AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Robert Cuccioli

Artist:Robert Cuccioli

Song:This Is the Moment

Album:Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical: The Original Broadway Cast Recording

Robert Cuccioli was Tony nominated for starring in the 1997 Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical. This Is the Moment is his big song in the show. Though Cuccioli is mainly a stage performer, he seems to prefer touring companies. And that's how he got to do Jekyll & Hyde as it toured before coming to Broadway. He was born May 3, 1958 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. After graduating from St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, he earned a degree in finance at St. John's University. He was working for E.F. Hutton when he auditioned for The Light Opera of Manhattan. He worked there for three years and appeared in productions of The Merry Widow, The Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. He went on US and Canadian tours of Camelot starring Richard Harris. Cuccioli's first Broadway appearance was in 1993 as Javert in Les Miserables. He appeared as a replacement until he began rehearsals in 1995 for Jekyll & Hyde. This was written by Frank Wildhorn. He co-wrote the 1987 Whitney Houston hit Where Do Broken Hearts Go. He was creative director at Atlantic Theater, a division of Atlantic Records that developed new musicals. So Wildhorn wrote Jekyll & Hyde with Steve Cuden. When they couldn't finance a production, veteran songwriter Leslie Bricusse was brought in to help Wildhorn rewrite it. The show premiered in Houston in 1990. It did OK. But they wanted to get to Broadway. So they ultimately did a national tour from Aug. 1995 to Apr. 1996. That's when Cuccioli first appeared in the show along with Linda Eder and Christiane Noll. Jekyll & Hyde premiered on Broadway Apr. 1997 and ran until Jan. 2001. Cuccioli left the show Jan. 1999. As I said, he got a Tony nomination. The cast album is available on CD. Since then, Cuccioli has done mostly regional theater. His only other major Broadway musical was as The Green Goblin in the 2012 musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark which ran until 2014. Cuccioli has appeared in daytime soaps, TV guest shots and a few films but nothing notable. But he still does regional theater and tours. Here's a video of Robert Cuccioli performing This Is the Moment from the musical Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical.