Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater

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NORM LEWIS
Porgy
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:
Sondheim on Sondheim
(Soloist), The Little Mermaid
(King Triton), Les Misérables
(Javert, Drama League
nomination), Chicago (Billy
Flynn), Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show (Jake),
Miss Saigon (John) and Tommy. London: Les
Misérables (Javert), West End, London; Les
Misérables 25th anniversary concert, London’s
O2 Arena. Off-Broadway: Dessa Rose (Nathan,
Drama Desk nomination, Audelco Award), The
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine, Drama
League nomination), Captains Courageous (Doc),
A New Brain (Roger). Regional: Ragtime
(Coalhouse), Dreamgirls (Curtis, with Jennifer
Holliday), First You Dream, Sweeney Todd
(Sweeney), The Fantasticks (El Gallo). Concerts:
Chess (Molokov, with Josh Groban), Dreamgirls
(Curtis), Actor’s Fund; Golden Boy (Eddie),
Encores! Film and television: Sex and the City 2,
Preaching to the Choir, Confidences, Mystery
Woman, “Cosby,” “Strong Medicine,” “All My
Children” and “As the World Turns.” Recordings
include: his debut solo CD, Norm Lewis: This Is
The Life. www.normlewis.com.
AUDRA McDONALD
Bess
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:
Carousel (Tony Award),
Master Class (Tony Award),
Ragtime (Tony Award), A
Raisin in the Sun (Tony
Award), Marie Christine
(Tony nomination), 110 in the Shade (Tony nomination,
Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a
Musical), Henry IV, The Secret Garden. Opera:
Francis Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and the world
premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s Send (who
are you? I love you), Houston Grand Opera; Kurt
Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Los
Angeles Opera. Television: “Private Practice” (Dr.
Naomi Bennett) on ABC, “A Raisin in the Sun”
(Emmy nomination), “Wit” (Emmy nomination),
“Homicide: Life on the Street,” “Law &
Order: SVU,” “Having Our Say: The Delany
Sisters’ First 100 Years,” “The Bedford Diaries,”
and “Kidnapped,” and the 1999 television remake
of “Annie” (Miss Farrell). Films: She Got
Problems, Best Thief in the World, It Runs in the
Family, The Object of My Affection, Seven Servants
and Rampart (upcoming, starring Woody
Harrelson). McDonald has recorded four solo albums
for Nonesuch Records, including Way Back
to Paradise, How Glory Goes, Happy Songs and
Build a Bridge, and won two 2009 Grammy
Awards for The Rise and Fall of the City of
Mahagonny. She maintains an active concert career,
appearing with her own ensemble and with
major orchestras and conductors across the U.S.
and abroad. In the fall of 2011, she opens the
season of Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony
Hall and embarks on a coast-to-coast North
American concert tour. Training: The Juilliard
School. Favorite role: Mommy to Zoe Madeline.
ALICIA HALL
MORAN
Woman of Catfish Row
A.R.T.: Debut. Theater: The
Motown Project Chamber
Ensemble (Leading Lady);
Things of the Heart (Marian
Anderson); Threepenny Opera
(Jenny); Milestone (Wife). Concert and Recital:
Jazz@Lincoln Center with Charles Lloyd, Café
Sabarsky, Duke University, WNYC Greene Space,
Rubin Museum. Other Theater: Bill T. Jones/
Arnie Zane Dance Company’s Chapel/Chapter
(U.S./Europe, Bessie Award for Musical
Collaboration); Jason Moran & the Bandwagon’s
Slang and Live: Time and Milestone (U.S./Europe);
Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings; Joan Jonas’ Mirror
Piece II (U.S./Mexico); Adam Pendleton’s The Revival
and three scenes (Isabella Gardner Museum); Simone
Leigh and Liz Magic Laser’s Breakdown (opera/film).
Education: B.A. Barnard College of Columbia
University, B.M. Manhattan School of Music.
CEDRIC NEAL
Frazier
A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: A
Christmas Carol; Henry IV;
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…It’s
Superman; Death Of A
Salesman; A Midsummer
Night’s Dream; The Who’s
Tommy (Rabin Award), Dallas Theater Center; Lost
In The Stars, A Dog’s Life, Theatre Three; Porgy and
Bess (Austin Critics Circle Award), Zach Theatre,
Austin; Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues, Brief History of
White Music, WaterTower Theatre; The Life, Aida,
The Normal Heart and tick, tick…BOOM!, Uptown
Players; Crowns, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jubilee Theatre.
Television/Film: “The Good Guys,” “Chase,”
“Friday Night Lights.” Attended Eastman School
of Music (Rochester, New York) and a member of
the Brierley Resident Acting Company, Dallas
Theater Center.
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