Today Norm Lewis, joined by the US Marine Corps performed the "Star Spangled-Banner" ahead of the US Open men's final and we've got the video!.
Norm Lewis has made history as The Phantom of the Opera's first African-American Phantom on Broadway. He was seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, New Year's Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, American Voices with Renée Fleming, and the Live From Lincoln Center production of Showboat. His additional television credits include The Blacklist and Blue Bloods, as well as in his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal.
Mr. Lewis received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess. Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon, and The Who's Tommy. In London's West End he has appeared as Javert in LES MISERABLES and LES MISERABLES: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS.
Off-Broadway, Mr. Lewis has performed in Dessa Rose (Drama Desk nomination, AUDELCO Award), Shakespeare in the Park's The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Drama League nomination), Captains Courageous, and A New Brain. His regional credits include Porgy in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (A.R.T.), Ragtime, Dreamgirls (with Jennifer Holliday), First You Dream, Sweeney Todd, and The Fantasticks. On film Mr. Lewis has appeared in Winter's Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences, and Preaching to the Choir.
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