LACY DARRYL PHILLIPS Performed in His First
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LACY DARRYL PHILLIPS Performed in his first musical “Miss Moffat” with Bette Davis. He then toured the U.S. and performed on Broadway in ”Raisin” as Travis Younger, “Sophisticated Ladies” starring Gregory Hines, “Dancin”, ”Anything Goes” starring Patti Lupone, “Sweet Charity” starring Debbie Allen, “Play On”, ”Fosse” and most recently starred in “Me and Mrs. Jones” with Lou Rawls. He will be featured in the upcoming PBS Special “Broadway: The American Musical (Fall 2004). Most recently he taught musical theatre workshops for The Debbie Allen Dance Academy (2004) and Towne Street Theatre Company. Under the direction of Debbie Allen, Lacy has been an Assistant and performed on such projects as: “A Different World”, “The Academy Awards”, “Polly I & II” for Disney and the CBS T.V. Movie “Stompin’ At The Savoy” as Teddy the M.C. and “Cool Women”. Other films include: ”Sister Act II", “Death Becomes Her”, “A Chorus Line”, “What’s Love Got To Do With It” and ”The Five Heartbeats”, an independent musical film “Vampires In Da’ House” and featured in “The Fighting Temptations” starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyonce Knowles. Other Director/Choreographers that Lacy has worked with are: Michael Peters, Lester Wilson, Michael Kidd, Larry Fuller, Donald McKayle, Bruce Heath, Gene Castle, Mercedes Ellington and Louis Johnson. As Director/Choreographer for T.V. and Stage and Film, Artists include: Vanessa Williams, Cindy Herron (En Vogue), Karyn White, Phylicia Rashad, Expose’, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonnie Gordon, Jimmy Z., Stephanie Pope, Seiko Matsuda, Jun Inoue, CeCe Peniston and Tony Terry. Mr. Phillips also staged “The Wiz” starring Peabo Bryson and Grace Jones and was Associate Choreographer/Director for Mariah Carey’s “Around The World” Tour. He is now the President of Uncle Earl Productions, Inc. and Associate Director of the Hinton Battle Theatre Lab in New York..