Rohan Browne (born ) is an Australian dancer, actor and singer.
Career
Browne's career started at age 18 in the original ''
The Boy From Oz'' production. He went on to appear in over 20 musicals in Australia and internationally. Musicals include: ''
Grease'', "Wing" in ''
Hot Shoe Shuffle
''Hot Shoe Shuffle'' is a 1992 Australian musical produced by David Atkins. A jukebox musical, the score mostly includes American big band and popular songs of the 1920s to 1940s.
The musical concerns seven Tap Brothers, Spring, Slap, Buck, Wing ...
'', ''
Kiss Me Kate'' (Green Room Award nomination for best featured ensemble member), ''
Mame'' and ''
Follies''.
Browne played the role of "Herod" in ''
Jesus Christ Superstar
''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with ...
'' throughout Europe and Asia. He played various roles in ''
Cats
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'' and starred as "The Rum Tum Tugger" throughout Asia.
He returned to Australia and landed the role of "Fred Casely" in ''
Chicago
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'' and then went on to play the role of George in ''
The Drowsy Chaperone'' at
MTC alongside Geoffrey Rush. He was nominated for a Green Room Award for his performance. In July 2010 he starred in the national Australian tour of ''
West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...
'' as "Riff",
(Green room nomination).
He has worked for Melbourne's
The Production Company
The Production Company was an Australian not-for-profit theatre company that staged a series of usually three musicals at the Arts Centre Melbourne each year, until its closure in 2020.
It was launched in 1999 by Jeanne Pratt AC with the goal o ...
in nine of their shows. Roles include; "The Purser" in ''
Anything Goes'', "Carmen Ghia" in ''
The Producers'', and in leading roles of Don Lockwood in ''
Singin' In The Rain
''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charis ...
'' (Green Room Award Nomination, Australian Dance Award Nomination) and Jimmy Winter in ''
Nice Work If You Can Get It''.
He appeared as a Protean in the 2012 production of ''
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifica ...
'' at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne. He was "The Leading Player" in ''
Pippin'' for "Magnormos". In the 2013 national tour, he played the role of "Gregory Gardner" in ''
A Chorus Line'' and stepped up to play the role of "Zach" in Singapore.
In 2014, he was cast by Baz Luhrmann in ''
Strictly Ballroom
''Strictly Ballroom'' is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann in his feature directorial debut. The film is the first in his "Red Curtain Trilogy" of theatre-motif-related films; it was followed by 1996 ...
'' in the role of "Ken Railings" and he also understudied and performed the lead role of Scott Hastings. In 2015, he appeared in the Australian premiere of
''City Of Angels'' at the Arts Centre Melbourne.
Browne also been an ensemble member in productions of ''
Grease'', ''
Dirty Dancing
''Dirty Dancing'' is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman ...
'', ''
Anything Goes'', ''
Kiss Me, Kate'', ''
Thoroughly Modern Millie
''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' is a 1967 American musical-romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay, by Richard Morris based on the 1956 British musical ''Chrysanthemum'', follows a naïve young ...
'', ''
Follies'', ''
Mame'' and the original ''
Boy From Oz''. Brown was nominated for a
Green Room Award
The Green Room Awards are peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, drama, fringe theatre, musical theatre and opera in Melbourne.
The awards were started in 1982 when Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards A ...
for his role in Kiss Me Kate.
Rohan was a finalist in the
International Ballet Competition in South Africa in 1997, and was a part of the
Sydney Dance Company's ''
Tivoli
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* Tivoli, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy, known for historic sites; the inspiration for other places named Tivoli
Buildings
* Tivoli (Baltimore, Maryland), a mansion built about 1855
* Tivoli Building (Cheyenne, Wyoming), a ...
''. He also performed as Zeus in
Idomeneo for
Opera Australia
Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House accompanied by the Opera Australia Orchestra runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of ...
, and in
The Nutcracker
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and
Sleeping Beauty with National Theatre Ballet.
He has appeared in ''
Dance Academy
''Dance Academy'' is an Australian teen-oriented Dramatic programming, television drama produced by Werner Film Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF. Series one premiered on 31 May 2010, and series tw ...
'' and ''
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' is an Australian drama television series. It was first broadcast on ABC on 24 February 2012. It is based on author Kerry Greenwood's historical mystery novels, and it was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. ...
''". He appears in the 2016 released film ''
The Divorce'' and was a featured dancer in the 2006 animated film ''
Happy Feet''.
Browne has been featured in numerous television shows including ''
Rove Live'' and ''
Top of the Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British Record chart, music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show ...
'' (Germany), and in the film ''
Happy Feet''. He worked as assistant choreographer for a show which later toured the
New York Musical Theatre Festival, ''Virgins – A Musical Threesome''. He was also a part of workshops for
Pr''iscilla Queen of the Desert'', and
Chita Rivera's Australian workshop.
Personal life
Browne is married to actor and singer
Christie Whelan
Christine "Christie" Whelan Browne (born 6 August 1982) is an Australian performer who has worked extensively in musical theatre as an actress, dancer and singer. She has also appeared on television shows and in films. In March 2012, she marr ...
-Browne.
References
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Living people
Australian male actors
Australian male dancers
1979 births