EVANS AND ROGERS
Variety Artists – Sharon Evans and Rick Rogers
Vaudeville musical comedy/song and dance / Minstrel Show (non-black face; civil war period)

Evans and Rogers are a powerhouse of two very talented personalities--jazz vocalist Sharon Evans and singer/impressionist Rick Rogers.   They were introduced on stage at the famous Pig n’ Whistle in Hollywood by Richard Halpern at his Hollywood Speakeasy show.   A year and a half later they teamed up and became a vaudeville song and dance team.

Film:   A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story  Television:  The Sonny Bozeman Show (multiple appearances), Real Orange (KOCE news magazine)   Radio:  The Golden Days of Radio hosted by Frank Bresee   Stage:  (Theater, festivals, night clubs, other) The Tarzana Tune Fest, Friars of Beverly Hills, Fullerton Ragfest, Knott’s Berry Farm Civil War re-enactment, Moorpark Civil War re-enactment, the Cicada Club, Richard Halpern’s Hollywood Speakeasy, the Coffee Gallery Backstage, the Mayflower Club, the Southern California Motion Picture Council, the New York Alumni Association afternoon show, the Jeffery Foundation Christmas show, the Westchester Parade, the Burbank Parade, the Highland Park Christmas Parade, and others.  Recordings:   I’m Standing Right Beside a Rainbow  (2009)  Production:  Stage show Vaudeville Lives!

SHARON EVANS  

Film:   The Mischievous Case of Cordelia Botkin,
Television: The Larry Covin Show, Afterthoughts, The Donna Thorne Special.
Radio:  The Divine Diva Show, The Sultry Soul Sister Show.
Voice overs:  Levi Strauss
Stage:  The Culver City Car Show, the Method Fest Film Festival, the Tarzana Tune Fest, Fullerton Ragfest, Richard Halpern’s Hollywood Speakeasy, the Southern California Motion Picture Council.  Featured as Sharon Evans & Her Solid Senders, featured vocalist with The Groove Merchants of Venice, Daniel Bone & the Two-Tones, also with Phil Crosby Jr, Mark Tortorici & the Torch Lighters, and Richard Halpern.  Back up singer for rock/pop singers Cindy Alexander, Esther (Tessell) Valentine and for folk singer Tim Dismang.  Venues include the Ten20 Club, The Hop (Lakewood), Jax (Glendale), the Pig ‘N Whistle, Miceli’s (Hollywood), Steamers, Joe’s Great American Bar & Grill, and many others.  Featured at the Fullerton RagFest regularly since 2004, and the Tarzana Tune Fest--two years.  Performed regularly for the Southern California Motion Picture Council; received the SCMPC Angel Award.  Performed for charitable organizations such as Ex-Bound and Ted Hayes’ Dome Village for the homeless.
Co-producer of live stage show, Vaudeville Lives!

RICK ROGERS - AFTRA/ASCAP

Impressionist:  Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Bert Lahr, Groucho Marx, W. C. Fields, Jimmy Durante, James Cagney, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Foy, others.
Television:  The Steve Allen Show, To Tell the Truth and the Virginia Graham Show.  Special guest on the BBC-TV program The Big Award, as well as The Crook and Chase Show, The Stephanie Miller Show. Three guest  appearances on The Howie Mandel Show performing his original novelty tunes.   
Radio:  Friends of Old Time Radio convention
Stage:   USO, featured in a live performance with Tiny Tim at the famous Troubadour nightclub in a duet of “Bye, Bye, Blackbird.”  Performed as Eddie Cantor in New York City at the request of the Cantor family in Time Square at Joe Franklin’s comedy restaurant.  His tour also included a recreation of an Eddie Cantor 1938 radio broadcast in Newark, New Jersey.  Appeared at the Tarzana Tune Fest and at the Sportsman’s Lodge Muddy Moose bar.
Co-producer of live stage show, Vaudeville Lives!