The Suffolk To Host Two-Time Tony Award Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell

The Suffolk in Riverhead will host two-time Tony Award-winning leading man Brian Stokes Mitchell for a show on Saturday, August 16, at 8 p.m.

Stokes has enjoyed a career that spans Broadway, television, film and concert appearances with the country’s finest conductors and orchestras. He received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his star turn in “Kiss Me, Kate.” He also gave Tony-nominated performances in “Man of La Mancha,” August Wilson’s “King Hedley II” and “Ragtime.” Other notable Broadway shows include “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Jelly’s Last Jam,” “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “Shuffle Along.” In 2016 he was awarded his second Tony Award, the prestigious Isabelle Stevenson Tony for his charitable work with The Actors Fund. That same year Stokes was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Stokes has delved deeply into various music disciplines. In addition to singing, he began piano studies at the age of 6. A self-professed autodidact, his musical curiosity led him to teach himself composing, arranging and orchestration starting in his teens. He later studied, film scoring, orchestration and conducting both privately and through UCLA and subsequently scored and conducted a number of “Trapper John, M.D.” episodes, a series on which he was also a regular cast member. His musical talent has extended to the present day as producer, arranger and orchestrator on his three solo albums including Simply Broadway and his latest recording “Plays with Music.” Stokes has appeared on more than 20 albums.

Tickets for Brian Stokes Mitchell’s concert start at $75 at thesuffolk.org. The Suffolk is at 118 East Main Street in Riverhead.