36]
1999 Epic Proportions Standby Benny/Phil Helen Hayes Theatre Broadway Directed by Jerry Zaks[37]
2000 Tantalus Achilles,
Neopotoleums,
Aegisthus,
Orestes		 Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Barbican Centre		 2000 U.S. tour,
2001 U.K.tour		 Directed by Sir Peter Hall,
[38] [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
2001 The Royal Family Perry Stewart Haymarket Theatre West End Starring Judi Dench[50]
Directed by Sir Peter Hall[51]
2002 Sunday In The Park With George George Chicago Shakespeare Theater Regional Directed by Gary Griffin[52][53]
2002 Compleat Female Stage Beauty Edward Kynaston Old Globe Theatre Regional Directed by Mark Lamos[54][55][56]
2003 The Glass Menagerie Tom The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Regional Directed by Robert Cuccioli[57]
2004–2005 Fiddler on the Roof Perchik Minskoff Theatre Broadway Directed by David Leveaux
Tony Nomination for Best Revival of a Musical[58]
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
[59][60][61]
2005 Romeo & Juliet Mercutio Chicago Shakespeare Theater Regional Directed by Mark Lamos[62][63]
2007 The Importance of Being Earnest Algernon various U.S. tour Starring Lynn Redgrave[64]
Directed by Sir Peter Hall[65][66][67][68]
2008 Spamalot Sir Robin Shubert Theater Broadway,
U.S. tour		 Directed by Mike Nichols[69]
2009 Happiness Neil Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Off-Broadway Directed by Susan Stroman[70]
2009–2010 Ragtime Tateh Neil Simon Theater Broadway Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge[71]
Nominated: Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
Nominated: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
[4][4][72] [73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80]
2010 Absurd Person Singular Sidney Barrington Stage Company Regional Directed by Jesse Berger [81][82]
2011 Follies Buddy Chicago Shakespeare Theater Regional Fall 2011
Directed by Gary Griffin[6]
2011 Anything Goes Lord Evelyn Oakleigh Stephen Sondheim Theatre Broadway January 2012
Directed by Kathleen Marshall[83]
2013 Camelot King Arthur Theatre Under The Stars Regional January 2013
2014 All The Way Hubert Humphrey Neil Simon Theatre Broadway January 2014
With Bryan Cranston[84]
2014 Fiddler on A Roof Tevye Matlz Jupiter Theatre Regional January 2014
Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge
2015 39 Steps Richard Hannay Union Square Theatre Broadway April 2015
Directed by Maria Aitken

Film and television works

Year Title Role Film/Television Notes
1996 Milk and Money David Comedy film RKO Pictures, Blue Dolphin Productions [85]
1997 The Secret of Anatasia Voice as Robert Petcoff Animation Schwartz & Company [86]
1999 Game Day Flashy Agent Guy Comedy film Core Productions Inc.[87]
1999 Law & Order Dr. Matthew Carton TV Series DNR (#10.3) Wolf Films, Studios USA Television [88]
2000 Tantalus: Behind the Mask Achilles / Aegisthus
/ Neoptolemus / Orestes		 TV Movie Denver Center Media, Stage on Screen, WNET Channel 13 New York[89]
2003 Hack Bill Burke TV Series Sinners and Saints (#1.18)[90]
2004 The Chapelle Show Reporter TV Series Episode #2.13 (2004)(#1.18)[88]
2006 Law & Order Ken Lesavov TV Series Public Service Homicide (#17.5) Wolf Films, Studios USA Television [91]
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit John Reilly TV Series Beef (#11.20) Wolf Films, Universal Media Studios (UMS)[92]
2011 The Good Wife Dr. Ben Truestall TV Series Killer Song (#2.18) Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions [93]
2014 Forever Cliff Wadlow TV Series The Ecstasy of Agony

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