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Brian Stokes Mitchell

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 10: Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell arrives at the opening night of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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About Brian Stokes Mitchell

Brian Stokes Mitchell (b. 31 October 1957, Seattle, Washington) is an American stage, film and television actor. He currently appears on Broadway. A powerful baritone, he has been one of the central male star figures of the theatre in the last two decades. His Broadway credits include Mail (1988), an all-black revival of George Gershwin's Oh, Kay! (1990), Jelly's Last Jam (1992) based on the works of jazz artist Jelly Roll Morton, John Kander and Fred Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Ragtime (1998), the 1999 revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, King Hedley II (2001) and Man of La Mancha (2002). He appeared in the City Center Encores! productions of Jule Styne's Do Re Mi (1999), Bob Merrill's Carnival! (2002), and Kismet (2006), and in the title role in the 2002 Kennedy Center revival of Sweeney Todd, part of Stephen Sondheim's 70th birthday celebration.

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