Background
Matthew Dickens was born in an ambulance on a highway on the outskirts of Nancy, France.
Matthew Dickens was born in an ambulance on a highway on the outskirts of Nancy, France.
Matthew’s early training as a dancer included classes at The School of the Cleveland Ballet. In New York, he had a short stay at The Ailey School and studied with David Howard, Finis Jhung, and Frank Hatchett. While performing in New York, he met Debbie Allen.
The two went on to work together on numerous projects, including A Different World, Fame, Polly, Carrie, and The Academy Awards.
Matthew was in the original Broadway cast of Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close (and later with Betty Buckley and Elaine Paige) having initially appeared in the original Los Angeles production. Matthew returned to the Broadway company of Mission Saigon directly from the Netherlands production, where he played the role of John entirely in Dutch.
Other Broadway credits include playing both Chris and John (at different times) in Mission Saigon, Community College White in Dreamgirls and Stephen King"s Carrie. He also co-starred in the original Australian cast of Smokey Joe"s Cafe.
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Other Theater
Matthew died, after fighting cancer, on January 8, 2013.
Please refer to www.posthope.com/matthewdickens.
