BRENT BARRETT
Brent Barrett is no stranger to the stages of Broadway, the West End, concert halls, recording studios or television. He was most recently seen on Broadway reprising his role as Billy Flynn in the Tony Award-winning hit, Chicago - The Musical for which he received a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award. Brent received an Olivier Award nomination for his starring role in the London premiere of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate. His acclaimed performance was recorded for broadcast on PBS and is available on DVD. Brent made his debut as the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular in the new $40 million theatre at the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip.
He also starred in the City Center Encores! production of The Pajama Game and as King Arthur in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Camelot. Other Broadway roles include Frank Butler in the Broadway revival of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun at the Marquis Theatre opposite Reba McEntire, Charles Castleton in the Alan Jay Lerner musical Dance a Little Closer and Baron Felix Von Gaigern in Grand Hotel.
Additional New York performances include Maximilian in the Broadway revival of Candide, and Tommy Albright in New York City Opera's production of Brigadoon. In New Zealand, he appeared as Archibald in that country's production of The Secret Garden.
On the road, Brent played the Victor Duchesi role in the pre-Broadway Tour of Busker Alley with Tommy Tune, and he starred opposite Cathy Rigby in the National Tour of Annie Get Your Gun. Brent made his Broadway debut as "Tony" in the revival of West Side Story, which he subsequently reprised in the international tour. Off-Broadway credits include Closer Than Ever, March of the Falsettos, The Death of Von Richtofen, The Time Of Cuckoo, and a musical version of Portrait of Jenny.
Brent has received critical acclaim when he performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, The Royal Albert and Royal Festival Hall’s in London, with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, Minnesota Opera, Opera Pacific, Michigan Opera, the Birmingham Symphony and the Liceu Opera House in Barcelona. Brent is the founding member and producer of The Broadway Tenors. Solo albums include the recently released Christmas Mornings, The Alan Jay Lerner Album and The Kander and Ebb Album. Other recordings include Brigadoon, Grand Hotel, Dance a Little Closer, Closer Than Ever, Show Stoppers, The Busby Berkeley Album, Lost in Boston IV, Unsung Musicals, Vol. III, and The Maury Yeston Songbook.
On television and in film Brent was featured in The Producers, Hercules, Longtime Companion, All My Children, Another World and Guiding Light. For more information visit www.BrentBarrett.com.
NORM LEWIS
Norm Lewis, one of New York’s most popular leading men, is currently starring in Disney’s Little Mermaid on Broadway as King Tritan. He has been seen in a wide variety of roles on Broadway including the long running hit Chicago, Les Miserables, Amour, Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild Party, the cult favorite Side Show, as well as Miss Saigon and The Who’s Tommy. Other New York Credits include Two Gentlemen of Verona for The Public Theater (Shakespeare in the Park, Drama League Award Nomination). Norm was also seen in William Finn’s A New Brain at Lincoln Center, where he was also featured in the new Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's musical Dessa Rose for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination & an ADELCO Award.
Other stage credits include Ragtime at the North Carolina Theatre; The Fantasticks at Sacramento Music Circus; Baby with La Chanze at Papermill Playhouse; Dreamgirls at Atlanta's Fox Theater with the legendary Jennifer Holliday; and Sweeney Todd at Signature Theater, for which Norm received a Helen Hayes Award nomination.
Norm has been seen in three of The Actor's Fund of America’s acclaimed fall benefit concerts. He was Curtis Taylor Jr. in the 20th anniversary concert of Dreamgirls, Molokov in Chess with Josh Groban and a soloist in Hair. He is also a very proud member of the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Norm’s television credits include: All My Children - Assistant DA Keith McClean, Detective Hale on As the World Turns, and guest starring roles on Cosby and Strong Medicine, Mystery Woman, along with numerous commercials.
Norm, originally from Eatonville Florida – the oldest black chartered municipality in the United States – can also be heard on a variety of recordings including the original cast recordings of Amour, Side Show, The Wild Party, The Who’s Tommy, and A New Brain, as well as William Finn's Infinite Joy, Fynsworth Alley’s Stephen Sondheim collections, the Nonesuch complete cast recording of Dreamgirls in Concert with Audra McDonald, Heather Headley and Lillias White as well as the Grammy Nominated Great Joy. His premiere solo CD was just released. Visit www.NormLewis.com for more details.
BRIAN LANE GREEN
A Tony Award-nominee for "Best Actor in a Musical" for his performance as Spacepunk in Starmites, Green made his Broadway debut as Huck Finn in Big River. He went on to star in the first national tour of that show and also in the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He also appeared on Broadway as Jo Jo in the Cy Coleman musical The Life. Green's regional theater credits include West Side Story, The Pirates of Penzance, Pippin, Camelot, La Cage Aux Folles, 1776, and Julius Caesar, in which he played Marc Antony.
On television, Green has guest starred on numerous prime‐time shows, including Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Murder She Wrote, Matlock, Hotel, and Highway to Heaven. Daytime audiences know him as Alan Brand on Days of Our Lives, Sam Fowler on Another World, and Brian Bodine on All My Children. www.brianlanegreen.com