Broadway BUZZ

Roger Bart is best known for originating the role of Carmen Ghia in Mel Brooks’ Broadway musical, The Producers, for which he received Tony and Drama Desk nominations. He revised the character for Universal’s theatrical adaptation of The Producers as well. Roger won the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for playing Snoopy in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Other Broadway credits include: Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein in which he originated the title role of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Disaster, Triumph Of Love, The Frogs and Big River. Roger also had the unique privilege of playing Hades in the Public Theatre/Disney Theatricals production of Hercules at the Delacorte Theatre. An adaptation of the Disney animated feature Hercules, Roger sang the title character’s song “Go The Distance” and was nominated for an Academy Award for best original song. On television, Bart can currently be seen on the Freeform series, Good Trouble, which is the spin-off to their popular series, The Fosters. He previously recurred on the Epix series, Graves, starring opposite Nick Nolte and Sela Ward and also in A Series Of Unfortunate Events, opposite Neil Patrick Harris on Netflix.  Some of his film credits include Trumbo,  Last Vegas, Law Abiding Citizen, American Gangster, The Stepford Wives, The Insider, Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Hostel PartII, Midnight Meat Train, Speech And Debate, and Ghost Light. Bart has also had recurring characters in a number of other television series: Desperate Housewives (playing George, the pharmacist), Episodes (SHOWTIME), No Tomorrow, Grace And Frankie, Revenge, There’s…Johnny and The Lost Room.