Mark Hsu Syers ( October, â€" May, ) was a Broadway actor in the 's
and 's. He graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School and
attended the University of New Mexico, where he acted in The
Fantasticks. He graduated Emerson College in in Boston. He also
appeared in Under Fire in New York City and Godspell in Boston. His
first major role was in Pacific Overtures where he played, among other
roles, the Russian Admiral ("Please Hello"), the Soothsayer
("Crysanthymum Tea"), the Thief ("Four Black Dragons"), and the
Warrior ("Someone in a Tree"). He played King Herod in Jesus Christ
Superstar and Magaldi in Evita. His voice can be heard on the cast
recordings of Pacific Overtures and Evita. He was featured in the
television program "Anatomy of a Song: Someone in a Tree" with Stephen
Sondheim, Gedde Watanabe and James Dybas, which was presented by Frank
Rich.He died in a head-on car crash in Pennington, New Jersey on a wet
road in , at the age of . He is buried in Ewing Cemetery.
and 's. He graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School and
attended the University of New Mexico, where he acted in The
Fantasticks. He graduated Emerson College in in Boston. He also
appeared in Under Fire in New York City and Godspell in Boston. His
first major role was in Pacific Overtures where he played, among other
roles, the Russian Admiral ("Please Hello"), the Soothsayer
("Crysanthymum Tea"), the Thief ("Four Black Dragons"), and the
Warrior ("Someone in a Tree"). He played King Herod in Jesus Christ
Superstar and Magaldi in Evita. His voice can be heard on the cast
recordings of Pacific Overtures and Evita. He was featured in the
television program "Anatomy of a Song: Someone in a Tree" with Stephen
Sondheim, Gedde Watanabe and James Dybas, which was presented by Frank
Rich.He died in a head-on car crash in Pennington, New Jersey on a wet
road in , at the age of . He is buried in Ewing Cemetery.
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