Darius de Haas
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Darius de Haas is an American stage actor and singer.
He was born in Chicago and raised in a musical family—his father is bassist Eddie de Haas and his mother Geraldine was one of the Bey sisters of the musical trio Andy and The Bey Sisters. He is especially noted for his extremely wide vocal range.
He appeared in the Broadway productions of Rent
, Kiss of the Spider Woman
, with Chita Rivera
and Vanessa L. Williams
, Carousel
, and Marie Christine
(with Audra McDonald
) and the Paper Mill Playhouse
cast of Children of Eden
, with Stephanie Mills
. He won an Obie Award for his performance in the title role in Diedre Murray's "Running Man" directed by Diane Paulus. In recent years he has become known as a concert artist, having notably performed and recorded the music of Billy Strayhorn
and Stevie Wonder
. His latest acting project has been playing Jesus in The Alliance Theater's re-imagining of Webber-Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar" (re-titled "JCS Gospel").
He was born in Chicago and raised in a musical family—his father is bassist Eddie de Haas and his mother Geraldine was one of the Bey sisters of the musical trio Andy and The Bey Sisters. He is especially noted for his extremely wide vocal range.
He appeared in the Broadway productions of Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)
Kiss of the Spider Woman is a musical with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, with the book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the Manuel Puig novel El Beso de la Mujer Araña...
, with Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theater. She is the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award...
and Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal generated by her having posed for nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine...
, Carousel
Carousel (musical)
Carousel is the second stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . The work premiered in 1945 and was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline...
, and Marie Christine
Marie Christine
Marie Christine is a musical written by Michael John LaChiusa. It opened on Broadway in 1999. Set in 1890s New Orleans and then 5 years later in Chicago; the story is loosely based on the Greek play Medea, and uses elements of voodoo rituals and practices...
(with Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald
Audra Ann McDonald is an American actress and singer. She currently stars in the ABC television drama Private Practice as Dr. Naomi Bennett. She has appeared on the stage in both musicals and dramas, such as Ragtime and A Raisin in the Sun...
) and the Paper Mill Playhouse
Paper Mill Playhouse
Paper Mill Playhouse is a regional theatre with approximately 1200 seats, located in Millburn, New Jersey, less than 25 miles from Manhattan. Due to its location, it can draw from the pool of actors who live in New York City. Its location, as well as its focus on producing large-scale shows, makes...
cast of Children of Eden
Children of Eden
Children of Eden is a two-act musical play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flood...
, with Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Dorthea Mills is an American R&B and soul singer, and a former Broadway star.-Career:Mills began her career appearing in her first play at the age of nine. Two years later, Mills won Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater a record six times...
. He won an Obie Award for his performance in the title role in Diedre Murray's "Running Man" directed by Diane Paulus. In recent years he has become known as a concert artist, having notably performed and recorded the music of Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn was an American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Chelsea Bridge", "Take the "A" Train" and "Lush Life".-Early...
and Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
. His latest acting project has been playing Jesus in The Alliance Theater's re-imagining of Webber-Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar" (re-titled "JCS Gospel").
Discography
- Day Dream (2002)
- Quiet Please (2010)
- What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up by Scott Alan, singing the song Take Me Away (2010)
- Thirteen Stories Down - The Songs Of Jonathan Reid Gealt by Jonathan Reid Gealt, singing the song Wanting (2010)