Must-see TV shows: "Clean House"... but NOT without Niecy Nash!
Last good movie you saw: "Precious"
Some films you consider classics: "All About Eve"
Pop culture guilty pleasure: "The Real Housewives of Atlanta, New York and New Jersey"!
Moment you knew you wanted to perform for a living: Playing Colonel Fairfax in Gilbert and Sullivan's Yeomen of the Guard... while I was working as an engineer for United Technologies.
How you got your Equity card: I played Jesse Owens in a musical called Olympic Spirit.
Pre-show rituals or warm-ups: I vocalize and then drink some ginger tea with apple cider vinegar.
Any research or other material that helped inspire your performance as Mr. Tambo in Scottsboro Boys: I read "Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry" by Mel Watkins.
Any current or upcoming projects for your fans to keep an eye on: "The Electric Baby" at the PlayPenn Conference 2011 in Philadelphia this July.
Something about you that surprises people: I was an Electrical Engineering/Computer Science major before I became a Music major.
Something you are most proud of: I've read all of Shakespeare's plays!
Where were you when you heard about your Tony nomination? Driving to rehearsal for Jacques Brel... at Two River Theatre Company in Red Bank, New Jersey.
First person you called after learning you were a Tony nominee: I called [fellow Scottsboro Boys nominee] Colman Domingo back, and then I called my dear friend M'Balia Singley.