Biography
Lacy Darryl Phillips (LDP) aka The Uncle Earl is an accomplished Triple Threat Performer, Award Winning Recording Artist, Choreographer, Creative Director, Music Producer, Songwriter, Teacher, Host & DJ. Most recently, choreographer/featured performer in For All My Girls in NYC and appeared at Carnegie Hall's "100 Years Of Black Men On Broadway", starred in the ICT/Long Beach Performing Arts Center's Production of "Ain't Misbehavin', Lacy performed in his first professional show Miss Moffat with Bette Davis at the age of 9.
Lacy also toured the United States and appeared on Broadway in Raisin starring as Travis Younger, Sophisticated Ladies starring Gregory Hines, Bob Fosse's Dancin, Anything Goes starring Patti Lupone, Sweet Charity starring Debbie Allen, Me And Mrs. Jones starring Lou Rawls & Darlene Love, Play On, Fosse and "Broadway: The American Musical" for PBS.
Mr. Phillips choreographed and staged the National Tour of The Wiz starring Grace Jones and Peabo Bryson, was Associate Director/Choreographer for the Mariah Carey Around The World Tour and Assistant Director/Choreographer for Signed, Sealed, Delivered (A Celebration Of Stevie Wonder ) at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas starring Chaka Khan, Peabo Bryson and Melissa Manchester.
Under Mentor Debbie Allen, Lacy was an assistant and also performed on such projects as: A Different World , The Academy Awards, Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Tribute, Polly I & II for Disney and the CBS television movie "Stompin' At The Savoy" featured as Teddy The M.C. and Cool Women.
Lacy participated in the inception of The Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory in New York as: Associate Director/Choreographer, Production Manager and Casting Director.
He is the Creator/Producer of Ultimate Underground, a global music, arts and education project and Host/DJ of his weekly award winning radio program The Underground Experience with Uncle Earl, now in it's 11th successful season, which airs on KLED Live FM Los Angeles, iTunes, Podomatic and Ultimate Underground Website.
