ROB SCHIFFMANN (Co-Artistic Director, Co-Producer, Performer) has worked and toured as a professional actor, improviser, and musician for over twenty five years. As a two-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Award winner and the recipient of the 2011 INNY (Improvisation News) Award for Best Improv Coach, Rob’s musical and improv talents are known across the country. Rob performed regularly with Chicago City Limits, NYCs longest running comedy improv show, before joining Broadway’s Next Hit Musical and eventually becoming the co-artistic director.. When Rob is not making audiences laugh all over the world with BNHM, he can be found emceeing corporate events for major business organizations such as Bank of America, Microsoft, Cartier, and Pfizer. The New York Times called Rob “fabulously perfect” and the New York Post says”I don’t know whether he’s more of a genius as a comedic performer or a comic writer!“ Rob has showcased his skills on The Daily Download and The CBS Early Show. Rob has also released two albums of original songs with his song-writing partner for their acoustic-pop band, The Hillary Step, for which he is the main writer, lead singer, guitarist, bass player, keyboardist and Music Director. For more information, please visit www.robschiffmann.com
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Reviews of Rob Schiffmann in Broadway's Next Hit Musical
“Easily the highlight of the evening was co-producer/co-artistic director Rob Schiffman. His creative mind is full of rhymes and childlike creativity that was refreshing. He listened to his fellow actors brilliantly, so much so that he could sing in harmony or descant with them and (usually) successfully made a well-structured musical number. The entire time, I could not decide whether he should go into writing or acting, because the former would seem a waste of a brilliant character actor, and the latter a waste of a brilliant writer. Thus, I believe he has found his niche in improvisational musicals. I will say that his vocals were wanting at multiple times, but this is the first case in which I can genuinely say that such a flaw didn’t matter at all. Particularly, he and Grant read each other very well, to the point that their scenes together seemed rehearsed. The scenes that they shared were the highlight.”
“Deb Rabbai and Rob Schiffmann were sharper than a pound of cheddar cheese.”
“And as it turns out, a show about an Iowa model can hinge on the evil ways of a serpent like devil, hilariously played by Rob Schiffmann, whose weakness is frigid temperatures.”