An Evening at the Palace Evening Entertainment

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Dubbed “The Last Leading Man” by the New York Times, Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a rich and varied

career on Broadway, television and film, along with appearances in the great American concert halls.

He has performed selections from “Porgy and Bess” with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall; works by Aaron Copland and various contemporary composers at the Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic; Broadway tunes at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and Jazz and standards with Maestro John Williams at Disney Hall and with the Boston Pops. He recently debuted Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Del Tredici’s “Rip Van Winkle” with the National Symphony Orchestra.

He reprised his Tanglewood performance in John Williams’ Jazz version of “My Fair Lady” last December at Disney Hall singing with Dianne Reeves. In 2005 he made his cabaret debut as both singer and musical arranger in New York at Feinstein’s at the Regency in his critically acclaimed one-man show “Love/Life” which then moved to the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. He received both the New York Bistro and Nightlife awards for his cabaret debut. He returned there in November of 2008 with a critically acclaimed concert where he was accompanied by a guitarist, a bassist and a percussionist.

He headlined the Carnegie Hall concert presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's “South Pacific” with Reba McEntire, which aired on PBS in the spring of 2006. He reprised his role along with Reba McEntire in July of 2007 at the Hollywood bowl then returned to The Hollywood bowl in August of 2008 starring as Javert in Les Miserables.

His Broadway career includes performances in “Man of La Mancha”; “Kiss Me Kate”; “Ragtime”; “King Hedley II”; “Kiss of the Spider Woman”; “Jelly’s Last Jam”;  “Oh, Kay!” and “Mail” .

His long television career began with a seven year stint on “Trapper John, MD.” Numerous film and TV appearances more recently include “One Last Thing” which debuted at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, recurring roles on “Crossing Jordan” and “Frasier,” PBS’ “Great Performances,” DreamWorks’ “The Prince of Egypt ,” and his “Presidential Debut” in “The Singer and the Song” from the White House.

Watch video of some of Brian's Performaces