Stage Tube: Finally! Norm Lewis' WHO AM I? on PBS Tonight!

Live From Lincoln Center continues its 40th anniversary season TONIGHT with another concert from Lincoln Center's American Songbook series. We all hoped last year that Norm Lewis: Who Am I? would be filmed, but it wasn't in the stars. Last winter, The New York Times called Norm Lewis' performance in the series ("Norm Lewis: Who Am I?") a "high point of the year." Audiences clamoring for a chance to experience this multi-talented singer and actor had another opportunity when American Songbook's curaters, Jon Nakagawa and Charles Cermele, booked an encore appearance, and scheduled two shows, making it eligible to be filmed for LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER, and now audiences across the country can see it tonight.

The show, with musical direction by Joseph Joubert, was directed by Richard Jay-Alexander and for television, produced by Andrew C. Wilk and directed by Annette Jolles. It airs tonight on PBS, but be sure to check your local listings for times. Songs include "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" (Music by Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner); "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin); "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, al Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye), "No One Is Alone" (Stephen Sondheim) and many others. Norm is also highly personable, entertaining and teaches us a few things we did not know.

Below, you can watch snippets from tonight's airing and listen, as Lewis tells us what's in store.

Norm Lewis has been a Broadway favorite for years now and holds the distinction of being the first African-American to play the title role in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. For two decades, he has brought his powerful timbre and creamy tone to roles as varied as Porgy opposite Audra McDonald in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (for which he received a 2012 Tony nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical), Javert in the Broadway and 25th anniversary London productions of Les Miserables, the Broadway revue Sondheim on Sondheim, Billy Flynn in Chicago and Valentine in Two Gentlemen of Verona in Shakespeare in the Park. In 2005, he captured particular attention and a Drama Desk Award nomination for his role in the Lincoln Center Theater's production of Dessa Rose.