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Three-time Tony-award nominee Joshua Henry will receive the Frost Distinguished Alumnus Award at the Monday, Oct. 15 Frost Music Live concert, “Broadway at Frost.” Henry was nominated in 2018 for his role in “;” he also stars in the first touring company of the Broadway smash hit, “.”

Henry graduated in 2006 from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. A baritenor – a mash up of the words baritone and tenor – Henry majored in vocal performance. On Monday, he will join Broadway star Marcus Lovett, along with Dan Strange of the Frost faculty and Frost Musical Theater Workshop and Opera Theater Students for this special evening’s performance.

Henry began his career in "," and quickly moved on to a role in the ensemble and understudied the role of Benny, in an off-Broadway Tony Award-winning premiere run of “.” He followed up his Broadway debut starring as “Favorite Son” in the original Broadway cast of the musical, “,” and more recently starring as “Jake” in the Tony-award winning revival of “The Gershwins’ .” He also appeared as Jennifer Hudson’s boyfriend in the first “Sex and the City” movie. While attending the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, he appeared in many musical productions at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre.

Henry will join Lovett, the only lead actor to play “Phantom” on Broadway and London; Frost School of Music’s Director of Contemporary Keyboard Studies Dan Strange; and Frost stars of tomorrow in an evening of music from Broadway.

If You Go When: 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 What Broadway @ Frost Marcus Lovett and Joshua Henry Where: University of Miami Gusman Concert Hall, 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables Tickets: www.frostmusiclive.com