Broadway BUZZ

Alan Mingo Jr., best known for his award-winning performance as Lola in the Canadian and Broadway productions of Kinky Boots (Dora Award Winner, Best Leading Actor). Audiences may know Alan as Maura Lee Karupt in DC’s Doom Patrol on HBO MAX. He is currently starring in a newly released film as Maxi in I’m Not Gay: A Musical, available on all major streaming platforms. Mr. Mingo’s other Broadway credits include: Sebastian in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and Tom Collins in Rent. Alan’s Broadway National Tour credits include: Donkey in Shrek The Musical, Seaweed in Hairspray, and Simba in Disney’s The Lion King. His other TV credits are: Honey in The Deuce (HBO MAX), The Queen in Tales of the City (Netflix), Benjamin Carter Judges in Ray Donovan (Showtime), Marvel’s Jessica Jones (Netflix), Frasier (NBC) and Law & Order (NBC). Regional credits: Zaza/Albin in La Cage aux Folles and The Wiz in The Wiz (Sacramento Music Circus), Sergeant in Pirates! or Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder’d (The MUNY), Papa Ge in Once On This Island (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Christmas Story: The Musical (Kansas City Repertory Theatre) and The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). Proud alumnus of University of Maryland, B.A. and UC Irvine, M.F.A.