Gilbert Price
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Gilbert Price (1942 - 1991) was an American singer (baritone) and actor.
Price was one of Langston Hughes's protégés; his first starring role was in Hughes’s Jericho-Jim Crow (1964) for which he won a Theatre World Award.
Born in New York City of African-American heritage, Price made guest appearances on several television talk and variety shows including: Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton, and Merv Griffin.
He also sang oratorios, including Leonard Bernstein's Mass. He died in Vienna, Austria in 1991 of accidental asphyxiation.
[edit] Awards
Price was nominated for four Tony Awards:
- Lost in the Stars (1972) – featured actor – musical
- The Night That Made America Famous (1975) – featured actor – musical
- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976)
- Timbuktu! (1978) – leading actor - musical.
[edit] Other acting credits
- Fly Blackbird (1962)
- The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse (1965)
- Prominade by Maria Irene Fornes and the Rev. Al Carmines (1969)
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