Craig Rubano

Outstanding Autobiographical Show

Take the Moment

Craig Rubano has followed the communicative power of the human voice from a multilingual childhood in Perú and Argentina to world travels singing with The Whiffenpoofs, from the Broadway stage as Marius Pontmercy in Les Misérables to concert stages across the globe, and from recording studios to the pulpit as minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County. A graduate of Yale College (A.B.) and Columbia University (M.A.), Craig completed his divinity, theological, and pastoral training at Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D.). Other theater: The Scarlet Pimpernel, I and II (Broadway original casts); Animal Crackers (Goodspeed). Recordings: Finishing the Act: Act One Finales from Broadway, Change Partners, The Night They Invented Champagne: Operetta and Its Musical Legacy. His recent cabaret show Take the Moment, presented at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, is an evening of storytelling through song that celebrates taking life’s important moments as they come. The show’s team includes music director Beth Ertz, select bass players, director Jeff Harnar, and Jean-Pierre Perreaux on lights and sound.