The Broadway & Jazz Festival proudly welcomes the incomparable Norm Lewis, one of Broadway’s most celebrated leading men and among the most powerful and distinguished voices in American musical theatre.
A Tony Award® nominee for his acclaimed performance as Porgy in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Norm Lewis has earned a place among Broadway’s elite through a career that spans the greatest stages of New York, London’s West End, television, film, and concert halls around the world.
In 2014, Lewis made Broadway history as the first African American actor to play the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, a landmark achievement celebrated throughout the theatre world.
His extraordinary Broadway credits include starring roles in The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Porgy and Bess, Chicago, The Little Mermaid, Miss Saigon, Sondheim on Sondheim, The Who’s Tommy, and many more of the defining musicals of our era.
Beyond Broadway, audiences know him from acclaimed screen appearances including Da 5 Bloods directed by Spike Lee, Scandal, Pose, Women of the Movement, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, Sex and the City 2, and numerous celebrated television productions.
Now, for one unforgettable evening at Florence’s historic Teatro Niccolini, Norm Lewis brings his magnificent voice, commanding presence, and unparalleled artistry to a concert filled with Broadway classics, beloved standards, personal stories, and musical moments that have defined an extraordinary career.
Sophisticated. Powerful. Inspirational.
A Broadway legend.
A voice for the ages.
An unforgettable night of music.
