Famed Broadway Performer Norm Lewis Returns to Adelphi PAC for the Holidays
"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"
Garden City, NY (12/03/2021) — Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis once again takes the stage at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (PAC) with his new show (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays on Friday, December 17.
The impressive Broadway performer 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. His other Broadway credits include The Phantom of the Opera (making history as the first African American Phantom on Broadway), Les Miserables, Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon, and The Who's Tommy.
In fall 2021, Lewis starred in Chicken and Biscuits at the Circle In The Square Theatre. In London's West End, he portrayed Javert in Les Miserables and in Les Miserables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS. Other PBS specials include the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Showboat with Vanessa Williams and Norm Lewis: Who Am I? He also has numerous television and film credits.
(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays will feature plenty of show tunes, new favorites, and songs Lewis has performed in holiday shows over the years. He will be joined on stage by musical director Joseph Joubert on piano, Perry Cavari on drums and Michael Olatuja on bass.
Norm Lewis' (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 17, on the Westermann Stage at Adelphi's PAC Concert Hall. The event is part of the Poole Family Broadway Series at the Adelphi PAC, generously sponsored by Mary Jane and Thomas Poole.
Tickets are $40 and $45, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. For more information, call the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516-877-4000 or email boxoffice@adelphi.edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. and the box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances. Ticket sales and additional information are available online.
Adelphi PAC is one of Long Island's premier cultural arts venues for entertainment of all kinds. See more about other upcoming Adelphi PAC offerings at pac.adelphi.edu.
Adelphi's priority is to ensure the safety of patrons, artists, staff and the entire Adelphi community against COVID-19. All audience members age 12 and over are required to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19. Anyone under 12 or who is not fully vaccinated must show proof of a negative test taken within 72 hours of the performance. All guests, regardless of age or vaccination status, will be required to wear masks while inside the Adelphi PAC.
In addition, capacity will be limited to 50 percent for many of the PAC events. These policies will remain in place at least through December 31 and are subject to change at any time.
NORM LEWIS
Emmy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee NORM LEWIS recently starred in Spike Lee's critically acclaimed Da 5 Bloods and in the groundbreaking FX series Pose. Additionally, Mr. Lewis can be seen starring opposite Reba McEntire in Lifetime's Christmas In Tune, Peacock's newest series, Dr. Death, and offscreen, his voice can be heard in the latest season of Apple TV's animated series, Central Park. He was also seen as Caiaphas in the award-winning NBC television special Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! alongside John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper.
Mr. Lewis returned to Broadway in the fall of 2021, starring in Chicken and Biscuits at the Circle In The Square Theatre. He previously appeared in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island and as Sweeney Todd in the Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre, receiving the AUDELCO Award for his performance. In May 2014, he made history as The Phantom of the Opera's first African American Phantom on Broadway.
He has been seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Showboat with Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, New Year's Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, as well as American Voices with Renee Fleming and the PBS specials First You Dream - The Music of Kander & Ebb and Ella Wishes You A Swingin' Christmas. He can be seen recurring in the VH1 series, Daytime Divas, also alongside Vanessa Williams. His additional television credits include Mrs. America, Better Things, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bull, Chicago Med, Gotham, The Blacklist, and Blue Bloods, as well as in his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal.
Mr. Lewis is a proud founding member of Black Theatre United, an organization that stands together to help protect Black people, Black talent and Black lives of all shapes and orientations in theatre and communities across the country. He 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 Miserables, 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.
His additional film credits include Magnum Opus, Winter's Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences, and Preaching to the Choir.
Norm's albums The Norm Lewis Christmas Album and This is The Life can be found on Amazon as well as cdbaby.com.
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