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STAGE CREDITS

The Royale The Royale
[Off-Broadway]
Lincoln Center Theatre Off-Broadway Production, 2016
Wynton
King Lear King Lear
[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, 2014
Gloucester
Porgy and Bess
[West End]
London Revival, 2006
Porgy
The Witches of Eastwick
[West End]
Original London Production, 2000
Darryl Van Horne [Replacement]
[Replacement]
The Iceman Cometh
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1999
Joe Mott
Chicago
[US Tour]
2nd National Tour, 1997
Billy Flynn [Replacement]
[Replacement]
Chicago
[US Tour]
1st National Tour, 1997
[Replacement]
[Replacement]
Guys and Dolls
[West End]
Royal National Theatre Production, 1996
Sky Masterson
Chicago Chicago
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1996
Billy Flynn [Replacement]
[Replacement]
[Replacement]
[Replacement]
Putting It Together
[Regional (UK)]
World Premiere, 1992
Performer
Five Guys Named Moe
[West End]
West End Transfer, 1990
King
[West End]
Concert [West End], 1988
Blues in the Night
[West End]
London Revival, 1987
Guys and Dolls
[West End]
Royal National Theatre Production, 1984
Bubbling Brown Sugar
[West End]
London Production, 1977
I Gotta Shoe
[West End]
London Revival, 1976

Productions

SammySammy
 
[West End, 2020]
Director
Five Guys Named MoeFive Guys Named Moe
 
[West End, 2017]
Director

Writing

Five Guys Named Moe
Bookwriter
Playwright

Awards and Nominations

Olivier Awards - 2007 - Best Actor In A Musical

Clarke PetersGershwins' Porgy And Bess

Olivier Awards - 1999 - Best Actor in a Musical

Clarke Peters, Chicago


winner
Theatre World Awards - 1999 - Performance

Clarke Peters, The Iceman Cometh

Olivier Awards - 1996 - Best Actor in a Musical

Clarke PetersUnforgettable

Tony Awards - 1992 - Best Book of a Musical

Clarke Peters , Five Guys Named Moe


winner
Olivier Awards - 1991 - Best Entertainment

Clarke Peters, Five Guys Named Moe

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Photos: First Look at Alfred Molina, Denis O'Hare & More in THE BOROUGHS Netflix Seri Photo
Photos: First Look at Alfred Molina, Denis O'Hare & More in THE BOROUGHS Netflix Series
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 25, 2026

Netflix has unveiled the first look at The Boroughs, a new supernatural series starring stage and screen stars Alfred Molina, Denis O'Hare, Alfre Woodard, and more. Check it out now.
Video: Anjelica Huston Stars in Trailer for AGATHA CHRISTIE’S TOWARDS ZERO Photo
Video: Anjelica Huston Stars in Trailer for AGATHA CHRISTIE’S TOWARDS ZERO
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 28, 2025

Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, the three-episode limited series from BritBox, will premiere as a three-day event beginning Wednesday, April 16. Watch the new trailer now!
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Comes to Westcoast Black Theatre Photo
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Comes to Westcoast Black Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2025

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present “Five Guys Named Moe,” an exuberant tribute to the music of rhythm and blues pioneer and renowned alto saxophonist Louis Jordan.
Photos: First Look at New Adaptation of Agatha Christie Mystery TOWARDS ZERO Photo
Photos: First Look at New Adaptation of Agatha Christie Mystery TOWARDS ZERO
by Josh Sharpe - Oct 2, 2024

BritBox and the BBC have released first-look pictures of Towards Zero, based on the classic mystery by the best-selling author of all time, Agatha Christie.
Alfred Molina, Denis O'Hare, & More to Star in Netflix Series THE BOROUGHS Photo
Alfred Molina, Denis O'Hare, & More to Star in Netflix Series THE BOROUGHS
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 4, 2024

Netflix has announced that Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Clarke Peters, and Bill Pullman are set to star in The Boroughs, an upcoming supernatural mystery from Executive Producers The Duffer Brothers and created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) who also serve as Showrunners. 
Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 13, SARAH VAUGHAN: IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW, Royal Albert Hall Photo
Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 13, SARAH VAUGHAN: IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW, Royal Albert Hall
by Louise Penn - Jul 29, 2024

A lively, varied and yes, sassy night celebrating a groundbreaking artist. If only a few of the audience headed off to listen to Vaughan's original recordings, that is a bonus. As Sarah Vaughan 'married operatic grandeur with the coolness of jazz', so this concert digs deep to showcase her range, personality, and love of life.
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Comes to The Winter Park Playhouse in March Photo
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Comes to The Winter Park Playhouse in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2024

The Winter Park Playhouse continues its 2023-2o24 Series of Professional Musicals with its next Mainstage production of the popular Broadway hit - Five Guys Named Moe - playing March 15 - April 20, 2024. 
Martin Freeman, Dermot O'Leary, Matt Lucas and More Set For WHODUNNIT [UNREHEARSED] 3 Photo
Martin Freeman, Dermot O'Leary, Matt Lucas and More Set For WHODUNNIT [UNREHEARSED] 3
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2024

Park Theatre has announced the remaining celebrity guests taking part in the popular murder mystery fundraising spoof Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 3. Learn more about the lineup here!
Interview: 'I've Never Played a Character Like Her': Actor Faith Omole on Power, Inte Photo
Interview: 'I've Never Played a Character Like Her': Actor Faith Omole on Power, Intense Rehearsal and Taking on the Role of Regan in KING LEAR
by Kat Mokrynski - Feb 28, 2024

As the cast settle into the run, BroadwayWorld had the chance to chat with Faith Omole, who plays Regan, one of Lear’s daughters, in the Almeida Theatre's production of King Lear. We discussed how she first got into the theatre world, what it has been like to take on the role of Regan and what she hopes audiences take away from King Lear.
Review: KING LEAR, Almeida Theatre Photo
Review: KING LEAR, Almeida Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Feb 16, 2024

Yaël Farber described King Lear as theatre’s Everest. If that’s true, then they might just have scaled the summit.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Reveals 25th Anniversary Season Photo
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Reveals 25th Anniversary Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2024

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 25th season will be a celebration of “25 Years of Black Heritage.” During its 2024-2025 theatre season, WBTT will offer fan favorites as well as a brand-new world premiere show. Learn more about the lineup here!
The Almeida Theatre Reveals Full Cast For Yaël Farber's Production of KING LEAR Photo
The Almeida Theatre Reveals Full Cast For Yaël Farber's Production of KING LEAR
by Stephi Wild - Dec 18, 2023

The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast of Yaël Farber’s production of King Lear. Performances run Thursday 8 February – Saturday 30 March 2024. Learn more about who is appearing in the show here!
ONCE AGAIN Wins Audience Award at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Photo
ONCE AGAIN Wins Audience Award at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
by Michael Major - Nov 20, 2023

'ONCE AGAIN' (for the very first time) wins Audience Award at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Boaz Yakin's film premieres in competition at the prestigious festival. The film is also executive produced by Nicholas Maye and Van Lathan, executive producers of the film, “Two Distant Strangers,”  under their Six Feet Over Productions banner.
WHODUNNIT [UNREHEARSED], THE FORSYTE SAGA, and More Come to the Park Theatre in 2024 Photo
WHODUNNIT [UNREHEARSED], THE FORSYTE SAGA, and More Come to the Park Theatre in 2024
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2023

Park Theatre has announced a plethora of new shows for 2024, including the third installment of their hugely popular Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] series and a two-part adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. 
Photos: First Look at MNM's FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE at The Kravis Center Photo
Photos: First Look at MNM's FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE at The Kravis Center
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 9, 2023

Check out photos of MNM Theatre Company's latest production here!
MNM Theatre Company's FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Features Dreyfoos School of the Arts Alumni Photo
MNM Theatre Company's FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Features Dreyfoos School of the Arts Alumni
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2023

MNM Theatre Company’s Five Guys Named Moe will feature the talents of a number of Dreyfoos School of the Arts alumni.  The show, which will run from September 8th through September 24th in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts features the music of Jazz legend Louis Jordan.
MNM Theatre Company's FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Opens at The Kravis Center in September Photo
MNM Theatre Company's FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Opens at The Kravis Center in September
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2023

MNM Theatre Company will present Five Guys Named Moe, playwright Clarke Peters exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jazz legend Louis Jordan and his music from September 8th through September 24th in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
Emma Hatton, Sally Ann Triplett & More to Star in BERLUSCONI World Premiere Musical a Photo
Emma Hatton, Sally Ann Triplett & More to Star in BERLUSCONI World Premiere Musical at Southwark Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2023

The cast has been announced for the world premiere of BERLUSCONI at Southwark Playhouse. Rehearsals begin on 13 February with first preview on 25 March and press night on 29 March.
At Best When There's Singing and Dancing on Screen Photo
At Best When There's Singing and Dancing on Screen
by Oliver Oliveros - Jan 12, 2023

Learning music mogul Clive Davis gave the imprimatur to 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,' the biopic of Davis’s former protegee and the late music icon Whitney Houston, promises topnotch musical sequences, which would not disappoint--even the most critical superfans.
aGLIFF to Present Special Screening of I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY This Month Photo
aGLIFF to Present Special Screening of I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2022

Austin’s oldest film festival, aGLIFF will present a December 2022 special event and screening of I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY on Wednesday, December 28 at the Galaxy Theatres.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Clarke Peters been in?

Clarke Peters has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

How many West End shows has Clarke Peters been in?

Clarke Peters has appeared on London's West End in 9 shows.

What was Clarke Peters's first West End show?

Clarke Peters's first West End show was I Gotta Shoe which opened in

What awards has Clarke Peters been nominated for?

Best Actor In A Musical (Olivier Awards) for Gershwins' Porgy And Bess, Best Actor in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Chicago , Performance (Theatre World Awards) for The Iceman Cometh, Best Actor in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Unforgettable , Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Five Guys Named Moe and Best Entertainment (Olivier Awards) for Five Guys Named Moe.

What awards has Clarke Peters won?

Clarke Peters has won the Theatre World Award for Performance for The Iceman Cometh and the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for Five Guys Named Moe.

How many shows has Clarke Peters written?

Clarke Peters has written 1 shows including Five Guys Named Moe (Bookwriter).

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