Posts By: Phillip Boykin

Medeia Theater Showboat!

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  Media’s ‘Show Boat’ is mighty see-worthy (By Howard Shapiro) Inquirer Theater Critic “At Media, the expressive Phillip Boykin makes the song his own passionate declaration,”

Smokey Joe’s at the Cape Playhouse

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Rock n’ Roll Fans hoot, holler, and whistle By Libby Hughes, drama critic for Cape Cod Today Philip Boykin was irrepressible in making advances to the women. His humor and devilish gleam in his eyes reached right across the lip of the stage into the audience.

Smokey Joe’s at the Cape Playhouse

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Rock n’ Roll Fans hoot, holler, and whistle By Libby Hughes, drama critic for Cape Cod Today Philip Boykin was irrepressible in making advances to the women. His humor and devilish gleam in his eyes reached right across the lip of the stage into the audience.

Media Theater Showboat!

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Media’s ‘Show Boat’ is mighty see-worthy (By Howard Shapiro)Inquirer Theater Critic “At Media, the expressive Phillip Boykin makes the song his own passionate declaration,”

“Crowns” Review

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Theatre Review – By Ben Ryland & Phillip Boykin, new to the show, has a powerful singing voice surely touched by God and is the best actor on the stage in an ensemble where there are no weak performances. By Nelson Pressley Mary Millben, Kara-Tameika Watkins, Marva Hicks, Zurin Villanueva, E. Faye Butler, NaTasha Yvette… Read more »

Arena Stage’s “Crowns” at Lincoln Theatre in DC

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Crowns is back in town, and with direction andchoreography by Kenneth Lee Roberson (Broadway’s Avenue Q, Arena’s Lady Day atEmerson’s Bar & Grill) and musical direction by Grammy nominee e’MarcusHarper, this soulful musical will be bigger than ever in the Lincoln Theatre.Arena favorites Marva Hicks (The Women of Brewster Place) and E. Faye Butler(Dinah Was,… Read more »

Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel

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Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL: Rock me, sexy Jesus “The sinister priests” “This Jesus Must Die,” but benefit from the exciting staging and casting. As the intimidating Caiaphas, for instance, Phillip Boykin has one of the deepest voices I’ve ever heard in my life.

“Showboat” The Boston Globe

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Among the standouts is Ron Bohmer as the gambler Gaylord Ravenal, whose glorious tenor in “Where’s the Mate for Me?” and “Make Believe” creates a stunning contrast with Phillip Boykin’s impossibly rich bass in “Ol’ Man River.” Kern’s score demands operatic skill from the singers, which can be off-putting if it isn’t grounded in strong… Read more »

“Showboat” The Boston Globe

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Among the standouts is Ron Bohmer as the gambler Gaylord Ravenal, whose glorious tenor in “Where’s the Mate for Me?” and “Make Believe” creates a stunning contrast with Phillip Boykin’s impossibly rich bass in “Ol’ Man River.” Kern’s score demands operatic skill from the singers, which can be off-putting if it isn’t grounded in strong… Read more »