Drew Sarich (born August 24, 1975) is an American stage actor and singer songwriter from St. Louis, who performs in the English and German languages.
Sarich received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with a concentration in Directing from Boston Conservatory in 1997. He made his Off-Broadway debut in Tony n' Tina's Wedding, followed by a tour as a backup singer for Liza Minnelli with the Cortes Alexander Trio. In 1998, he played Judas in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar in Nyack, New York, opposite Billy Porter.
In 1999, Sarich moved to Berlin to star as Quasimodo in the world premiere Der Glöckner von Notre Dame. In 2000, he released his first album, Say It, with his self-titled "Drew Sarich Band". He moved to Vienna and played Berger in the Vienna revival of Hair, Cousin Kevin in Tommy (Amstetten, Austria), and the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Berlin). He has also appeared in Lapdog and Wildcat in 2003, which he co-wrote with his wife, Ann Mandrella.
Sarich appeared in other musicals while in Europe. He played the title character(s) in Jekyll and Hyde in Cologne, followed by Sun/Master of the Keys in Barbarella (opened March 11, 2004) in Vienna.
In St. Gallen he played the title role in Dracula, the Musical (sharing the role with Thomas Borchert).
Sarich made his Broadway debut in Spring 2006, when he took on the role of Armand in the musical Lestat. He had previously covered the roles of Armand and Lestat in the show's run in San Francisco while playing the role of Laurent, prior to taking over the role of Armand with the departure of Jack Noseworthy. Sarich played the title role for the two performances on May 27, 2006 (the day before Lestat's closing) when Hugh Panaro was out sick late in the production's run in New York. Lestat closed on May 28, 2006
In Summer 2006, Sarich took over for Rodney Hicks in the Off-Broadway show Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, starring alongside Robert Cuccioli Natascia Diaz and Gay Marshall.
Sarich played the role of Grantaire (as well as the Innkeeper and a worker) in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables from October 2006 through the beginning of July 2007, understudying the roles of Enjolras and Javert. Later in July, following Alexander Gemignani's departure from the show, Sarich was chosen to take over the production's lead role of Jean Valjean until October 2007, when he traded locales with West End veteran John Owen-Jones. Sarich began as the West End Valjean on October 22, 2007, and Owen-Jones had his Broadway premiere as Valjean on October 23. Sarich's run in the London production ended on November 8, 2008.
Sarich has frequently performed as Jesus as well as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar in numerous theaters in Austria and Germany.
2009 – 2010 Sarich premiered in the title role of Rudolf – Affaire Mayerling at the Raimund Theater in Vienna.
Sarich took over as Graf von Krolock in the Vienna production of Tanz der Vampire. He made his debut on 6 November 2010 and played the role until 2012 and then again in 2017 and 2018 in Vienna.
In 2011, he took on the role of Curtis Shank in the musical rendition of Sister Act in Vienna.
From 2012 to 2015 Sarich performed the title role in the world premiere of Rocky das Musical in Hamburg.
In October 2013, he starred in a Vienna concert version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, translated entirely in German, as The Phantom.[1]
In, 2015 he performed with Alfie Boe in Classic Quadrophenia – The Who at the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
In 2016, Sarich played the role of Ché in Evita in Vienna's Ronacher theater. He played Jamie in The Last Five Years in Vienna in between 2018 and 2019. From 2017 until 2022 he played Antonio Vivaldi in Vivaldi – The Fifth Season / Vivaldi – Die fünfte Jahreszeit at the Volksoper Vienna. The composer Christian Kolonovits created this Ba-Rock Musical having Drew Sarich in mind for the role.
Between 2018 and 2023, Sarich played various roles at the Volksoper Vienna: Robert Baker in Wonderful Town, Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, The Wolf/Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods and Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles.
In 2023, Sarich starred as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Vindobona in Vienna, as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, and as Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles in Vienna.
The Lestat original Broadway cast recording was recorded by Mercury Records on May 22, 2006, at Sony Studios in New York City, but never released.[2]
