Darius de Haas
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Born | September 29, 1968 Chicago, Illinois |
Occupation | Stage, film, TV actor, singer |
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Darius de Haas (born 29 September 1968 in Chicago, Ill.) is an African-American stage actor and singer. He was 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 Spiderwoman, with Chita Rivera and Vanessa Williams, Carousel, and Marie Christine (with Audra McDonald) and the Paper Mill Playhouse cast of Children of Eden, with Stephanie Mills. In recent years he has become known as a concert artist, having notably performed and recorded the music of Billy Strayhorn and Stevie Wonder.