TOMS RIVER – Broadway star Alton Fitzgerald White, who is a singer, actor and dancer known for his role as Mufasa in Broadway’s Lion King, will appear in a virtual presentation on April 20 at 11 a.m. at the Grunin Center at Ocean County College.
White will discuss his secrets to fulfillment in work and life through About My Pride: Mastering Life’s Daily Performance.
Visit: grunincenter.org/event/alton-fitzgerald-white for information. Pre-registration is required; the event is free.
White made his Broadway debut as John in Miss Saigon and now has starred in six Broadway hit shows. White has starred in Lion King, Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy, Smokey Joe’s Café, Ragtime: The Musical and The Color Purple.
While rehearsing his role of Mister in The Color Purple in 2007, White was also performing the role of Mufasa in the evenings, successfully performing two shows at one time in a three-week period.
With more than five years of continuous Broadway performances, White decided to take time off to act in the television show Law and Order; in the movie, The Invention of Lying; and to do voice-overs, commercial work and perform concerts around the world.
In 2014, White returned to the Broadway company of Lion King and passed the milestone of 4,000 performances as Mufasa.
This event is sponsored by the Blauvelt Speaker Series, which is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and The Wintrode Family Foundation.
