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Brian Stokes Mitchell

Shows · Brian Stokes Mitchell

Actor b. 1957 On stage 19982016

Rich-voiced leading man known for his commanding stage presence.

On stage 12 productions, 18 years

1998 Ragtime Ford Center · Original · directed by Frank Galati Musical staging: Graciela Daniele 861 perf.
1999 Kiss Me, Kate Martin Beck Theatre · Revival · directed by Michael Blakemore 881 perf.
2001 Dreamgirls Ford Center For The Performing Arts · Revival · directed by Brenda Braxton 1 perf.
2001 King Hedley II Virginia Theatre · Original · directed by Marion McClinton 72 perf.
2002 Man of La Mancha Martin Beck Theatre · Revival · directed by Jonathan Kent 304 perf.
2005 A Wonderful Life Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Carl Andress 1 perf.
2005 Children and Art New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Lisa Shriver 1 perf.
2005 Love Life Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Charles Randolph-Wright 8 perf.
2009 Chance & Chemistry Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Christopher Gattelli 1 perf.
2010 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Bartlett Sher 69 perf.
2016 Shuffle Along Theatre not recorded · Revival · directed by George C. Wolfe 100 perf.
2016 Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by George C. Wolfe 100 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Audra McDonald 6 productions
Marin Mazzie 4 productions
Judy Kuhn 3 productions
Darren Lee 3 productions
Billy Porter 3 productions
Walter Charles 2 productions
Telly Leung 2 productions
Rosena M Hill 2 productions
Paul Castree 2 productions
Patty Goble 2 productions
Patti LuPone 2 productions
Patrick Wilson 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 3 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on3 works

Kiss Me, Kate (1999 Revival)
Man of La Mancha (2002 Revival)
Kiss of the Spider Woman

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • Revival cast (1999) : Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Amy Spanger, Michael Berresse, Paul Gemignani (conductor). DRG 03855 (2000).ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Cast: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Peter Friedman, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Marc Jacoby, Jim Corti, Tommy Hollis, Lynette Perry, Steven Sutcliffe, Judy Kayeebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • During the run, Alton-Fitzgerald White replaced Brian Stokes Mitchell, Donna Bullock replaced Marin Mazzie, And LaChanze replaced Audra McDonald.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Amy Spanger, Michael Berresse, John Horton, Merwin Foard, Adriane Lenox, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Michael Mulheren, Lee Wilkof, Ron Holgateebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ernie Sabella, Stephen Bogardus, Mark Jacoby, Natascia Diaz, Don Mayo, Olga Merediz, Frederick B. Owens, Jaime Torocelliniebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • [Lights up on MARIN MAZZIE and BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL in Kiss Me Kate dressing gowns.]ebooks/Portantiere, Gerard Alessandrini;Michael/B0030EGEYY EBOK - Gerard Alessandrini;Michael Portantiere.txt

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