Phillip Boykin is a 2019 Grammy Award nominee for the Tony Award–winning CD Once on This Island. He’s a Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for his work as Crown in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. He received the 2012 Theatre World Award. Phillip is a native of Greenville, SC, who now resides in NJ. Other performances include the Broadway revivals On the Town and Sunday in the Park With George; National Tours of Showboat; several other Regional Theaters and performances including Sondheim on Sondheim with the LA Philharmonic and Boston Pops, the Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance with the NY City Center, Ain’t Misbehavin’, the opera Porgy and Bess, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Phillip performed as Booker T. Washington in the Anniversary Concert of Ragtime at Lincoln Center. He also made his Carnegie Hall debut in Broadway Classics. Film: Freedom starring Cuba Gooding Jr.; Top Five starring Chris Rock; Caiaphas in Easter Mysteries. He was featured as the cover story in Classical Singer Magazine. He’s a graduate of the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music in CT; he also studied Jazz and Vocal Performance at SC State University, Howard University, and the NC School of the Arts. Phillip has toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia, Poland, and North America. Mr. Boykin is the founder, director, and manager of “The New York Gospel Brothers.” For more information or a CD/DVD, please visit his website.
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Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess
Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
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Phillip Boykin has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
Phillip Boykin has not appeared in the West End.
Phillip Boykin has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Porgy and Bess, Outstanding Debut Performance at the Theatre World Awards for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
Phillip Boykin has won the Outstanding Debut Performance award from the Theatre World Awards for his role in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
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