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LARRY MARSHALL recently appeared as "Ole Mister" in THE COLOR PURPLE on Broadway. In the summer of 2006
he was seen as "The General" and "The Farmer" in MOTHER COURAGE with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. He received nominations
for both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his portrayal of "Sportin' Life" in the Houston Grand Opera's Grammy Award winning
production of PORGY AND BESS, and in 1990 he made his official Metropolitan Opera debut in the opera under the baton of James
Levine. Mr. Marshall has gone on to perform the role at La Bastille in Paris, and the Tearro Alla Scala in Milan.
Some
of Mr. Marshall's Broadway credits include the title role of "Hamlet" in Gower Champion's ROCKABY HAMLET, "Berger" and "Hud"
in HAIR, "Horse" in the musical THE FULL MONTY, "Valentine" in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, "Slick" in Bob Fosse's BIG DEAL, "The
Ghost of Christmas Past" in COMIN' UPTOWN with Gregory Hines, "Sweets" in PLAY ON!, and as "Tiger Brown" in THREE PENNY OPERA
with Sting.
Off-Broadway:
Off-Broadway he has won plaudits in SPELL#7, HAGGADAH CANTATA, and LULLABYE AND GOODNIGHT, all for the New York Shakespeare
Festival, including the Festival's production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM at Lincoln Center, in which Mr. Marshall played
the role of "Puck". He also appeared in several productions at La Mama including BLACK MILK with the Talking Band,
"Lysander" in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and the "Narrator" in ALADDIN.
Regional Theatre:
Anomg his regional theatre credits are "Judas" in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at the Paper Mill Playhouse, for which
he won the New Jersey Drama Critics award for Best Actor in a Musical, "Alonzo Fields" in the one man show LOOKING
OVER THE PRESIDENTS SHOULDER,at the Portland Stage, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco, and The Capital Repertory
Theatre in Albany, "The Guard" in MUSEUM at the Folger Library Theatre in Washington D.C., and "Hoke"
in DRIVING MISS DAISY at the Capital Repertory theatre in Albany N.Y. He also appeared as "Adam" with Gwyneth Paltrow
in the Williamstown Theatre production of AS YOU LIKE IT. He played "Lucifer" in Arthur Miller's first musical venture
UP FROM PARADISE, and "Little Daddy" in Duke Ellington's QUEENIE PIE at the Philadelphia's American Music Festival
Theatre and the Kennedy Center. Mr. Marshall also sang the role of the "Preacher" in Leonard Bernstein's MASS, which
opened the Kennedy Center, and later played the Metropolitan Opera House.
Film Credits:
Mr. Marshall's film credits includes"Cab Calloway"in THE COTTON CLUB,"Simon Zealotes"in JESUS CHRIST
SUPERSTAR,"Mickey"in PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, and as "Adam Clayton Powell Sr."in Showtime's KEEP THE FAITH.
He appreared for three seasons as "Jeremiah Joseph" in Showtime's SOUL FOOD, and was featured on the Comedy Channel's
STRANGERS WITH CANDY as "Jazzy".
Directing Credits:
Mr. Marshall's directorial debut was A FAITH JOURNEY, a docu-musical on the life
of Martin Luther King at Riverside Theatre in 1990. He was recently the Associate Director and performed the role of "Rum"in
the Kennedy Center's presentation of CARMEN JONES with Vanessa Williams and Placido Domingo. He has also been the Associate
Director for the New York Harlem Theatre's production of PORGY AND BESS since 1993, and has staged productions that have played
most of the major opera houses in Europe, among which are "La Fenice" in Venice, Teatra del Opera in Rome, Teatro Bellini
in Catannia, The Ronacher Theater in Vienna, and Teatra des Westins in Berlin. Mr. Marshall directed The Atlanta Opera's production
of PORGY AND BESS in the fall of 2005, and the Memphis Opera in 2006. He directed Verdi's MACBETH for the Memphis Opera in
January 2008.
In 1999 he co-directed and starred in the 2nd musical review of THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN' at New York's Supper
Club,and in 2000 conceived and directed it's TRIBUTE TO THE 20TH CENTURY. The two shows ran for a total of 5 yrs at the Supper
Club.
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