Star File
Michael Potts
Recent Broadway credits include The Iceman Cometh (Richard Seff Award), 1984 and Jitney. He originated the roles of Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon and Brooks, Sr. in Grey Gardens. Other credits include The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Richard III (Falstaff Award) and The America Play (Obie Award). Television roles include Detective Maynard Gilbough on True Detective and Brother Mouzone on The Wire. MFA: Yale.
(Michael PottsPhoto: Caitlin McNaney)
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The Piano Lesson
Danielle Brooks and Samuel L. Jackson star in the revival of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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