André De Shields

Currently starring as Old Duteronomy in CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL-2026 Tony Award nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, 2026 Drama League Distinguished Performance nominee, 2025 Outer Critics Circle Award, 2024 AUDELCO Award. At eighty Earth years, Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner André De Shields has distinguished himself as an unparalleled actor/activist, educator, iconic philanthropist and Broadway Deity. His manifold mission: to fill intimate spaces with enormous beauty. He defines intimate spaces as the hearts of humanity; to restore majesty, elegance and literacy to the Black Thespian’s toolbox; to advocate for long term survivors of HIV and AIDS, and to champion the legacy of the Wellderly (elderly individuals who continue to kick butt). Ultimate goal: to break the Methuselah Code, and to burnish his reputation as one of the ten wonders of the contemporary world. SAWUBONA! www.goatman.vip