Joel Robertson was featured in the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde as the Bishop of Basingstoke directed by Robin Phillips and the movie starring David Hasselhoff, directed by Gerry Zaks. He was in the original production of Parade, directed by Hal Prince, at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center and received standing ovations for nine years in Les Miserables, six years in the original cast of Cats, both directed by Trevor Nunn, and played Fyedka in the Broadway and National Touring production of Fiddler on the Roof at the NY State Theatre, starring Herschel Bernardi, directed by Jerome Robbins. He has been seen on All My Children as Mort Greenway, and thrilled audiences as Santa Claus in Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular in Chicago. Some of his favorite roles are Max in Sunset Boulevard at the Gateway Playhouse, Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the Roof, at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Sir Francis Beekman in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, at the Finger Lakes Music Theater Festival. Mr. Robertson also performs in many benefits throughout the year and has been featured in Lincoln Center’s Meet the Artist series. With his wife and Co-founder he created ATC Studios, a New Jersey Non-Profit Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts in 1990, (www.atcstudios.org) and continues to bring vision and quality to those programs, launching the careers of hundreds who dare to dream.
