Gilbert Price (September , â€" January , ) was an American operatic
baritone and actor.Price was a protégé of Langston Hughes. He was a
life member of New York's famed Actors Studio. Price first gained
notice in , for his performances in Hughes' Off-Broadway production of
Jerico-Jim Crow. For his work, Price received a Theatre World
Award.Price was born on September , , in New York City of
African-American heritage. In , he graduated from Erasmus Hall High
School, where he stood out for both his talent and gentle, easygoing
manner. It has been written that while he was a protégé of Langston
Hughes, Hughes had become smitten with the young Price. Unpublished
love poems by Hughes were addressed to a man Hughes called Beauty; it
has been posited these poems referred to Price.Price made guest
appearances on several television talk and variety shows including The
Ed Sullivan Show, Red Skelton, Garry Moore and The Merv Griffin Show.
Price also sang oratorios, including Leonard Bernstein's Mass, in .
baritone and actor.Price was a protégé of Langston Hughes. He was a
life member of New York's famed Actors Studio. Price first gained
notice in , for his performances in Hughes' Off-Broadway production of
Jerico-Jim Crow. For his work, Price received a Theatre World
Award.Price was born on September , , in New York City of
African-American heritage. In , he graduated from Erasmus Hall High
School, where he stood out for both his talent and gentle, easygoing
manner. It has been written that while he was a protégé of Langston
Hughes, Hughes had become smitten with the young Price. Unpublished
love poems by Hughes were addressed to a man Hughes called Beauty; it
has been posited these poems referred to Price.Price made guest
appearances on several television talk and variety shows including The
Ed Sullivan Show, Red Skelton, Garry Moore and The Merv Griffin Show.
Price also sang oratorios, including Leonard Bernstein's Mass, in .
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