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Broadway Career and Events
Jeffrey Gunter played roles not only on television shows, but on Broadway as well. He was able to host and perform many events, his first one being February 13, 2005. It was hosted in New York City at Town Hall and was a salute to the influence of Woody king Jr’s New Federal Theatre (NFT) in the Black Arts Movement (BAM). Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter was a special guest performing at this event, along others such as Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. On May 6th, 2012 the event Broadway Bound was again co hosted by Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter along with Obie award winner Charlayne Woodard. The event featured veteran actors, singers and dancers of Broadway. On June 29th, 2013 the California African American Museum hosted July 4th festivities. Jeffrey was the co host of this event, alongside Nita Whitaker Lafontaine.

On July 31st 1979 Jeffrey played a few roles in his very first broadway debut at 33 years of age. The Broadway production was titled But Never Jam Today. The musical was performed at the Longacre Theatre in New York, New York and was produced by Arch Nadler and Anita MacShane. It was choreographed by Talley Beatty and directed by Vinnette Carroll. This Broadway play had 8 performances and 6 previews. Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter had four roles in this performance. He played the roles of the Mushroom, the White Rabbit, the Mock Turtle, and the Cheshire Cat. He acted alongside other Broadway performers such as Brenda Braxton and Sharon K. Brooks. The play was a musical based on the previous musical “Alice” which premiered in May of 1978 and included characters such as the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter and Humpty Dumpty.

On March 27th, 1980 Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter starred in the musical Reggae on Broadway. This production was produced by Michael Butler, Eric Nezhad, and David Cogan. The numbers were choreographed by Mike Malone with Glenda Dickerson alongside directing. There were 21 performances of the musical and 11 previews. The setting of the musical was “One day in Jamaica” and the storyline was based on reggae music and Rastafarianism. It was based on a Jamaican pop singer that became successful in the USA before returning home and reuniting with an old lover who is in trouble with gangs and drug abuse. Jeffrey was part of the opening night cast as an ensemble that performed a musical number in a group with 16 others.