Phillip Boykin
Training
Phillip Boykin trained at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music, South Carolina State University, Howard University and the UNCSA.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: Hadestown in the West End
On Broadway: Hadestown, Once on This Island, On the Town, Sunday in the Park with George and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Other theatre includes: Showboat on US tours; Sondheim on Sondheim for the LA Philharmonic and Boston Pops; and Pirates of Penzance for the NY City Center
Film
Freedom, Top Five and Easter Mysteries
Other projects
The Anniversary Concert of Ragtime at Lincoln Center (as Booker T. Washington)
Awards
Once on This Island – 2019 Grammy Award nomination
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, Theatre World Award
Phillip Boykin is the founder, director and manager of The New York Gospel Brothers and has toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia, Poland and North America.
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(Published February 2025)