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Mark Henry Evans (born 2 January 1985) is a Welsh-born musical theatre actor, singer, dancer and choreographer, born in St. Asaph, North Wales and raised on a farm in Llanrhaeadr in the county of Denbighshire. His various theatre credits include ''Wicked'' and ''Ghost the Musical''. Following an 18-month (Dec 2012-June 2014) engagement in the North American national tour of ''The Book of Mormon'', he is currently based in New York City. ==Career== Beginning performances on 16 July 2007, he joined the ensemble of the acclaimed London West End production of ''Wicked'' and served as the second understudy for Fiyero. He departed the cast on 7 June 2008, only to return over three and a half years later, this time, in the lead role of Fiyero. He starred alongside Rachel Tucker and Louise Dearman from 7 February through 10 December 2011, when he ended his run in the musical.〔(Mark Evans to star in Wicked ), Retrieved January 20, 2012.〕 On 13 January 2012, took over the role of Sam Wheat in the London production of ''Ghost the Musical'' and starred alongside Siobhan Dillon until the musical closed on 6 October 2012.〔(Mark Evans and Siobhan Dillon to Join Ghost the Musical ), Retrieved February 2nd 2012.〕 During his time in the show, he and Dillon released a single cover version of "Unchained Melody". Some of Mark's theatre other credits included the U.K. national tours of ''High School Musical'' (Troy Bolton), ''The Rocky Horror Show'' (Brad) and ''Oklahoma!'' (Curly). He appeared on the U.S. national tour of ''The Book of Mormon'' in the lead role of Elder Price. Evans began performances on 28 December 2012 in San Francisco contracted for a six-month run, subsequently twice extended to summer 2014,〔(Mark Evans to Join Book Of Mormon ), Retrieved January 5th 2013.〕〔(Book Of Mormon, You had me at Hello ), Retrieved January 20, 2013.〕 after which he relocated to New York. Another primary musical achievement of Mark’s came when he appeared on ''Your Country Needs You'' with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Mark reached the final in this BBC television competition to determine the U.K.'s competitor in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, which saw his talents broadcast to millions of people - he finished in third place. From here he developed on an emerging career in television, particularly in Welsh speaking broadcast. He has become a regular on S4C, appeared frequently as a presenter on whatsoninthetheatre.com and developed on such Welsh speaking programs as "Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol", "Wedi 7", "The Eisteddfod Annual Concert", "The Sian Cothi Show", "Noson Lawen" and "The Big Welsh Talent Concert". His other television and film credits include his own special broadcasting produced by Boomerang Productions, "Noson yng Nghwmni Mark Evans", on S4C in March 2012. He played Brett in "Lake Placid 3" (2010) and also starred as Chad in Grain Media’s "Dead Hungry". His newest venture on S4C, "Marcaroni", is a children program in which he stars in title role. It has been well received by the public.〔(Mark Evans stars in Marcaroni ), Retrieved 2012.19.07.〕〔(Mark Evans has a Touch of Magic ), Retrieved 2012.23.07.〕 Evans recently recorded a pilot for his own Radio programme for "BBC Radio Cymru". The foundations of theatre are integral to Mark’s constant development. As an individual rooted in the traditionalism on the stage, he also has a wide range of experience in theatrics, which includes both singing and dancing. In October 2011, he released a bi-lingual album on contemporary Welsh label, Sain Records, which was so well received that he re-released an English Deluxe edition in 2012. Having travelled the country acting and performing, Mark also gives something back to his community. The West End in Wales scheme is an initiative created by Mark in August 2006. This inspiring program offers children in North Wales the chance to work alongside Evans and current West End professionals in a week-long musical theatre summer school.〔(West End in Wales ), Retrieved 2012.19.07.〕〔(Mark Evans on his West End in Wales Foundation ), Retrieved 2012.19.07.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Evans (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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