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Drew Sarich Jesus

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Drew Sarich was born in St. Louis, Missouri and came to Europe in 1999 for the role of Quasimodo in the world premiere of Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. Since his debut at the Raimund Theater as Berger in HAIR, he has also been seen at VBW as Captain Sun in BARBARELLA, Crown Prince Rudolf in RUDOLF - AFFAIRE MAYERLING, Curtis in SISTER ACT, The Phantom in LOVE NEVER DIES and Che in EVITA. He embodied both Jesus and Judas in numerous productions of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, the title roles in JEKYLL & HYDE in Cologne and DRACULA in St. Gallen and was seen in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH in Berlin and as Cousin Kevin in THE WHO'S TOMMY at the Musical Sommer Amstetten. On Broadway he created the role of Armand in Elton John's LESTAT and Off-Broadway he starred in JAQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS. As Jean Valjean, Drew Sarich was seen on both the West End and Broadway in LES MISÉRABLES. In Vienna and Berlin Drew Sarich played Count von Krolock in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES and in Hamburg he created the title role in ROCKY - THE MUSICAL. At the Volksoper Wien he was seen as Antonio Vivaldi in the world premiere of VIVALDI - DIE FÜNFTE JAHRESZEIT, for which he was awarded the German Musical Prize in the category "Best Actor" and the Kronen Zeitung Readers' Prize in 2017. Drew Sarich was also seen as Molina in KUSS DER SPINNENFRAU at Bühne Baden. Most recently he played VIVALDI again and was seen in the role of Robert Baker in Leonard Bernstein's WONDERFUL TOWN at the Volksoper Wien. He was Daddy Brubeck in SWEET CHARITY and in the premiere series of INTO THE WOODS as Wolf and Cinderella's Prince at the Volksoper Wien. He recently embodied Guido Contini in the concert version of the musical production NEUN (NINE) at Bühne Baden. His three albums "Silent Symphony", "Let Him Go" and "Hunting For Heaven" are available on Spotify and Apple Music.