SAM HARRIS
Sam’s diversified career has run the gamut from singer and songwriter to actor on Broadway, film and television to writer, director and producer.
After pulling a weekly audience of more than 25 million viewers and going on to win Star Search in it's premier season, Harris and his powerhouse pop, gospel and theater influenced vocals have never looked back. His debut album Sam Harris and the follow-up Sam-I-Am both sold over a million copies. STANDARD TIME and DIFFERENT STAGES (produced and conducted by the legendary Peter Matz), have been listed on numerous “Top 100 Records of All Time” lists. Other cds include THE BEST OF THE MOTOWN SESSIONS, REVIVAL, ON THIS NIGHT, and ALWAYS and SAM HARRIS LIVE! – THE BEST OF CHRISTMAS. He can also be heard on numerous concert, guest artist and cast recordings.
GREASE Sam Harris sings "Those Magic Changes", Original Broadway Revival Cast
Sam has toured extensively in concert and has played to sold-out audiences at major venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre, London’s West End and with The Boston Pops. Sam has appeared at The White House, on numerous television specials and live productions, and has guested on virtually every talk show, his favorite in an historic time, when he performed a stirring Ýou’ll Never Walk Alone” on THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW in the week following September 11th.
Sam Harris Montage of Concert Performances and Appearances
Not to be pigeon-holed as a just a singer, Harris was called “the comedy break breakout character of the television season” (Liz Smith – NY Post) on last year’s CBS half hour comedy, The Class. On Broadway, Sam received a Drama Desk nomination for his role in Tommy Tune’s GREASE and a Drama-League Award as well as Tony, Outer Critic’s Circle and Drama Desk nominations for his work in Cy Coleman’s THE LIFE. He also appeared on Broadway in the Mel Brooks musical, THE PRODUCERS and in an extensive National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Broadway production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Sam has also starred in such musicals as JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, CABARET, HAIR, PIPPIN, THE JAZZ SINGER and the self penned shows HARD COPY, DIFFERENT HATS, REVIVAL, and the smash hit one man show SAM. in Los Angeles, which was the most critically acclaimed and celebrated show of its season.
Behind the scenes, Sam wrote the TBS sit-com, DOWN TO EARTH, which ran for 4 years, and the Los Angeles produced musical HURRY! HURRY! HOLLYWOOD! (both with Bruce H. Newberg.) He also co-produced the television special LOVE LETTER TO NEW YORK and supervised/directed several segments of MICHAEL JACKSON’S 30TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY at Madison Square Garden.
Sam just released his 8th studio cd entitled FREE. He is currently developing a talk show with Fox, was tapped to do a regular segment on the popular tv show, EXTRA!, recently filmed multiple episodes of the CBS sitcom, Rules of Engagement, and has been cast to co-star in the upcoming Broadway show, The First Wives Club. Sam can also be seen regularly on his popular web vlog at SamTube.com. As of April 7, 2008, he is also a new dad!!
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