Nathaniel Stampley

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A close-up of Nathaniel Stampley.

Nathaniel Stampley

On Broadway, Nathaniel Stampley has been a cast member of CATS, The Color Purple and The Lion King; he has also been a member of various touring productions, as well as numerous regional theater productions around the country. Stampley is also a Milwaukee native and graduate of UW-Madison. He will reflect on his life and career experience in this Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series concert — directed by his sister, Malkia Stampley — accompanied by pianists Jamie Schmidt and Leotha Stanley.

media release: General admission: $13; Students: Free (ticket required)

Nathaniel Stampley

Malkia Stampley, director

Jamie Schmidt

Leotha Stanley

Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series

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Time, circumstance, and a dream shapes an individual. Nathaniel Stampley reflects on experiences, family, philosophers, musicians, and world leaders who influenced and guided his life and career. From Milwaukee to Broadway and beyond, he intimately reflects on his own challenges and successes, infusing music from Paul Robeson, Sam Cooke, George Gershwin, Jason Robert Brown, celebrating traditional gospel music, spirituals, and Broadway favorites!

Nathaniel Stampley, a Milwaukee native, is a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he received his bachelor of music degree. Broadway credits include: CATS, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The Color Purple (original production and the revival), and The Lion King.

He had the pleasure of playing “Mufasa” on the West End in the Disney UK’s The Lion King. National tours: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Los Angeles NAACP Award nomination), Ragtime and Orpheus Returns. Off-Broadway performances: Big Love, Signature Theatre (NY); Fiorello! and Lost in the Stars, NY City Center’s Encores!; and The First Noel, Classical Theatre of Harlem (AUDELCO Nomination). Regional performances: The Bridges of Madison County (Joseph Jefferson nomination), Man of La Mancha (Joseph Jefferson Award Actor in a Principal Role-Musical) Marriott Theatre; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The A.R.T.; Abyssinia, North Shore Music Theatre; Pacific Overtures, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Strike Up the Band and One Touch of Venus, Auditorium Theatre’s Ovations! series; Violet, Once on This Island and Big River (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Apple Tree Theatre; Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s The Color Purple, Dreamgirls, and Man of La Mancha; Showboat, Sacramento Music Circus; The Skylight Music Theater’s Harriet, the Woman Called Moses, El Capitan, Girl Crazy, The King and I, Porgy and Bess (opera).

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