Bernie Blanks

Bernie Blanks

Bernie Blanks (born September 12, 1963 in Rota , Spain ) is an American musical singer , songwriter , manager and entertainer living in Germany .

Life

Blanks grew up with two older brothers and a younger sister in Virginia Beach , Virginia . Bernie Blanks graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and history before moving to New York to get into show business.

At the age of eleven, a teacher discovered Bernie Blanks' singing and acting talent and asked his parents to audition him for a role in the musical The Most happy fella . From the mid-1980s he was seen in various musical productions such as Evita and A Chorus Line , before he was hired for the Japan / Australia tour of the musical Starlight Express .

Starlight Express brought Bernie Blanks to Germany in 1988 and made him known here. He played three seasons (1988 to 1990, 1992 to 1993 and 2004 to 2006) the role of the steam locomotive Rusty. Between the individual engagements at Starlight Express , he played leading and supporting roles in the musicals Grease and Shakespeare & Rock'n 'Roll . From 1999 to 2001 he played the dragon in Peter Maffay's Tabaluga & Lilli in Oberhausen .

Bernie Blanks worked as a trainer in singing and song interpretation in New York, USA. He wrote lyrics for his own songs as well as for the band Bro'Sis and Nicole da Silva. With his own concert series "Another Country" he successfully went on tour in 2005/2006. In 2008 Bernie Blanks took part in the successful anniversary tour of Musical Hautnah as a soloist. In January 2009 he was Lorielle London's companion for the RTL show Ich bin ein Star - Get me out of here! .

At the beginning of 2008, Bernie Blanks founded the artist agency "Blanks Ehlen Ltd." together with his business partner Britta Ehlen.

Engagements

musical

• 1985: Evita (Tidewater Dinner Theater, USA), ensemble
• 1985: A Chorus Line (Tidewater Dinner Theater, USA), first cast Mike
• 1988–1990: Starlight Express (Starlight Theater Bochum, Bochum), first cast Rusty
• 1992–1993: Starlight Express (Starlight Theater Bochum, Bochum), first cast Rusty
• 1994–1995: Shakespeare & Rock'n Roll (Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin ) Ariel / lieutenant
• 1996–1997: Grease (Capitol Theater Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf), first cast Roger / second cast Danny
• 1996–1997: Grease (Raimund Theater Wien, Vienna ), first cast Roger / second cast Danny & Johnny Casino
• 1997–1998: Godspell (Capitol Theater Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf ), first cast Jesus
• 1999–2001: Tabaluga & Lilli (TheatrO CentrO Oberhausen, Oberhausen), first cast Tabaluga
• 2002: Camelot (Papermill Playhouse New Jersey , USA), Ensemble
• 2002: Miss Saigon (Papermill Playhouse New Jersey, USA), soldier
• 2003: Chicago (Lyric Theater of Oklahoma , USA), Ensemble
• 2003: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Theater of Detroit , USA), dancer a. Singer
• 2004–2006: Starlight Express (Starlight Theater Bochum, Bochum), first cast Rusty
• 2004: Pageant (Lyric Theater of Oklahoma, USA ), Miss Westcoast

Tours, miscellaneous

• 1998: Bernie B. Personality Show
• 2005/2006: Another Country concert series in North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2007: Punk and Raging Queen benefit concert in Ebertbad in Oberhausen
• 2007: Bernstein on Broadway concert with Brent Barrett at the Gran Teatre del Liceu , Barcelona Opera House in Barcelona
• 2007: Charly Brown choreographed the production in Las Vegas
• 2007/2008: Musical Hautnah 10-year anniversary tour through Germany
• 2009: Out Of This World , concert on the occasion of his 20th stage anniversary in Germany, in the Ebertbad Oberhausen

As an entertainer, he was a guest and soloist for manufacturers such as Arcor , Olympus and Mercedes at trade fairs ( CeBIT , photokina , automobile fairs ).

Publications

• CD: 10 years musical Hautnah Soloist
• CD: Another Country Bernie Blanks 2005
• CD: Starlight Express - Live recording Rusty, German premiere
• CD: Grease - The Musical German Originalcast Roger
• CD: Tabaluga & Lilli - German premiere of Tabaluga
• CD: Maybe Someday Duet Bernie Blanks and Sonia Farke
• CD: Musical Stars 3-CD with Bernie Blanks, soloist
• CD: Forever's a long time , duet with Nigel David Casey
• CD: Shades of Night - Musicals goes Rock Various, Bernie Blanks in a duet with Maik Lohse
• CD: Always a woman soloist
• CD: Good times, bad times Sampler: Volume 9, soloist

photos

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  Bernie Blanks
  as "Rusty"

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  Bernie Blanks
  on "Another Country"

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  Bernie Blanks
  at "Hollywood Movie Night"

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  Bernie Blanks
  on "Musical Up Close"

Web links

• Bernie Blanks website
• Fansite