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Porgy and Bess' David Alan Grier on Pimps, Vodka Enemas and the Power of YouTube by Josh Ferri

David Alan Grier scored his third Tony nomination this year as Catfish Row’s drug dealing pimp, Sporting Life, in the acclaimed revival of Porgy and Bess. Grier, who became a breakout star in the 1990s sketch comedy show In Living Color, grew up in Detroit in the 1960s and graduated from Yale School of Drama. He made his Broadway debut in 1981 as Jackie Robinson in the short-lived musical The First and went on …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PM on June 4, 2012

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