BEN HARNEY'S CAREER
RECENT PROJECTS / IN DEVELOPMENT:
Henry Box Brown / Premiere / Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland – nominated for Best Musical and Best of the Fringe 2018
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PEARL the Musical / (in negotiations) / previously nominated for 5 AUDELCO Awards including Best Director and Best Musical
DIRECTOR: [Representative Projects]
TELEVISION COACHING
On Our Own ABC TV, Acting Coach for lead, Ralph Harris
Minor Adjustments NBC TV, Acting Coach for lead, Rondell Sheridan
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THEATRE
Henry Box Brown (Director) – Edinburgh Festival 2018
Five Guys Named Moe (Director, Co-Choreographer)
Pearl The Musical (Co-Producer, Director) 5 AUDELCO Award Nominations including Best Director and Best Musical
Christmas is Coming Uptown (Director, Co-Producer)
Children of God 6 Nominations including Best Musical, Midtown International Theater Festival
Guys and Dolls (Producer, Director)
The Vision (adaptation Writer, Director)
Annie (Co-Producer, Director)
The Jackie Robinson Musical (original workshop)
Dreamgirls (Producer, Director)
A Raisin in the Sun (Producer, Director)
The Oldest Man
Godspell (Co-Producer, Director)
Last Train to Nibroc (Producer, Director)
TRIGGERS! (Writer, Developer, Director) anti-handgun project for PAL
The Wiz (Producer, Director)
Wisdom for Sale (Co-Producer, Director)
P.O.V. (Writer, Director)
Paul Robeson
Broadway Songs (Revue)
I See My Bones
Give and Take (Producer, Director)
Where is God? (Director, Co-Choreographer) CCC Productions
Slow Down the Night (Producer, Director)
Confirming the Search: That Girl’s Still Here Somewhere (Nominated for a Los Angeles Drama League Award)
Lincoln Center Festival ’99: House Full o’ Praise(Co-Developer, Artistic Consultant)
Great Day Chorale(Co-Producer, Stage Director)
When the Men On the Calendar Were Killed
Rabbit Ears Productions: Anansi (Co-Writer, Co-Developer)
Ben & Eddie video series(Co-Producer, Co-Writer)
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OTHER PROJECTS
Medgar Evers College Pipeline Outreach – Summer 2014 & 2015
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)– Summer Musical Drama Workshops 2013 – 2016
Lincoln Center Festival 99’s House Full O’ Praise (Co-Developer, Consultant) Marathon Gospel concert series
For His Excellent Glory(Director, Co-Producer) video - European church distribution
Anansi (Co-Writer, Co-Developer) Rabbit Ears Productions
Ben & Eddie (Co-Producer, Co-Writer, Co-Star) children’s video series. Great Pearl Communications
Gentle Treatment Nationwide Model Search III & IVevents (Producer, Director)Johnson Products
Global Forum 2000– host: Henry Kissinger (Director-children’s segment) Newscorp
Mary Had A Baby (Co-Producer) album recording of Negro Spirituals for Great Day Chorale
We Deliver (Executive Producer, Consultant) training video for United States Postal Service
In Bright MansionsAbove (Co-Producer) album recording of Negro Spirituals for Great Day Chorale
The Urban Block Party (Theatre Troupe Co-Director) nationwide concert event
Great Day Chorale(Co-Producer, Stage Director since 1989)
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PERFORMANCE: (Representative)
THEATRE
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E. D. Nixon Workshop/Playwrights Horizons
Martin Luther King Jr. West Angeles Theater
D. Lenox Harper West Angeles Theater
Moses Nederlander Theater / Carnegie Hall
Howard Maxwell Roundabout Theater
Bert Williams American Place Theater
William Sheridan Sr. First National Tour
Johnny St. Just Pre-Broadway workshop
Curtis Taylor Jr. Imperial Theater
Hector Frederick Douglass Theater
Rooster Cox Inner city Theater
RomanticLead First National Tour
Standby for Ken and Andre Longacre Theater
Tinman Broadway Theater
Tinman First National Tour
Leading Player Imperial Theater
Zodzetrick Palace Theater
Swing,Tinman understudy MajesticTheater
Male Lead Coconut Grove Playhouse
Chorus Forrest Theater
Chorus Lunt Fontane Theater
Featured Dancer Playhouse Theater / Edison Theater
Herod/Narrator Harvard, Hasty Pudding Club
Chorus Anta Theater (now the August Wilson)
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Red Clay
Slow Down the Night
Sing Me One More Song
El Shaddai
Brownstone
Williams and Walker
Tap Dance Kid
Mr. Jelly Lord
*Dreamgirls
The More You get the More You Want
The Derby
Ain’t Misbehavin’
*Ain’t Misbehavin’
The Wiz
The Wiz
Pippin
*The Treemonisha
*The Wiz
Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope
Brain Child
*Pajama Game
*Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope
Jesus Christ Superstar (concert)
Purlie
*Original Broadway Cast
TELEVISION
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All My Children Assistant DA Peter Ramsey ABC Television
(recurring)
List of Commercials upon request
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NOTABLE FILMS
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Bad Decisions (Co-Star)
Son of Sam, Son of Hope (Narrator)
Heart of Stone (Co-Star)
Ben & EddieChildren’s video series (Co-Writer, Co-Star)
AWARDS Include:
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Edinburgh Festival 2018 - Best Musical nomination for Henry Box Brown
Best of the Fringe nomination for Henry Box Brown
AUDELCO Award nomination - Best Director of a Musical, Pearl2013
MITF Award nomination – Best Musical, Children of God2012
AUDELCO Award nomination - Best Actor, Williams and Walker 1986
Tony Award winner - Best Actor in a Musical, Dreamgirls 1982
Drama Desk Award nomination - Best Actor, Dreamgirls 1982
NAACP Image Award nomination – Best Supporting Actor, Tap Dance Kid 1985
Bay Circle Critics Award winner - Best Supporting Actor, Tap Dance Kid 1985
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