Forrest McClendon
Latest News on Forrest McClendon:
Video: Meet the Dreams of DREAMGIRLS at Walnut Street Theatre (Mar 26, 2025)
Cast & Creative Team Set For Walnut Street Theatre's DREAMGIRLS (Feb 27, 2025)
2011 Tony Nominations Announced! THE BOOK OF MORMON Leads With 14! (Feb 3, 2024)
Video: Meet the Dreams of DREAMGIRLS at Walnut Street Theatre (Mar 26, 2025)
Cast & Creative Team Set For Walnut Street Theatre's DREAMGIRLS (Feb 27, 2025)
2011 Tony Nominations Announced! THE BOOK OF MORMON Leads With 14! (Feb 3, 2024)
BIO
Broadway/London: The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Award nomination). Off-Broadway: City Center Encores!, New Federal, Vineyard, La MaMa. Thoughts of a Colored Man at Arena Stage, Syracuse Stage, and Center Stage. Other regional: Guthrie Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Westport Playhouse, Two River, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Awards: Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, two Barrymore Awards (five nominations). Numerous visiting professorships. Faculty: National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. @forrestmcclend1 www.forrestmcclendon.com
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STAGE CREDITS
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2010
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Samuel Leibowitz
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Samuel Leibowitz
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2010
Guard Tambo
Samuel Leibowitz
Mr. Tambo
Lawyer Tambo
Deputy Tambo
Samuel Leibowitz
Mr. Tambo
Deputy Tambo
Lawyer Tambo
Guard Tambo
Awards and Nominations
winner
The Barrymore Awards - 2012 - Outstanding supporting actor in a musical
Forrest McClendonThe Scottsboro Boys
Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Forrest McClendon, The Scottsboro Boys
Videos
Video: Meet the Dreams of DREAMGIRLS at Walnut Street Theatre
by Michael Major - 2025-03-26 11:15:20
Photos & Video: Mayor-Elect Eric Adams & More Attend THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2021-11-24 12:34:08
VIDEO: THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN Stars Appear on THE WENDY SHOW
by Michael Major - 2021-11-03 16:35:20
VIDEO: GOOD MORNING AMERCA Goes Behind the Scenes of THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN
by Michael Major - 2021-10-13 12:54:59
VIDEO: Tristan Mack Wilds & Luke James Honor First Preview of THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2021-10-02 12:54:31
Celebrating Black History Month: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS Commences on Broadway in 2010!
by Nicole Rosky - 2021-02-07 12:01:00
Broadway Rewind: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS Commences on Broadway in 2010!
by Nicole Rosky - 2020-06-22 17:01:00
VIDEO: THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN Begins Previews At Baltimore Stage
by A.A. Cristi - 2019-10-09 18:36:17
TV: Watch Highlights of LaChanze, Norm Lewis & More in Encores! CABIN IN THE SKY
by Nicole Rosky - 2016-02-10 11:34:18
TV: Unfamiliar with Encores! CABIN IN THE SKY? LaChanze, Michael Potts & Carly Hughes Give Sneak Peek!
by Nicole Rosky - 2016-02-02 16:03:12
TV: LaChanze, Michael Potts & Carly Hughes Sing from Encores! CABIN IN THE SKY
by Nicole Rosky - 2016-02-02 11:52:39
TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Colman Domingo & Forrest McClendon Talk Collaborating with Legends on THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
by Broadway Beat - 2011-06-11 09:58:13
News
Video: Meet the Dreams of DREAMGIRLS at Walnut Street Theatre
by Michael Major - Mar 26, 2025
Watch a video of the Dreams from Dreamgirls at Walnut Street Theatre. Leading the cast as The Dreams are Aveena Sawyer as Effie White, Gabrielle Beckford as Deena Jones, and Khalifa White Lorrell Robinson. Chali Cooke joins as Michelle.
by Michael Major - Mar 26, 2025
Watch a video of the Dreams from Dreamgirls at Walnut Street Theatre. Leading the cast as The Dreams are Aveena Sawyer as Effie White, Gabrielle Beckford as Deena Jones, and Khalifa White Lorrell Robinson. Chali Cooke joins as Michelle.
Cast & Creative Team Set For Walnut Street Theatre's DREAMGIRLS
by Joshua Wright - Feb 27, 2025
Walnut Street Theatre will bring the acclaimed award-winning musical DREAMGIRLS to life as they close their 216th season of dreams. This dazzling production begins previews on March 25, opens April 2, and runs through May 4.
by Joshua Wright - Feb 27, 2025
Walnut Street Theatre will bring the acclaimed award-winning musical DREAMGIRLS to life as they close their 216th season of dreams. This dazzling production begins previews on March 25, opens April 2, and runs through May 4.
Registration Open for Mayo Performing Arts Center Spring Performing Arts School Classes
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 5, 2023
Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton confirms new spring dates on his 'Never EVER Say Never Tour' to celebrate his 60th year of touring. The tour will include a stop at Mayo Performing Arts Center on March 13, 2024. Tickets go on sale December 8.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 5, 2023
Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton confirms new spring dates on his 'Never EVER Say Never Tour' to celebrate his 60th year of touring. The tour will include a stop at Mayo Performing Arts Center on March 13, 2024. Tickets go on sale December 8.
Demetria Joyce Bailey Named as 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2023
Walnut Street Theatre has announced that Demetria Joyce Bailey has been selected as one of 10 stage actors in the United States to be a 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2023
Walnut Street Theatre has announced that Demetria Joyce Bailey has been selected as one of 10 stage actors in the United States to be a 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow.
Meet the Cast of OHIO STATE MURDERS, Beginning Previews on Broadway Tonight!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2022
Ohio State Murders will be the first show to play at the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre when it begins previews tonight, Friday, November 11, 2022 ahead of an opening on Thursday, December 8, 2022. Meet the cast of Ohio State Murders here!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2022
Ohio State Murders will be the first show to play at the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre when it begins previews tonight, Friday, November 11, 2022 ahead of an opening on Thursday, December 8, 2022. Meet the cast of Ohio State Murders here!
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Announces Final Casting for the 2022 National Playwrights Conference
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2022
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has announced the casts for the final two plays featured in the 2022 National Playwrights Conference: House of India by Deepak Kumar and Nightwatch by Max Yu.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2022
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has announced the casts for the final two plays featured in the 2022 National Playwrights Conference: House of India by Deepak Kumar and Nightwatch by Max Yu.
The Acting Company Announces Reading of SAM'S COMING By Kia Corthron
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 6, 2022
The Acting Company has announced the return of The Louanna O. Carlin & John MacDonald Reading Series with Kia Corthron’s Sam’s Coming, which will receive a public reading on Monday, April 18 at 7:30 PM at The Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 6, 2022
The Acting Company has announced the return of The Louanna O. Carlin & John MacDonald Reading Series with Kia Corthron’s Sam’s Coming, which will receive a public reading on Monday, April 18 at 7:30 PM at The Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).
Playwright Steps Into THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN and Saves Performance From Being Cancelled
by Stephi Wild - Dec 22, 2021
Last night at Broadway's new hit play, Thoughts of a Colored Man, playwright Keenan Scott II made the rare move of going on in one of the roles, after a cast member tested positive for COVID-19 and two non-COVID related illnesses felled the cast.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 22, 2021
Last night at Broadway's new hit play, Thoughts of a Colored Man, playwright Keenan Scott II made the rare move of going on in one of the roles, after a cast member tested positive for COVID-19 and two non-COVID related illnesses felled the cast.
Lantern Theater Company Announces Additional Extension of ME AND THE DEVIL
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2021
The Lantern’s first collaboration with nationally prominent director and playwright Steve H. Broadnax III, this world premiere play with music shows the dramatic confrontation between the great American blues musician Robert Johnson and the Devil from whom, legend has it, Johnson received his extraordinary talent.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2021
The Lantern’s first collaboration with nationally prominent director and playwright Steve H. Broadnax III, this world premiere play with music shows the dramatic confrontation between the great American blues musician Robert Johnson and the Devil from whom, legend has it, Johnson received his extraordinary talent.
VIDEO: THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN Featured on WORKING IN THE THEATRE Live
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2021
The American Theatre Wing hosted the first post-pandemic live installment of its Emmy Nominated documentary series, “Working in the Theatre,” with playwright Keenan Scott II and the cast of his acclaimed new Broadway play Thoughts of a Colored Man.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2021
The American Theatre Wing hosted the first post-pandemic live installment of its Emmy Nominated documentary series, “Working in the Theatre,” with playwright Keenan Scott II and the cast of his acclaimed new Broadway play Thoughts of a Colored Man.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many Broadway shows has Forrest McClendon been in?
Forrest McClendon has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
How many West End shows has Forrest McClendon been in?
Forrest McClendon has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
What was Forrest McClendon's first West End show?
Forrest McClendon's first West End show was The Scottsboro Boys which opened in 2014
What awards has Forrest McClendon been nominated for?
Outstanding supporting actor in a musical (The Barrymore Awards) for The Scottsboro Boys and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Scottsboro Boys.
What awards has Forrest McClendon won?
Forrest McClendon won the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical award at The Barrymore Awards for his performance in The Scottsboro Boys.
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