Inside ATC Artist: Abdul Hamid Royal

Abdul Hamid Royal

ATC debut. BROADWAY/INTERNATIONAL/ NATIONAL: Tony Award-nominated Five Guys Named Moe, Sophisticated Ladies, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Wiz, Truly Blessed, Sound of Music, Concerts for the Earth, Twist, Fiddler on the Roof, Betsy Brown, Colors of Christmas, Smokey Joe’s Café, and The Life. REGIONAL: Alice in Wonderland, A Chorus Line, Songs for Nobodies, Lady Day, Big River, Black Pearl Sings, Sirens of Song, La Cage Aux Folles, and Blues in the Night. COMPOSER/ARRANGER: Five Guys Names Moe, Truly Blessed, Body and Soul, Twist, Colors of Christmas, and Cole Porter Festival. RECORDING ARTISTS: Billy Porter, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Liza Minelli, Jennifer Holliday, David Foster, Seidah Garrett, Brenda Russell, Melissa Manchester, the LA Philharmonic, Stevie Wonder, Lillias White, Dave Weckl, and Phil Collins. His one-man show But Not For Me received critical acclaim at the Gilmore Piano Festival. AWARDS: The Ovation, LA Drama Critics Circle, NAACP Image Award for The Gospel at Colonus and Five Guys Named Moe, Stage Scene LA Award for Recorded in Hollywood. Nominations for Best Music Direction and Jeff Award for Lady Day and the Barrymore Award for Alice in Wonderland.