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 ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡.
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 ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ campus, on Thursday, February 22, beginning at 6 p.m.
Darrington made his Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated revival ofRagtime, starring as Coalhouse Walker Jr. He also played Old Deuteronomy in the Broadway revival ofCATS and has performed in the national-tour production of Memphis, The Color Purple, The Lion King, and Ragtime.Ìý
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.