Broadway BUZZ

Ephraim Sykes is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida. He was last seen in Kathryn Bigelow’s new feature film Detroit, and as Seaweed J. Stubbs on NBC’s Hairspray Live! Sykes graduated from the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA program with departmental honors and toured with the Ailey II company for two years. His TV/film credits include Marvin in HBO’s Vinyl, Woody Allen’s Crisis in Six Scenes, Marvel’s Netflix series Luke Cage, Leave It on the Floor, Dance Flick, NBC’s Smash, and 30 Rock. Sykes made his Broadway debut in The Little Mermaid and was in the original casts of Hamilton: An American Musical, Memphis, Newsies, and Motown The Musical.