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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.
From: Photo Flash: Tony Nominee Phillip Boykin Performs at GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY! in Morristown
From: Photo Coverage: Meet The 2012 Tony Nominees Atop the Empire State Building!
From: Photo Coverage: Meet The 2012 Tony Nominees Atop the Empire State Building!
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
Watch Jordan Fisher talk starring in Hadestown with hosts Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS.
Jordan Fisher officially took over the role of Orpheus in Hadestown on Monday, November 20, 2023. Get a first look at Jordan in the production, performing the song 'Wait For Me', in the video here!
Grammy Award®-winning music icon Ani DiFranco will make her Broadway debut as ‘Persephone’ in the Tony® and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, Hadestown.
Jordan Fisher stepped into the role of ‘Orpheus’ in the Tony Award-winning best musical Hadestown on Broadway on November 20. He is the first actor to succeed original cast member Reeve Carney, who departed the production on November 19th. Check out a photo and video clip from his first curtain call here!
Get a first look at Jordan Fisher as 'Orpheus' in Hadestown!
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 2, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Hadestown welcomed new stars! Betty Who, Phillip Boykin and Solea Pfeiffer joined the cast as Persephone, Hades and Eurydice respectively. Check out a first look at the trio in action in this video!
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the cast of HADESTOWN in Washington DC. Explore photos and video footage of the acclaimed Broadway musical, as it is formally added to the Library of Congress Collection.
All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain, starring Patrick Page, and directed by Simon Godwin, just celebrated opening night at the DR2 Theatre. Check out photos from inside the festivities!
Hadestown will be formally added into the Library of Congress collections in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, October 17.
Jordan Fisher, who most recently starred as 'Anthony' in the current revival of Sweeney Todd, will take over the role of Orpheus in Hadestown on Broadway.
Original Broadway cast member Reeve Carney will play his final performance as ‘Orpheus’ in Hadestown, Broadway’s Tony Award®-winning Best Musical, on Sunday, November 19. Learn more here!
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 29, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Earlier this month, Hadestown welcomed new stars! Betty Who, Phillip Boykin and Solea Pfeiffer joined the cast as Persephone, Hades and Eurydice respectively. Check out photos of the cast in action.
This morning, Betty Who, Solea Pfeiffer, Lillias White, Reeve Carney, Phillip Boykin, and the cast of Hadestown appeared on The TODAY Show to perform 'Livin' It Up on Top' from the Tony-winning Broadway musical. Watch a video of the performance now!
Discover how the cast of HADESTOWN, including Phillip Boykin, Betty Who, and Reeve Carney, are using their platform to raise awareness about climate change at the Edge event. Learn more about their efforts to make a positive impact.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 25, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
In this video, watch as Betty Who, Phillip Boykin and Solea Pfeiffer chat about joining the cast of Hadestown on Broadway.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 19, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Betty Who, Solea Pfeiffer, Lillias White, Reeve Carney, Phillip Boykin, and the cast of Hadestown sang Betty’s hit single “I Love You Always Forever” with the crowd after the matinee outside of the Walter Kerr Theatre to celebrate the new cast joining the company of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical. Watch highlights in this video!
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 throughout his career. These include Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for his role in "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.