Isaac Cole Powell (born /) is an American actor and singer. He played
the role of Daniel in the Broadway revival of the musical Once on This
Island and was cast as Tony in the Broadway revival of West Side
Story.Powell was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, the youngest of
three children born to Terry and Will Powell, a three-time world
CrossFit champion. His father is Native American[failed verification]
and African-American and his mother is Caucasian. Powell began to act
in middle school with the Community Theatre of Greensboro. 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 .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 , he appeared in Newsies and Mamma Mia!
with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and originated the title role in
Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat at the Adirondack Theatre Festival in
Glens Falls, New York.Powell played the role of Daniel in the
Broadway revival of Once on This Island, which began previewed in
November and opened officially in December. Jesse Green, writing in
The New York Times called Powell's solo, "Some Girls," a "quietly
sensitive rendering." Robert Hofler, in TheWrap, wrote that Powell
makes the song "the most poignant moment in this revival."
TheaterMania's review deemed Powell, "charismatic and silvery-voiced."
He recorded his role on the revival's cast album.
the role of Daniel in the Broadway revival of the musical Once on This
Island and was cast as Tony in the Broadway revival of West Side
Story.Powell was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, the youngest of
three children born to Terry and Will Powell, a three-time world
CrossFit champion. His father is Native American[failed verification]
and African-American and his mother is Caucasian. Powell began to act
in middle school with the Community Theatre of Greensboro. 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 .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 , he appeared in Newsies and Mamma Mia!
with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and originated the title role in
Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat at the Adirondack Theatre Festival in
Glens Falls, New York.Powell played the role of Daniel in the
Broadway revival of Once on This Island, which began previewed in
November and opened officially in December. Jesse Green, writing in
The New York Times called Powell's solo, "Some Girls," a "quietly
sensitive rendering." Robert Hofler, in TheWrap, wrote that Powell
makes the song "the most poignant moment in this revival."
TheaterMania's review deemed Powell, "charismatic and silvery-voiced."
He recorded his role on the revival's cast album.
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