Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee, Norm Lewis, was recently seen onstage starring in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway revival of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men by Lonnie Elder.  He recently starred in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning production of A Soldier's Play and in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End Concert of Love Never Dies. He 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 Hilary Swank in the feature The Good Mother, Amazon Prime's newest series, Swarm, and Hulu's, Up Here. 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 of 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 Renée 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 Women of The Movement, Law & Order, Dr. Death, 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 which 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 Misérables, 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 Misérables and Les Misérables: 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 Christmas In Tune (starring opposite Reba McEntire), Magnum Opus, Winter’s Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences, and Preaching to the Choir.

Norm's albums "The Norm Lewis Christmas Album" & "This is The Life" can be found on Amazon.com as well as cdbaby.com.

Emmy Award nominated actor, producer, director, and host Michael Urie is well-known for bringing stories to life onscreen, onstage, and behind the scenes.

Celebrated for his breakout role as Marc St. James on ABC’s 2000s dramedy TV series, UGLY BETTY, Michael has most recently been delighting audiences in the first two seasons of AppleTV+’s award winning dramedy series, SHRINKING, which will return for a third season on January 28, 2026. The show, which was created by Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein, also stars Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, and Christa Miller. For his role as ‘Brian,’ Michael was nominated for a 2025 Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series’ and earned the 2025 Critics Choice Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series’.

Other hit TV shows Michael has appeared on include NIGHT COURT, MODERN FAMILY, THE GOOD WIFE & FIGHT, YOUNGER, WORKAHOLICS, and HOT IN CLEVELAND, among others.

Most recently, Michael played the titular role in an off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s RICHARD II, reimagined by Craig Baldwin for The Red Bull Theater. On Broadway, in 2025, Michael played Mary's teacher in the two-time Tony Award winning show, OH, MARY!, alongside Kumail Nanjiani and Jinkx Monsoon.

In 2024, Michael starred in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, a musical adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino, with Sutton Foster. His crowd pleasing portrayal of ‘Prince Dauntless’ earned him a Drama Desk Award for ‘Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical,’ as well as a nomination for an Outer Critics Circle Award.

Previously, he delighted audiences as ‘Sir Robin’ in the revival of the Monty Python musical comedy SPAMALOT, reprising his role as ‘Sir Robin’ from the popular Kennedy Center production. Prior, he starred as William Shakespeare in Talene Monahon's Jacobean feminist revenge farce JANE ANGER at the New Ohio Theater in NYC; he went on to reprise his highly acclaimed role in DC at the infamous Shakespeare Theatre Company. That same year, he appeared in Todd Stephens’ SWAN SONG, the queer horror comedy SUMMONING SYLVIA and on Broadway in Douglas Lyons’ raucous family comedy CHICKEN AND BISCUITS.

For originating the role of Alex More in Jonathan Tolins’ BUYER & CELLAR in 2013, Michael received a Drama Desk Award, a Clarence Derwent Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, an LA Drama Critics Award, and nominations for the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards. At the beginning of 2020, amidst the Covid pandemic, Michael put on a livestream performance of the show from his living room, raising nearly $300,000 for Broadway Cares.

Other previous Broadway credits include the Tony-nominated revival of TORCH SONG, the 35th-anniversary production of Harvey Fierstein's landmark play, Bess Wohl’s GRAND HORIZONS, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING alongside Nick Jonas.

In December 2021, Michael led Netflix’s first gay holiday rom com, SINGLE ALL THE WAY, which instantly landed on the streamer’s “Top Ten” lists across multiple territories; the film featured a stellar cast alongside Michael, including Jennifer Coolidge, Kathy Najimy, Barry Bostwick, Philemon Chambers, and Luke Macfarlane. On the big screen, he also appeared in Netflix’s Oscar nominated film MAESTRO, starring and directed by Bradley Cooper, and in GOODRICH, with Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, and Andie MacDowell.

Michael is the co-founder of Pride Plays, an annual festival that celebrates and elevates LGBTQIA+ voices in the theater. He hosted Discover +’s CLIPPED and four seasons of Logo’s COCKTAILS AND CLASSICS. For the stage, he directed BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERS and produced HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG, both written and performed by Drew Droege and both captured for BroadwayHD. Michael also directed SILVER FOXES written by Stan Zimmerman and James Berg, for Uptown Players in Dallas, TX. For the screen, Michael directed HE’S WAY MORE FAMOUS THAN YOU, THE HYPERGLOT and co-directed the documentary THANK YOU FOR JUDGING – all available for streaming.

Michael’s voice can be heard in the Dan Harmon animated series KRAPOPOLIS for Fox, as well as Disney’s BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA and numerous audiobooks available on AUDIBLE.COM.

Hailing from Plano, Texas, Michael trained at the esteemed Juilliard School.

he/him SIGNATURE: Director of Signature Cabarets; Music Direction: The Color Purple, RENT, After Midnight, Spunk, Ain’t Misbehavin’; Jelly’s Last Jam. Apollo Productions: ELLA, An American Miracle. Kennedy Center: Acoustic Rooster REGIONAL: Oregon Shakespeare Theatre: Once on this Island. Denver Center for the Performing Arts: Choir Boy, Wildfire. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: Associate Music Direction: The Outsiders.  ALBUMS: Be the Change, To the People, Somethin’ Good, A Child is Born. CONCERTS: Jazz at the Lincoln Center, DC Jazz Festival, Blues Alley, The Kennedy Center, Smalls Jazz, The Strathmore. INTERNATIONAL: Haiti, Russia, The Congo, Qatar, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, The Caribbean. APPEARED WITH: Cynthia Erivo, Usher, Bobby McFerrin, Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, Nicholas Payton, Kurt Elling, Ledisi. AWARDS: 2020 DC Wammies Jazz Artist of the Year, Washington City Paper’s Artist & Composer of the Year. TEACHING: American University, Shenandoah University: Jazz Instructor; Duke Ellington School of the Arts: The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. MarkGMeadows.com @MarkGMeadows

SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, The Color Purple, We Shall Someday, After Midnight, Assassins, Blackbeard, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jelly's Last Jam, La Cage aux Folles, Diner, Defying Gravity: Making of a SuperNOVA, Dreamgirls, The Best Little Whorehouse..., Xanadu, Hairspray. TOUR: 3 Mo’ Divas, Smokey Joe’s Café. DC AREA: Round House: Caroline, or Change; Shakespeare Theatre: The Amen Corner, Kiss Me, Kate; Ford's Theatre: Grace the Musical, Ragtime, Freedom’s Song; Olney Theatre: World Goes Round, Godspell; Arena Stage: Newsies, Smokey Joe's Café; Kennedy Center: How To Succeed.... REGIONAL: ZACH Theatre: Into the Woods; The 5th: Man of La Mancha, A Night with Janis Joplin; Milwaukee Rep: Dreamgirls.

SIGNATURE: Play On! (Lady Liv), Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Natalie/Musician 2), Ragtime (Sarah), Gun and Powder (Flo), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon). NEW YORK: The Public: GODDESS (Zawadi/Nadira u/s). NATIONAL TOUR: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Bea). REGIONAL: Paper Mill: After Midnight (Sassy); Berkeley Rep: GODDESS (Zawadi). DC AREA: Arena Stage: Chez Joey (Linda English); Kennedy Center: RENT (Joanne), Me…Jane (Maisie), Chasing the Wind (Abby); Ford’s: Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), The Wiz (Glinda/Dorothy u/s); Theatre J: Intimate Apparel (Mayme); Round House: School Girls (Ama); Caroline, or Change (Dottie); Imagination: Charlie Brown (Lucy); ArtsCentric: AIDA (Aida), MEMPHIS (Felicia); Studio: SILENCE! (Ardelia); OTC: Co-Writer of The Joy That Carries You, Children of Eden Concert (Eve). Multi HH Award Winner/Nominee. EDUCATION: Montgomery College. REP: Nicolosi & Co. IG: @_kujichagulia_