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TV Exclusive: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees- MOTOWN's Charl Brown on Performing for the Best Audience on Broadway!

By: May. 25, 2013
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BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Charl Brown, a nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Motown. Check out what he had to say below!

His Broadway credits include: Jersey Boys (Barry Belson), Sister Act (Officer Eddie Souther, TJ, Pablo U/S, Ensemble). Off Broadway: Walmartopia (Pearson/Lawrence). Theater: Jersey Boys (Barry Belson) Palazzo Las Vegas, Hair (Hud) European Tour, Johnny Baseball (Tim Wyatt), ART, Dreamgirls (Curtis Taylor, Jr.) SDMT, The Wiz (Scarecrow U/S, Ensemble) La Jolla Playhouse, Ragtime(Coalhouse) Performance Riverside, Six Degrees of Separation (Paul) Long Beach Playhouse,Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Chorus Line (Richie) Starlight Theater, Star Wars Trilogy 30 Minutes (Lando Calrissian) Edinburgh Fringe Festival. TV: "America's Got Talent," "Macy's 85th Thanksgiving Parade." www.charlbrown.com

Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL features a book by Berry Gordy and music and lyrics from the Motown legendary catalog, this exhilarating show tells the real story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed America forever. It charts Motown founder and Detroit native Berry Gordy's incredible journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross and The Supremes, Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Marvin Gaye and many more.

Click here for the complete list of nominees!




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