Larry Johnson

 

Larry Don Johnson is a native Houstonian and long time local thespian. He was one

of the organizers of Urban Theater, a theater group that brought legitimate

professional quality black theater to Houston in the 70’s. He shared the spotlight back

then with actors such as Loretta Devine and Charles Robinson. Urban Theater staged

several memorable plays without the luxury of a permanent home structure.

Larry has been among the main stable of Ensemble Theater actors throughout the

years. He was last seen on the Ensemble stage in the production of A Lesson Before

Dying, and before that in a lead role in August Wilson’s Jitney. Larry recently toured

as a member of the I’m Ready productions’ hit stage play “Men Cry in the Dark.” He

performed in several cities in a featured role as an understudy to Richard Roundtree.

Larry is employed at KTSU and has been both a radio and TV news anchor. Besides

theater his other hobbies are art and photography.