Brian Stokes Mitchell
Past Appearances
October 30th, 2023, NYC: Stokes performs at the Black Theatre United (BTU) upcoming inaugural gala fundraiser, A Salute to Broadway Legends: Past, Present, and Future. The event is set for Monday, October 30 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Other performances from BTU founders Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis, Audra McDonald, LaChanze, Billy Porter, Capathia Jenkins, Darius de Haas, Natasha Yvette Williams and Lillias White. The Gala honors Grammy-winning producer, singer and songwriter Kandi Burruss; actress, director, producer and philanthropist LaTanya Richardson Jackson; Academy Award-winning actor and philanthropist Samuel L. Jackson; President of Trate Productions Robyn Coles; Chairman of the Board for Cerevel Therapeutics Dr. N Anthony Coles; and Award-winning Arts & Culture Executive and Director of Steve Jobs Theatre at Apple Dr. Indira Etwaroo. More information and tickets.
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July 27, 2022 - LOS ANGELES, CA - Hollywood Bowl - Tribute to Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra. Two iconic singers are celebrated by an all-star lineup including Stokes, Billie Eilish, Debbie Harry, Dianne Reeves, and more. More info and tickets here.
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July 29, 2022 - SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - Fremont Theater. More info.
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August 7, 2022 - CHICAGO/HIGHLAND PARK, IL - Ravina Festival - "Yours, Stephen Sondheim: His Letters, Mentorship, and Music with the CSO" - Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Heather Headley, and Alexandra Billings. More info and tickets.
September 10, 2022 - WILMINGTON, DE - The Grand Opera House - More info.
September 23, 2022 - EAST LANSING, MI - Wharton Center for Performing Arts - More info.
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June 9-10, 2022 - BOSTON, MA - Boston Pops - Duke Ellington Reimagined- Stokes sings Ellington and Strayhorn with pianist Lara Downes - More info and tickets here.June 20-25, 2022 - NYC - Feinstein's/54 Below - Diamond series - "Songs and Stories." Stokes makes his Diamond Series debut with a dazzling concert of classic standards and soaring showstoppers from his celebrated career. In this joyous and elegant evening of glorious songs and personal storytelling, the star of Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, and Kiss Me Kate will serenade audiences with his powerful baritone, accompanied by a trio led by his long-time pianist and collaborator, Tedd Firth. More info and tickets here.
July 9, 2022 - KATONAH, NY - Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts: Venetian Theater. Stokes will perform a wide range of songs ranging from contemporary works to favorites from the American Songbook. More info and tickets here.
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April 24, 2022 - SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Utah Symphony - An evening with Stokes in honor of Kem Gardner. Stokes sings his favorites from Broadway, the great American songbook and more. More info and tickets here.
September 3, Wolftrap, Vienna Virginia. Broadway in the Park, with Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton & Girls5Eva). More information and tickets here.
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July 21–23 and August 12–14 at 8:00 pm. Out with the old, In with the New - Lincoln Center Restart Stages. Read more and enter the free ticket lottery at TodayTix.
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July 21–23 and August 12–14 at 8:00 pm - Restart Stages - Lincoln Center, NY.
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CANCELED 3.18.20 - 3.20.20 - Love Life - Encores City Center - NYC - Love Life, the only collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner, is a journey through 157 years of American history with a family that never grows any older. Stokes and Kate Baldwin play a couple who start out on an idyllic, post-revolutionary farm community only to live through the Industrial Revolution, the era of mechanization, the Great Depression, and into a post-World War II America that is all but unrecognizable to them.​ Watch this video sneak peek. More info and tickets...
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RESCHEDULED 4.1.20 - Mercyhurst Institute for Arts & Culture, Erie, Pennsylvania - Plays with Music. More info and tickets...
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POSTPONED 4.6. 20 - New York Marriott Marquis Gala awarding the The Actors Fund Medal of Honor to Chairman of The Actors Fund Brian Stokes Mitchell, along with Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Steve Tisch and Richard L. Trumka. More info and tickets...
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RESCHEDULED 4.13.20 - Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway at Town Hall - NYC - The cabaret series blends a up close and personal talk-show format with a greatest hits concert, where Broadway stars share behind-the-scenes stories and revisit memorable songs from their careers. More Info and tickets...
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4.24.20 - Athens Georgia - Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Plays with Music. More info and tickets...
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4.27.20 - Ragtime benefit with Audra McDonald for The Actors Fund, honoring Marin Mazzie - Original cast members of the 1998 Broadway musical Ragtime, will reunite in a special benefit concert of the show for the Actors Fund at the Minskoff Theatre, will be dedicated to Tony-nominated original star Marin Mazzie, who passed away last fall. More info and tickets...
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5.2.20 - Gala for Summer Theatre of New Canaan Connecticut - Info and tickets...
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FAM SERIES on CBS
Thursday January 10th at 9:30PM on CBS Stokes premiered on his new TV show "Fam" -a brand-new 1/2 hour sitcom. He plays "Walt" - a perfect father, wine connoisseur and Broadway Star(!).
Stokes' TV wife is played by fellow Broadway Alum Sheryl Lee Ralph (Dreamgirls and Thoroughly Modern Millie). The show also stars Nina Dobrev (Vampire Diaries), Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon and Gary Cole. We shot 13 episodes last fall. If you need some laughs and enjoy good writing with some pretty quirky characters, this is the show for you, so every Thursday on CBS and fall in love with his new Fam! #Fam
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This Saturday, January 12, Stokes will be sitting in for a few songs with the Tedd Firth Trio at Birdland Jazz club at 7PM in NYC. Tedd and Stokes have been working together for over 10 years now and Stokes calls him "One of the best pianists on the planet. He is an incredibly creative and accomplished jazz soloist, accompanist, orchestrator, arranger AND he's a great guy to boot". The other two members of Tedd's outstanding trio are Drummer Mark McLean and Bassist David Finck.
For more info: https://www.birdlandjazz.com/calendar
And finally:
Monday, Jan 21 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Stokes and Audra McDonald are making a rare concert appearance together at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 6PM. Free general admission tickets will be distributed in the Hall of Nations, beginning at 4:30 p.m, up to two tickets per person. They will be appearing with the Let Freedom Ring Choir led by Music Director Rev. Nolan Williams Jr.