Bob Stillman


Actor, Singer

About

Also Known As
Robert Stillman
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA

Notes

On his decision to become an actor, Bob Stillman told The New York Times (April 30, 2000): "On day I just woke up and realized, 'Nah, I don't want to be a concert pianist.'"

Biography

Life Events

1982

Made professional stage debut in Elizabeth Swados' and Julie Taymor's production of "The Haggadah" at the Public Theater in NYC

1988

Created the role of Eddie Diamond, the title character's kid brother, in the short-lived Broadway musical "Legs Diamond". with a score by star Peter Allen

1989

Had featured role as the desk clerk Erik in Tommy Tune's stging of the musical "Grand Hotel"

1994

Starred as Molina, a gay prison inmate obsessed with film star played by Vanessa Williams in "Kiss of the Spider Woman"

1996

Appeared in the aborted pre-Broadway staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Whistle Down the Wind", directed by Harold Prince

1998

Featured in Adam Guettel's concert piece "Saturn Returns" at the Public Theater

1998

Starred as an ex-gospel singer/songwriter with AIDS recording his swan song in the Off-Broadway hit "The Last Session"; also provided the musical direction and arrangements; headed the L.A. company and earned a Drama Critics' Circle Award and an Ovation nomination

2000

Nominated for a Tony Award for his supporting performances as multiple characters in "Dirty Blonde", a play about Mae West; later toured with show throughout 2001 into 2002

Bibliography

Notes

On his decision to become an actor, Bob Stillman told The New York Times (April 30, 2000): "On day I just woke up and realized, 'Nah, I don't want to be a concert pianist.'"