Broadway BUZZ

(Tituss Burgess, photo by Nina Duncan) Emmy and SAG-nominated actor, musician, and writer Tituss Burgess has quickly emerged as one of the entertainment industry’s most versatile and dynamic performers, with his work in television, film, and theater generating both critical and commercial acclaim. Tituss starred as Titus Andromedon in the hit Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (nominations for four consecutive Emmy Awards, a SAG Award, and two Critics’ Choice TV Awards). He reprised his role in the Netflix interactive special Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend  and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting actor. Most recently, Tituss starred as the voice of Sunny - Oracle of the Sun in Spellbound, Netflix’s animated musical fantasy film, alongside Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis and Nathan Lane. The film premiered on Netflix in November 2024. In May 2024, Tituss debuted his own musical adaptation of The Preacher’s Wife at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre. The musical is based on the 1996 film starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington. The show, featuring music by Tituss himself, reimagines the beloved story with fresh energy and gospel-infused compositions. In Winter 2023 Tituss returned to Broadway for a turn in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, playing the role of club owner, Harold Zidler. A veteran of the stage, Burgess made his Broadway debut as Eddie in Good Vibrations and has played Hal Miller in Jersey Boys, Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the 2009 revival of Guys and Dolls, and Sebastian in The Little Mermaid. In summer 2023, Tituss created and starred in Center of the YOUniverse alongside Jane Krakowski for three nights only at Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre. The recording was released exclusively on Audible in winter 2023. Other credits include the second season of the Apple TV+ musical comedy Schmigadoon!; the Netflix films  Set It Up and Dolemite Is My Name; and MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect. An accomplished voice actor, Tituss starred in the animated musical comedy series Central Park for Apple TV+, for which he was nominated for his sixth Emmy Award.