BIOGRAPHY
Cleavant Derricks
Sweet Daddy/Narrator in Best of Both Worlds, A.R.T. debut. BROADWAY: Dreamgirls (James Thunder Early; Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and LA Drama Circle Award winner for vocal arrangements); Bob Fosse’s Big Deal (Tony & Drama Desk Awards nominee for Best Actor); Revival of Hair; Vinette Carroll’s Your Arms Too Short to Box with God; But Never Jam Today; Brooklyn the Musical. TOURING: The Full Monty (Horse; NAACP Theatre Award for Best Male). REGIONAL: Cy Coleman’s Like Jazz, Mark Taper Forum. FILM: Moscow on the Hudson; The Slugger’s Wife; Offbeat; Carnival of Souls; Bluffing It; World Traveler. TV: When Hell Freezes Over I’ll Skate, PBS Company Company (composer, musical director, and featured actor); Sliders; Thea; Drexell’s Class; Good Sports; Whoops!. Guest appearances on Touched by an Angel; Charmed; The Practice; The Bernie Mac Show; Cold Case; David E. Kelly’s Wedding Bells. Other awards include the “Heroes and Legends Award” for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre.