Broadway Star to Perform at Anderson University

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A Grammy Award-nominated veteran of several Broadway productions next week will perform musical selections and offer career guidance with students at The South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University.

Quentin Earl Darrington was most recently seen on Broadway as Joe Jackson in MJ the Musical and as Agwe in the Tony-award winning revival of Once On This Island, for which he was received a Grammy nomination. Darrington will speak in Daniel Recital Hall, part of the Rainey Fine Arts Center on the Anderson University campus, on Thursday, February 22, beginning at 6 p.m.

Darrington made his Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated revival of Ragtime, starring as Coalhouse Walker Jr. He also played Old Deuteronomy in the Broadway revival of CATS and has performed in the national-tour production of Memphis, The Color Purple, The Lion King, and Ragtime.

In addition to his stage career, Darrington has guest starred on NCIS: NOLA, The Blacklist, The Good Fight, Second Wave and as a recurring character on the new CBS drama The Code. He holds an MFA from the University of Central Florida and a BFA from the University of South Florida.