Mitchell released another solo album, Simply Broadway in 2012, and is currently working on a third titled Plays With Music. Most recently, he joined his Ragtime co-star Audra McDonald in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. After a long hiatus from Broadway, touring the country performing solo concerts and producing his self-titled album, Mitchell returned to the Great White Way alongside Patti LuPone in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. He and Mazzie also performed in the 2006 Encores! mounting of Kismet. He played Sweeney Todd in the Kennedy Center production in 2002, returned to Broadway in 2005 for Love/Life, and starred as Emile de Becque in the PBS broadcast of South Pacific. In 2001, he left Kiss Me, Kate to star in King Hedley II (earning Drama Desk and Tony nominations) and then took on the role of Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, for which he earned his fourth Drama Desk and Tony nominations. After leaving Ragtime in December of 1998, he starred opposite Marin Mazzie (his Ragtime co-star) in the 1999 revival of Kiss Me, Kate, this time winning the Drama Desk and Tony Awards. He originated the role of Coalhouse in the pre-Broadway productions of Ragtime and earned his first Drama Desk and Tony nominations. Having already appeared on Broadway in Mail and Okay! and replacing in starring roles in Jelly’s Last Jam and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Mitchell truly made his mark as a performer of his generation as Coalhouse Walker Jr. Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald in Ragtime.
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