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| A Musical Love Letter to the Stephen Sondheim Direct from the Tony Award Winning Broadway Revival of Company, Nicholas Rodriguez (One Life to Live, Sex and the City 2), returns to RTP to celebrate Stephen Sondheim with his brand new concert, SINCERELY, SONDHEIM — a nod to both the lyrical and musical genius of the late composer and his reputation for his renowned penmanship. Pulling from the thousands of handwritten letters to fans and colleagues alike, Rodriguez weaves together stories from Sondheim’s own words and explores the fascinating relationships with legends such as Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerry Herman, Jonathan Larson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and of course his own personal story. Featuring selections from Company, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and more. |
 Nicholas Rodriguez has had an extensive career on Broadway, film, and the concert stage. He was recently seen in the Tony award winning revival of Company on Broadway opposite Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk. He also toured the U.S. as Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music directed by Jack O’Brien. Nicholas made his Broadway debut in Disney’s production of Tarzan. (at left, Patti LuPone and Nicholas) |
| He starred opposite Kathleen Turner in Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, where he also played Billy Bigelow in Carousel (Helen Hayes Nomination), Freddy in My Fair Lady (Helen Hayes nomination), Fabrizio in Light in the Piazza and was also seen as Curly in Oklahoma! for which he received a 2011 Helen Hayes Award for “Best Actor in a Musical” and was named “Top 10 Performers of 2010” by Hilton Als of The New Yorker. He has been a soloist with many symphonies across the world including The Beijing Philharmonic, Orlando Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, Sinfonia Gulfcoast, North Carolina Symphony, Lynchburg Symphony, Arkansas Symphony and made his Carnegie Hall debut in a one-night only concert version of Guys and Dolls directed by Jack O’Brien and starring Nathan Lane, Megan Mullaly and Len Cariou. He is perhaps best known for the role of Nick Chavez on ABC’s “One Life to Live” for which he received the GLAAD Media Award, the 2009 Visibility Award and, along with his co-stars, “Men of the Year.” Nicholas serves as the Artistic Director for the Broadway Dreams Foundation. A native Texan, he holds a BM and MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. www.thenickrod.com |