Daniel Beaty
New York City, New York, United States
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
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Discography
Peter Ziesler Memorial Award
NAACP Theater Award – Best Solo Show
AUDELCO Award – Solo Performance
OVATION Award – Best Lead Male Actor in a Drama
NAACP Theater Award – Best Actor
Lamplighter Award from the Black Leadership Forum in Washington D.C
Edgerton Foundation’s New American Play Award
Obie Award for Writing & Performance
Audelco Award for Solo Performance
New York Magazine awarded him a Culture Award for Best in Theater
Scotsman Fringe First Award for the best new writer at the Edinburgh Festival
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Bio
Daniel Beaty is an award-winning poet, actor, singer, writer, and composer who was just awarded two NAACP Theater Awards including Best Actor. His acclaimed solo play THROUGH THE NIGHT produced by Daryl Roth received the 2011 AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and the 2011 Ovation Award for Best Male Lead Actor.
Through poetry and monologue, Daniel approaches issues of identity, bullying and self respect and self determination.
Daniel has worked throughout the U.S., Europe, and Africa performing on programs with artists such as Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Jill Scott, Sonia Sanchez, MC Lyte, Mos Def, Tracy Chapman, Deepak Chopra, and Phylicia Rashad.
He is the recipient of the Scotsman Fringe First Award for the best new writer at the Edinburgh Festival and was presented with a Lamplighter Award from the Black Leadership Forum in Washington D.C
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