Jeannine Otis and Larry Marshall on We eXceL Daily
Jeannine Otis and Larry Marshall. Jeannine is a performer, writer, and educator who is devoted to using the performing arts as a tool for building community. She has been a featured vocalist at many jazz festivals including the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, JazzMobile with Safari East, and the Universal Temple of the Arts yearly jazz festival and trombonist Art Baron and Friends. Jeannine has also appeared on Broadway in THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN’ at the Supper Club in the Edison Hotel with Larry Marshall and the Michael E Smith Big Band and the New York Big Band at Tavern on the Green.
Larry is a performer, director, and writer who believes that the theater can uplift. He was recently on Broadway as “Old Joe” in WAITRESS and is currently touring with the National Co. He was also nominated for a Helen Hayes and a Jeff Award as best actor in a play for his role as “Monroe” in Pullman Porter Blues. He appeared as “Danny” in the National Company of Xanadu, and appeared as “Ole Mister” in the Broadway production of The Color Purple. He was seen as “The General” and “The Farmer” in “Mother Courage” with Meryl Streep, and he received nominations for both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his portrayal of “Sportin’ Life” in the Houston Grand Opera’s Grammy Award-winning production of “Porgy and Bess”. In 1990, he made his official Metropolitan Opera debut in the opera under the baton of James Levine.