Patricia Phillips

Patricia has altered the history of American Broadway theater as the first woman of color to portray the Tony Award–winning role of Carlotta in the longest-running show on Broadway, The Phantom of the Opera. She is also the only woman of color to appear in Kinky Boots on Broadway. Having trained at Carnegie Mellon University, she has a wide range of credits including the Emmy Award–winning “Live at Lincoln Center” production of Sweeney Todd, the US premiere of Jerry Springer: The Opera, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (OBC), The Secret Garden (OBC), and The Sound of Music (OBC Revival). Some of her television credits include “Billy on the Street,” “Shades of Blue,” the Tony Awards, and “The Sopranos.” She has taught at Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, and NYU Tisch New Studio on Broadway. Patricia will forever consider her son, DIF, her finest production of all time.