Isaac Cole Powell

Isaac Cole Powell is an American actor and singer. He plays the role of Daniel in the Broadway revival of the musical Once on This Island.[1]

Early life and career

Powell was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, the youngest of three children of Terry and Will Powell, a world CrossFit champion. He began to act in middle school with the Community Theatre of Greensboro.[2] He attended Philip J. Weaver Academy, a performing arts high school, before transferring to a boarding program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) during his senior year of high school. He graduated from UNCSA with an acting degree in May 2017.[2][3]

While in college, Powell began to accumulate professional acting credits, playing Nikos in the musical Legally Blonde at the Barn Dinner Theatre. After graduation, in the summer of 2017, he appeared in Newsies and Mamma Mia! with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera[4][5] and originated the title role in Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat at the Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls, New York.[2][6]

Powell plays the role of Daniel in the 2017 Broadway revival of Once on This Island, which began previews in November 2017 and opened officially in December. Jesse Green, writing in The New York Times called Powell's solo, "Some Girls", a "quietly sensitive rendering".[7] Robert Hofler, in TheWrap, wrote that Powell makes the song "the most poignant moment in this revival".[8] TheaterMania's review deemed Powell "charismatic and silvery-voiced".[9] He recorded his role on the revival's cast album.[10]

Powell competed in May 2018 on the live Broadway game show I Only Have Lies for You.[11]

Personal life

Powell is openly gay. He has been dating Broadway actor Wesley Taylor since September 2017.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Once on This Island – Cast And Creative". Once On This Island. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. 1 2 3 DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn. "Greensboro native lands big role on Broadway", News & Record, August 6, 2017, accessed June 4, 2018
  3. ↑ Murawski, Katie (December 12, 2017). "Isaac Powell takes Broadway: Greensboro native and UNCSA graduate debuted his role on Dec. 3". Yes! Weekly. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gans, Andrew (July 13, 2017). "Check Out Who Will 'Seize the Day' in Pittsburgh CLO's Newsies". Playbill. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mamma Mia! Cast". Pittsburgh CLO. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Isaac Cole Powell of Once on This Island, Broadway.com, May 7, 2018, retrieved 2018-06-03
  7. ↑ Green, Jesse. "Review: Once on This Island, Revived and Ravishing", December 3, 2017
  8. ↑ Hofler, Robert. "Once on This Island Broadway Review: A Middling Musical Revival About a Long-Suffering Woman", TheWrap, December 3, 2018
  9. ↑ Levitt, Hayley. "Once on This Island", TheaterMania.com, December 3, 2017
  10. ↑ Ahrens, Lynn and Stephen Flaherty. "Breaking Down the Once on This Island Revival Cast Album Track by Track", Playbill, May 23, 2018
  11. ↑ Hetrick, Adam. "Betsy Wolfe and Isaac Powell Are Upcoming Contestants on I Only Have Lies for You", Playbill, May 18, 2018
  12. ↑ "Broadway Super-Couple Wesley Taylor And Isaac Powell Share Their Meet-Cute Story". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  13. ↑ theatermania (2018-03-14), Broadway First Dates: Wesley Taylor and Isaac Powell, retrieved 2018-06-03
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