Robert Hartwell is just one of the minority African-Americans, who has surpassed social disparities to rise to the top. In a racially discriminative era, Robert is the only black CEO in New York’s musical theatre education. As many would imagine it as an easy journey of converting a dream into entrepreneurship, Robert has massively instilled endurance, hunger, and passion to achieve his current milestone.
The personal life of Robert is interesting due to his uniqueness and identification with the community of black gay and queer men. He has recognized his distinctiveness as an important aspect of his strength and growth in the white-dominated industry/business. Through his career and life journey, many people in this generation can acquire the paramount motivation to climb higher heights and reach their goals.
“Breaking new ground” is a transformation slogan and milestone for Robert, but also inspirational to any other talented individual around the world. In this article, we get to know Robert on a personal level and also view the facts of his incredible story. This includes family bonds, dating life as a gay black American, touring all over the country while building a business and now running Broadway Collective, which earns him approximately 7 figures in income annually.
Who is Robert Hartwell?/Biography
Robert Hartwell is an entrepreneur, host & executive producer of Breaking New Ground TV on max streams. Apart from that, he is an accomplished educator and the only black CEO in New York Musical theatre education. Also, he is highly recognized as the founder and artistic director/choreographer of the Broadway Collective where he is training the next generation of Broadway. His main skill at the musical theatre is to teach young people how to sing, dance, and act on stage.
Through his passion and desire to transform Broadway stages, he has established a business that is renowned in the entire NYC. Currently, his company emerged as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, ranking 1,106 out of 5000 with 440% growth in 3 years. Robert is also a coach for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and other business-oriented people in NYC.
Robert Hartwell Age & Birthday
Robert is 37 years old as of this post, having been born on November 28, 1986, in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. He celebrates his birthday on November 28 every calendar year. At this age, he has accomplished huge success and even gained a reputable status as the founder of Broadway Collective. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Robert Hartwell Height & Weight
Robert is tall at an approximate height of 5ft 8 inches. By view of his photos, he has integrated a healthy nutritional routine into his lifestyle that gives him a strong physic. he therefore appears younger than his age due to his fitness and moderate weight. The exact figures for his weight will be updated soon.
Robert Hartwell Dating Life/Partner
Robert is openly in the community of black gay and queer men but has remained private in his dating life. As of 2024, he has not revealed his partner to the public despite accomplishing huge success and financial growth in the past years. Distinctively, he has represented the gay black community fully and even set a trend that will motivate them to achieve success despite the discriminative spaces that surround them. His dating life will be updated as soon as he reveals his partner to the public.
Robert Hartwell’s Parents/Siblings
Robert is the second born in a family of three siblings. His mother Elizabeth McNeil and Dad William Hartwell, raised the three children in North Carolina. Robert is brother to younger sister, Kiara Opara, and elder brother, Issiah Hartwell. Robert’s father remarried to a loving member of his new family, Ilene, who has been a great influence on his recent success and achievements.
Robert Hartwell Wiki/Achievements
Robert’s greatest achievement is establishing and founding the Broadway Collective, which was initiated in Jan 2016. His success has enabled him to gain a massive reputation as the only African American CEO in the professional musical theatre education space in NYC. He is also the creator of Hello Broadway, a Broadways Online Academy, gathered NYC, Prescreen Prep, and Broadway’s Open.
Robert is also featured in Pharrell and Jayzs hit single “Entrepreneur”.
Other recognizable accolades are that he has performed in 5 musicals on Broadway and 2 national tours. His performances include Dreamgirl, Memphis, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Motown, and Hello, Dolly! Other of his performances beyond musical theatres are Tony Awards, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, The Muny, Sacramento Music Circus, and Fulton Opera House.
Robert Hartwell Educational Background
Robert acquired a Diploma in Ballet and Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He later pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan. His educational background is the main source of his success and achievement in business. Through education, he acquired multiple theatric skills that have enabled him to prosper in the art and music industry. Some of the skills include performing arts, stage, theatre, drama, dance, directing, and entertainment.
Robert Hartwell House/Breaking New Ground Show
Recently, Robert unveiled “Breaking New Ground”, a 6-episode-streaming saga on Max Originals, where he transforms a crumbling mansion in Berkshire into his castle. In the show, he declares that he spent $1.5 million was renovation costs for the house. The house not only showcases his financial success in the past year but mostly is a sign of self-discovery, a deep history dive, and a rare element of likable characters on a home-improvement show.
Robert Hartwell Social Media
Robert has embraced social media as the medium of his marketing strategies. He is mostly active on Instagram where he has accumulated more than 104k followers. He is also active on Facebook where he posts videos of his training and musical education.
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Robert Hartwell’s Net Worth
Robert is as rich as Quiana Watson, a realtor in Atlanta. His net worth and income are not specific from our sources but he is currently a 7 figure artist. Lately, he paid $379,000 for his Massachusetts home, adding $1.5 million in improvement costs and expecting nine months of renovation. We are also aware that his parlour costs, $195,000. The figures make him approximately more than $3 million worth, including cars, houses, and other investments.
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