In the Star on FOX episode “Roots and Wings,” while Star (Jude Demorest) meets Jackson’s (Matthew Noszka) wealthy mother Becky (Kelly Sullivan, Henry Danger), Carlotta (Queen Latifah) tries to make amends with her sister Cassie (Brandy Norwood) who’s in jail and confronts her father Calvin. Calvin is portrayed by Broadway legend, Tony Award-winning triple-threat Ben Vereen.
[Check out Vereen in Roots]
Vereen is known for his roles on Sneaky Pete (Porter), How I Met Your Mother (Sam), Silk Stalkings (Captain Ben Hutchinson), Webster (Uncle Phillip), the original TV mini-series Roots (“Chicken” George Moore, SEE LINK ABOVE), and in musical films including Funny Lady with Barbra Streisand (Bert Robbins), Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz (O’Connor Flood) and Sweet Charity (as a dancer), among others. Vereen is well recognized for his stage roles in Hair (Claude), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Pippin (lead player), Golden Boy (Sammy Davis Jr.’s understudy), Chicago (Billy), and Wicked (The Wizard of Oz), among many others. Star airs Wednesdays at 9 pm on FOX, right after Empire.
Happy Birthday to the talented @BenVereen! 🎈 pic.twitter.com/GJtfQB4pvD
— Okayplayer (@okayplayer) October 10, 2017
