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LA MAYOR KAREN BASS, NORM LEWIS, STOKLEY, MYLES FROST, COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT SET TO SHINE AS HONOREES AT THE 30TH NAACP THEATRE AWARDS
The Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch of the NAACP names celebrated and esteemed honorees for the upcoming 30th NAACP Theatre Awards red carpet dinner show, scheduled to be held on Monday, June 3, 2024, at the adorned Taglyan Complex, 1201 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA, 90038 at 6pm.
Black Mafia Family (BMF) star Michole Briana White will host this year’s awards show highlighting black greatness throughout the theatre world, Broadway stars, and community servants. Michole began her career appearing in several popular television shows and has an extensive body of work in film, theatre, television, and commercials. She recently had guest star appearances in the final season of Atlanta and FBI International. White starred in the Gotham Award-winning web series “The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes” and is co-creator of its upcoming sequel. No stranger to the world of music, she is a singer/songwriter and licenses her music for film and television. She has performed with the LA Philharmonic at Disney Concert Hall and her vocals were featured on the Daytime Emmy Awards. Some of her theatrical credits include the original Off-Broadway production of August Wilson’s Jitney and Radio Golf at The Goodman Theatre and The Kennedy Center. She also appeared in Suzan Lori-Parks’s “Fucking A” at The NY Public Theatre and the musical “When Jazz Had the Blues” playing the iconic role of Lena Horne. Michole has been the recipient of the Obie, Ovation, NAACP Image, Audelco, and Drama Critics Circle Awards.
The NAACP Theatre Awards will bestow the NAACP Lifetime Achievement Theatre Award to acclaimed actor and veteran Broadway star, Norm Lewis. He is an Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee and acquired one of his first theatre credits in 1992 and made his Broadway debut in, “The Who’s Tommy”. From there, he earned numerous award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess and amazingly in 2014 made history as the first Black “Phantom” in The Phantom of The Opera on Broadway. Taking a brief pause from Broadway, Lewis showcased his talents on the small screen in noteworthy television productions like the politically driven drama Scandal, The Blacklist, Gotham, She’s Gotta Have It, Grey’s Anatomy, Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, Law & Order plus the critically acclaimed drama series POSE. He also appeared as ‘Caiaphas’ in the award-winning NBC television special, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!,” alongside John Legend, Sara Bareilles, and Alice Cooper.