Larry Marshall

Larry Marshall is an American actor and singer who created Sportin' Life in Houston Grand Opera's 1976 Porgy and Bess, a role he returned to in 1983 and for which he earned Tony and Drama Desk nominations. Trained at Fordham University, Xavier University of Louisiana and the New England Conservatory, his other Broadway credits include Hair, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Full Monty and The Color Purple. On screen he played Simon Zealotes in the 1973 Jesus Christ Superstar film and Cab Calloway in The Cotton Club, a performance Calloway himself praised.