Bryan Terrell Clark dishes on the secret to a happy marriage, X-men crushes & ‘Diarra From Detroit’
Diarra From Detroit, out gay actor Bryan Terrell Clark gets to flex a new muscle on screen (and, no, we’re not talking about those arms).The darkly comedic mystery—about a woman (creator and star Diarra Kilpatrick) who gets caught up in a dangerous plot while tracking down the man who ghosted her—finds seasoned Broadway star Clark playing an all-too-rare comedic role.“I don’t often get cast in comedies,” Clark shares. “I was excited to be able to exercise my comedy chops!”Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.And exercise them he does as Mr.
Tea, the aptly named bestie of Diarra, who is bluntly honest, hilarious, and always eager to lay out the truth, no matter how hard it is to hear.
In other words, Mr. Tea always has the tea.The series is a great showcase for yet another side of this well-rounded performer, a Yale trained actor, singer, songwriter and director who has been racking up a steady stream of credits on stage and screen since the 2000s (including Snowpiercer, Queen Sugar, and Our Son to name a few).
In 2013, he made his Broadway debut playing Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Musical, and you better believe he has the voice to back it up—earlier this month, he was tapped to headline an NY Pops celebration of Motown at Carnegie Hall.And, in 2022, he added “husband” to his list of credits, marrying costume designer Devario Simmons at a beautiful ceremony outside of Los Angeles.
