How Often Do Fans Reference “The” “Prince of Egypt” to Brian Stokes Mitchell? The Actor Says ... (Exclusive)

Brian Stokes Mitchell told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that fans bring up The Prince of Egypt to him "all the time"

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• The actor provides the singing voice for Jethro's performance of "Through Heaven's Eyes" in the 1998 animated film

• "I'm happy that it's still going and people still love the song," Stokes Mitchell said

Nearly three decades later, fans still love bringing upThe Prince of EgypttoBrian Stokes Mitchell.

The actor, 68, provides the singing voice for Jethro in the animated retelling of the biblical Book of Exodus. His song, "Through Heaven's Eyes," is a fan-favorite from the 1998 film's soundtrack, and Stokes Mitchell said he gets references about it "all the time."

"As a matter of fact, when they tested that movie originally, they said that song was the one that everybody responded to as well," Stokes Mitchell told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview as he attended the opening night of Broadway'sJoe Turner's Come and Gonein April.

"So I was really happy about that, and I'm happy that it's still going and people still love the song," added the actor.

The Prince of Egyptfollows the journey of Moses, voiced byVal Kilmer.

Other stars who lent their vocal talents to the Dreamworks project includeRalph Fiennes,Michelle Pfeiffer,Sandra Bullock,Jeff Goldblum,Danny Glover,Patrick Stewart,Helen Mirren,Steve MartinandMartin Short, among others.

The film won an Oscar in the Best Original Song category for "When You Believe," penned byStephen Schwartz. (Whitney HoustonandMariah Careyreleased a popular version for the film's end credits.)

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Stokes Mitchell provides the singing voice for Glover's character in the 1998 movie.

Stokes Mitchell has starred in a number of Broadway shows throughout his career, including 1998'sRagtime, and 2002'sMan of La Mancha— plus 1999'sKiss Me, Kate, which earned him a Tony award.

The actor, who previously starred in August Wilson's King Hedley II in 2001, told PEOPLE he wants his next career move to be a similar one.

"I'd love to do another August Wilson play, actually, because he's the American Shakespeare. I just love him," Stokes Mitchell said. "I love his words, I love his rhythms, and I love the jazz and the music in his words."

Stokes Mitchell serves as a co-producer for the latest iteration ofJoe Turner’s Come and Gone, written by Wilson. The production, directed byDebbie Allen, starsTaraji P. Henson, making her Broadway debut, alongsideCedric The Entertainer.

Tickets to seeJoe Turner’s Come and Gonecan be purchasedhere. The show is expected to run through July 26 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

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Could Penn State still be in race for Peter Bourque?

In a race where seemingly everything was going wrong for theNittany Lions, they may have received a slight boost. Four star QBPeter Bourquewas originally projected to go to theNittany Lions, but after several changes of mind, he could be back in Penn State's good graces. Now, what seemed like a fight betweenGeorgiaandVirginia Techhas turned into a three horse race.

Luckily for Penn State fans, today is the day that Bourque will make his decision and potentially determine what Penn State will do at the QB position in this cycle. Should they land him, it will be a major boost to their long term success and a big win for the program over an SEC powerhouse and a former head coach. If they don't secure his signature, then all eyes will turn to the other four star prospect of Penn State's interest,Will Wood.That could prove to be a much easier race as the Blue and White need only worry about Boston College.

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While Bourque is the No. 1 recruit in the state of Massachusetts and is more highly coveted, Wood would be a nice contingency plan. It certainly feels as if Matt Campbell and Co. are starting to throw all their eggs into the Wood basket, but Bourque could just as easily have another change of heart today.

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Matthew McConaughey recalls self-imposed exile in Peru, where he lived as 'Mateo' for 22 days

Matthew McConaughey talks about the 22 days he spent rediscovering himself in Peru, after filming A Time to Kill in 1995.

Key Points

• During his self-imposed exile, the famous actor went by "Mateo."

• "It reaffirmed my own identity that, 'Oh, I still got it. This is based on me,'" he said of the life-changing trip. 

Just asMatthew McConaugheywas becoming a household name, he fled Hollywood for a place he could be completely anonymous: Ilo, a port city in southern Peru.

The actor had just wrapped filming 1996'sA Time to Kill, theJohn Grishamadaptation starringSandra BullockandSamuel L. Jackson. "The world was a mirror," he recalled on theNo Magic Pillpodcast, with total strangers telling him how much they loved him.

"I needed to get my feet on the ground," he told host Blake Mycoskie. "So I click out. Boom. Go to Peru. I needed to find it, to check the validation. I knew I had it, I just had to go prove it again. But I did question, now that I just got famous, I've got all this adulation for this and that and the other. And I'm trying to decipher which part's real, which part's bulls--t."

As part of his self-discovery journey, McConaughey, then 26, went by "Mateo," the Spanish form of his name.

For 22 days, he lived off the grid without electricity. The first half of his exile was "wonky," he admitted. "But the last 10 days were great. I was now at the place long enough to go, 'I could live this. This could be my existence.'"

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As we know, McConaughey did in fact return to Hollywood — and with an improved mindset he got from the people who had no idea he was a famous actor.

"At the end of 22 days, the tears in their eyes and the tears in my eyes and the hugs we had on the sadness and happiness of saying goodbye were all based off of the man they met named Mateo, who had nothing to do with the celebrity," he said. "It reaffirmed my own identity that, 'Oh, I still got it. This is based onme.'"

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McConaughey previously talked about his Peruvian adventure toThe New York Timesin 1996.

Calling it "the best decision in the world," he said his days hiking through the jungle helped him to "respect and appreciate what I had just done" on the set ofA Time to Kill. "So when I came back [to Hollywood], I was prepared."

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