Darius de Haas (born September 29, 1968) is an American stage actor and singer.

Biography

Haas was born in Chicago and raised in a musical family — his father is bassist Eddie de Haas and his mother,

Geraldine Bey Geraldine Bey de Haas (born 1935) is an American jazz singer and concert organizer. Bey performed with the vocal trio Andy and the Bey Sisters with brother Andy Bey and sister Salome Bey in the 1960s. Then she married Eddie de Haas, with whom s ...

, was one of the Bey sisters of the musical trio Andy and The Bey Sisters. De Haas is especially noted for his extremely wide vocal range. He appeared in the

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'', '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'', ''

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'', ''Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed'', and the

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cast of ''

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''. He won an

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in 1999 for his performance in the title role in

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's jazz opera ''Running Man'' and played Jesus in the

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's re-imagining of Webber-

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'' (re-titled ''JCS Gospel''). In recent years he has become known as a concert/recording artist, singing with several symphonies including the Cincinnati Pops and Boston Pops, having notably performed and recorded the music of

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’s '' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''.

Discography

* ''New Singers New Songs 1994'' by Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Donald Johnston (1994) - Featured on multiple tracks * ''Day Dream'' (2002) * ''Quiet Please'' (w/ Steven Blier) (2010) * ''What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up'' by Scott Alan, singing the song "Take Me Away" (2010) * Darius de Haas, Rene Marie, Karen Oberlin, Janis Siegel, ''Ice on the Hudson: Songs by Renee Rosnes and David Hajdu'' (SMK, 2018) * ''Thirteen Stories Down – The Songs Of Jonathan Reid Gealt'' by Jonathan Reid Gealt, singing the song "Wanting" (2010) * ''The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Soundtrack Season 3'' (Shy Baldwin singing voice) (2019) * ''Original Music From The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Season 3'' (Shy Baldwin singing voice) (2020)

References

External links

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Official site
1968 births Living people Male actors from Chicago American male stage actors American male film actors American male singers {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub