Miami-Based Reporter Rosh Lowe Reminisces About His Broadway Past

Roshi Handwerger had quite the theatrical resume back in the day, having starred in the Broadway productions of Mame and Oliver! in the 80s, as well as the original off-Broadway production of The Knife. The young actor is an adult now, and according to a recent feature in the Miami Herald, he is now a reporter for Channel 7 News.

Roshi, who is now known as Rosh Lowe, went unrecognized to MAME composer Jerry Herman- a Miami Beach resident. He told MH: "For three years I have watched newscaster Rosh Lowe, never knowing he was my young Patrick grown up. Mame would be so proud!"

Richard Jay-Alexander, a now Miami Beach-based director, who was the dance captain and assistant stage manager for Oliver! in 1984, was also unaware of his connection to Rosh. He tells MH: "He reached out to me on Facebook when I posted a picture of Michael Jackson in the boys' dressing room during Oliver! The minute he reached out, I immediately looked at the face. Of course you time travel and I said, 'Oh my God, I see Roshi.' Since then we've had wonderful reunions and catch-ups and he's done more Broadway shows than I have. I must admit I'm jealous he got to work with Angela Lansbury."

On his experience in MAME, Lowe remembers: "There were hundreds of kids there. I knew that when I got up there to sing - it was My Best Girl - I had a few moments to connect with the casting director. I got called back and had to sing for Angela Lansbury herself. When I walked in there and saw Angela, I said to myself, 'Please, God, let me get this role.' At that point I wasn't very religious but I said, 'Please God: Let me look Angela right in the eye and sing this song from the bottom of my heart. Let me connect with her.' When I walked out, the casting director said, 'That's my Patrick Dennis.'"

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