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Craig Rubano starred on Broadway as Marius for almost three years in Les Miserables, but that says little of this enormous talent other than his ability to show up and make a difficult role a smash hit night after night for many years. A young, strikingly handsome man, with a beguiling and sensual smile, and a voice that could move mountains if asked, Mr. Rubano has participated in many Mabel Mercer Foundation one night only concerts taking him across the country and bringing him to the Herbst Theater in 2003 and a two week run at The Plush Room in December, 2003. Rubano has appeared in revivals of Ernest in Love; Dorian Gray; and as Harpo Marx in the Goodspeed Opera House’s hit of Animal Crackers. Craig Rubano also was an original cast member of Frank Wildhorn’s Tony Award-nominated The Scarlet Pimpernel, which can be heard on Atlantic Records, 1999.
Mr. Rubano’s concert experience began a cappella. A member of singing groups Redhot & Blue and The Whiffenpoofs, he performed in 37 states and thirteen countries around the world. Highlights included Carnegie Hall’s centennial salute to Cole Porter; a Bangkok debut rendition of songs written by the King of Thailand; a stint at Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens; and a command performance in Monte Carlo for Prince Albert of Monaco. In 1997 Craig joined Bernadette Peters for her Carnegie Hall solo debut and its Grammy-nominated live album (Angel Records, 1997). Craig has worked in cabaret and major nightclub settings with Catherine Hickland, Marsh Hanson, Mark Nadler, Heather MacRae, KT Sullivan and Dominic Meiman in a variety of acclaimed productions and appears in major room across America and throughout the world like The Algonquin’s world famous Oak room and the equally acclaimed Plush Room in San Francisco as well as the major concert Halls in every major City.
Craig debut solo recording Finishing the Act (AF Records, 2000) was named the 2001 MAC Award- winning recording of the year. The New York Post’s Chip Defaa hailed Craig’s “resounding legit voice,” on an impeccable produced, gloriously orchestrated CD.” Stephen Holden of the New York Times wrote of the subsequent Finishing the Act concert show, “Craig Rubano has an intelligence and wit to match his robust baritone…an exceptionally well conceived cabaret debut,” awarding the show a star. Rubano is the 2002 Back Stage Bistro Award and 2002 MAC Award recipient for outstanding vocals.
Craig Rubano graduated summa cum laude from Yale University and earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University where he was a Marjorie Hope Nicholson Fellow in the Humanities. Craig maintains a website at www.craigrubano.com
