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Norm Lewis

Shows · Norm Lewis

Actor b. 1963 On stage 19882021

First African American to star as the Phantom on Broadway.

On stage 17 productions, 33 years

1988 The Phantom of the Opera Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 13,981 perf.
1991 Miss Saigon Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Nicholas Hytner 4,092 perf.
1996 Chicago Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by Walter Bobbie 9,999 perf.
1997 Side Show Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by Robert Longbottom 91 perf.
2000 The Wild Party Virginia Theatre · Original · directed by Gabriel Barre 54 perf.
2001 Dreamgirls Ford Center For The Performing Arts · Revival · directed by Brenda Braxton 1 perf.
2002 Amour Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 17 perf.
2003 Chess New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival · directed by Peter Flynn 1 perf.
2004 Hair New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival 1 perf.
2006 Les Misérables Broadhurst Theatre · Revival 463 perf.
2008 The Little Mermaid Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Francesca Zambello 685 perf.
2010 Sondheim on Sondheim Studio 54 · Original · directed by James Lapine 76 perf.
2012 Porgy and Bess Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by Diane Paulus 322 perf.
2012 The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by Diane Paulus 293 perf.
2016 My Love Letter to Broadway Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Jay-Alexander 12 perf.
2017 Once on This Island Circle in the Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Michael Arden 458 perf.
2021 Chicken & Biscuits Circle In The Square Theatre · Original · directed by Zhailon Levingston 41 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

NaTasha Yvette Williams 4 productions
Sierra Boggess 3 productions
Phillip Boykin 3 productions
Peter Lockyer 3 productions
Orfeh 3 productions
Maryann Hu 3 productions
Lillias White 3 productions
Lea Salonga 3 productions
Bruce Winant 3 productions
Bobby Daye 3 productions
Billy Porter 3 productions
Audra McDonald 3 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 on2 works

Les Miserables
Porgy and Bess (2012 Revival)

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Sierra Boggess, Derrick Baskin, Trevor Braun, Tituss Burgess, Brian D’Addario, Jonathan Freeman, Cody Hanford, Eddie Korbich, Norm Lewis, Tyler Maynard, Sean Palmer, Sherie Rene Scottebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • The whole thing ended with Norm Lewis singing "Lullaby of Broadway" with his signature velvet voice and the brilliant ensemble dancing up a storm.ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • I chatted up Norm Lewis, my favorite male Broadway singer. He's shirtless as King Triton in The Little Mermaid , so he had to get his body back into the shape it was when he did Wild Party on Broadway, AKA woof! He looks great! Also, I'm kvelling because he said he's halfway through his first CD. Finally! I've always said that he should h…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • The whole show ended with Norm Lewis doing a blast from both of our pasts. As I’ve mentioned before, when he first moved to New York, Norm wanted to do a song that guys don't normally do, so he'd audition with "Before the Parade Passes By." Back then he was non-Equity, and I had a 30-inch waist. Norm sang a phenomenal arrangement of it th…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • Last Thursday, James and I hightailed it to the stage door of The Little Mermaid because I asked Norm Lewis to leave me a copy of his long-awaited CD. We got to the stage door at around 8:45… and it wasn't there! We literally heard Norm talking to someone backstage because the stage door is so near the wings, but the doorman wasn't allowe…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • In September of 2001, you performed Effie again, opposite Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, in the landmark Dreamgirls concert. This was fifteen years since you first did Effie. Do you remember her being different?ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt

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