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Darius de Haas Biography (1968-)

Born September 29, 1968, in Chicago, IL; son of Eddie de Haas (a musician) and Geraldine Bey (a singer and producer); brother of Aisha de Haas (a singer and actress). Addresses: Agent: Lally Talent Agency, 630 Ninth Ave., Suite 800, New York, NY 10036.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

September 29, 1968

Chicago, Illinois

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Cry the Beloved Country, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1993
• Five Guys Named Moe, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Summit, IL, 1993
• Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well..., Cincinnati Playhouse, Cincinnati, OH, 1993
• Enoch Snow, Carousel, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
• Kiss of the Spider Woman, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, c. 1994-1995
• I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, 1995
• Swing performer and understudy for Tom Collins, Benjamin Coffin III, andAngel Schunard, Rent, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, beginning 1996
• Cain and Japeth, Children of Eden, Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn,NJ, 1997
• Jesus Christ Superstar, New York University, 1998
• Once on This Island, Music Theatre, Wichita, KS, 1998
• Saturn Returns, Public Theatre, New York City, 1998, later known as Myths and Hymns
• Up, Up and Away: The Music of Jimmy Webb, Paper Mill Playhouse, 1998
• The Bacchae, 92nd Street Y, New York City, 1999
• The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1999
• Paris L'Adrese, Marie Christine, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New YorkCity, 1999-2000
• Gregory, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, New York City, 2000
• Title role, Running Man, Music Theatre Group, Here, New York City,beginning c. 1999 then Duffin Theatre, Lenox, MA, 2000
• Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill (concert), St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York City, and Royal Festival Hall, London, both 2000
• C. C. White, Dreamgirls (benefit concert), Ford Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, 2001
• At Harlem's Height (concert), New York Festival of Song, Moab Music Festival, Moab, UT, 2001
• Day Dream: Variations on Strayhorn, American Songbook Series, Lincoln Center, New York City, later Arci's Place, New York City, both 2001
• Lyrics & Lyricists, 92nd Street Y, 2001
• Only Heaven, Dayton, OH, 2002
• E. Faye Butler, Ain't Misbehavin', Paper Mill Playhouse, 2003
• Frankie Lymon, Why Do Fools Fall in Love (staged reading), New York City, 2003
• Jeweler, The Blue Demon, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, Boston, MA, 2003
• Blast from the Past (benefit concert), New York City, 2003
• The Broadway Musicals of 1939 (concert), Broadway by the Year Series, The Town Hall, New York City, 2003
• Bubbling Brown Sugar (concert), 2003
• Children of Eden (benefit concert), Riverside Church, 2003
• City Center 60th Anniversary Encores! Bash, City Center, New YorkCity, 2003
• Great Joy--A Gospel Christmas (benefit concerts), 2003
• Neo (benefit concert), York Theatre at Saint Peter's, New York City, 2003
• Lost Tribes of Vaudeville (concert), 2003 and 2004
• The Broadway Musicals of 1935, Broadway by the Year Series, The Town Hall, 2004
• Broadway Unplugged (concert), The Town Hall, 2004
• Cabaret & Main, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Adams MemorialTheatre, Williamstown, MA, 2004
• Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert (concert), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2004
• Musicals in Mufti: Weird Romance, York Theatre at Saint Peter's, 2004
• Never Gonna Dance, The Town Hall, 2004
• Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder (cabaret), American Songbook Series, Lincoln Center, also Stanley H. Kaplan Playhouse, New York City, both 2004
• Appeared in Rumplestiltskin.
• Major Tours
• Heartstrings, U.S. cities, 1992
• Once on This Island, U.S. cites, 1993
• Film Appearances
• Extra, Malcolm X (also known as X), Warner Bros., 1992
• Ensemble vocals, Anastasia (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Chicago (also known as Chicago: The Musical), Miramax, 2002
• Martin & Orloff, Spit & Glue Distribution/Harlem Films/Cineblast Productions, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, PBS, 2001
• Only Heaven, PBS, 2003
• Appeared in The Rosie O'Donnell Christmas Special.
• Awards Presentations
• The 54th Annual Tony Awards, 2000
• Episodic
• Today (also known as NBC News Today and The Today Show), NBC, 1994
• Life 360, PBS, 2001
• Appeared in In the Life, PBS.
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• (With others) Bright Eyed Joy: The Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon (alsoknown as Bright Eyed Joy), Nonesuch, 2001
• (With others) Anthems in Disguise, Resmiranda Records, 2003
• With others, also appeared in Grace, DMP Records.
• Soundtrack Albums
• Children of Eden, RCA, 1998
• I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, Nonesuch, 1998
• Myths and Hymns (originally known as Saturn Returns), Nonesuch, 1999
• Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill, Six Degrees, 2000
• Marie Christine 1999 Broadway cast), RCA, 2000
• Day Dream: Variations on Strayhorn, P.S. Classics, 2002
• Dreamgirls in Concert 2001 concert cast), Nonesuch, 2002
• Only Heaven: A Musical Work by Ricky Ian Gordon Based on the Poetry ofLangston Hughes (also known as Only Heaven), P.S. Classics, 2002
• Great Joy--A Gospel Christmas (benefit concerts), Sh-K Boom Records, 2003
• (With others) The Broadway Musicals of 1939, Bayview Recording Company, 2004
• Also appeared in Carousel, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Rent.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

• Talkin' Broadway, http://www.talkinbroadway.com/cabaret/dehaas.html, August 3, 2004