“The first role that I played as a musical - I was 14 years old, and I ...” — Brian Stokes Mitchell Quote

“The first role that I played as a musical - I was 14 years old, and I played Birdie in 'Bye Bye Birdie.' That was an awakening of, 'Wow, I'm good at that. People are responding.' And I hardly knew what I was doing back then, but there was something that people were seeing.”