Sam Harris is an American pop and musical theatre recording artist as well as a television, stage and film actor. For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ...

Harris was the winner of the first Star Search competition in 1984, and no contestant surpassed his winning streak of 14 weeks in a row in the entire history of the show. He subsequently released two albums - "Sam Harris" and "Sam-I-Am" - which reached gold status on the Motown label. He has since released numerous recordings, including "Standard Time," "Different Stages," "Revival," "Always," as well as Broadway cast recordings, benefit recordings, and tributes. Star Search was a television show from 1983 to 1995 hosted by Ed McMahon, which also appeared as a remake in 2003-2004. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ...

Harris is a Tony nominated actor in musical theatre, starring in Broadway productions of Grease, The Life, Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Jazz Singer, among others. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. ... The Life is an award-winning musical with a book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, music by Coleman, and lyrics by Gasman. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Broadway theater production promotional poster from 1991. ...

Harris has appeared in films, most notably in the 2000 film In the Weeds. Currently, he appears as Perry Pearl in the CBS sitcom The Class. CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Class is a television sitcom created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik. ...

Harris publicly acknowledged his homosexuality in an interview with the gay news magazine The Advocate in 1999^[1]. Since then he has been an outspoken proponent of gay rights, AIDS advocacy and other human rights issues. Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996) is a US-based LGBT-related biweekly news magazine. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... This article is about the syndrome. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...

External links

• Sam Harris Bio at CBS - The Class
• Sam Harris
• Sam Harris at the Internet Movie Database