15 Trailblazing Black Musicians Who Brought Color To Broadway
Black On Broadway: Trailblazing Musicians Who Brought Color To Musical Theater
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Keenan "HIGz" Higgins
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June 11, 2023
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1. Harry Belafonte in 'John Murray Anderson's Almanac' (1954)
2. Vanessa Williams as Aurora in 'Kiss Of The Spider-Woman' (1993)
3. Toni Braxton as Belle in 'Beauty And The Beast' (1998)
4. Heather Headley as Aida in 'Aida' (2000)
5. Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) as Booth in 'Topdog/Underdog' (2002)
6. Sean Diddy Combs as Walter Lee in 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2004)
7. Tevin Campbell as Seaweed J. Stubbs in 'Hairspray' (2005)
8. Usher as Billy Flynn in 'Chicago' (2006)
9. Fantasia as Celie in 'The Color Purple' (2007)
10. Raven-Symoné as Deloris Van Cartier in 'Sister Act' (2012)
11. Billy Porter as Lola in 'Kinky Boots' (2013)
12. Deborah Cox as Lucy in 'Jekyll & Hyde' (2013)
13. Keke Palmer as Cinderella in 'Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella' (2014)
14. Brandy as Roxie Hart in 'Chicago' (2015)
15. Jennifer Hudson as Shug Avery in 'The Color Purple' (2015)
Black On Broadway: Trailblazing Musicians Who Brought Color To Musical Theater was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
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