Jeffrey Carlson has died. The actor broke barriers portraying transgender character Zoe in the long-running daytime drama “All My Children.”
‘The Wiz’ revival will be led by Wayne Brady and Alan Mingo Jr., splitting the spotlight: Mingo goes on the road as the title character before passing the role to Brady.was an “exposed-nerve star of Broadway” and “a powerful actor and a painful loss.” Feldman added that he first saw Carlson in Lee Blessing’s “Thief River” when the actor was still studying theater at Juilliard. “It was clear he was something special.
Carlson attended UC Davis with plans of becoming a veterinarian but was bit by the acting bug. He switched majors and, after graduating in 1997, moved to New York City to train at Juilliard, where his journey was documented by the PBS series “American Masters” as part of a feature on the performing arts school. He finished his training with Juilliard’s drama division in 2001 and followed his heart to Broadway.
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