December 11, 2009

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LESLIE UGGAMS

LESLIE UGGAMS(Ethel Thayer) won a Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical for her Broadway debut in Hallelujah, Baby! For her performance as Ruby in August Wilson’s King Hedley II she received a Tony Award nomination as Best Actress in a Play. Most recently, she spent a triumphant year co-starring on Broadway in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Additional Broadway credits include Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes (Lincoln Center and national touring productions), Jerry’s Girls, Blues in the Night and Her First Roman. Her recent Off-Broadway performances, The Old Settler and Keb Mo’s Thunder Knocking on the Door, were both honored with critical plaudits and AUDELCO Awards. Leslie’s theatre career began at the age of nine (regular Apollo Theater appearances with such legends as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Dinah Washington) and has continued until today with appearances across the country in such productions as Master Class, Play On, Into the Woods, Call Me Madam, The Old Settler and Blue. Leslie’s television career began at the age of six on the TV series “Beulah.” At 15 she appeared on “Name That Tune,” which led to her series role on “Sing Along With Mitch.” Other television credits include Kizzy in “Roots” (Critics Choice Award, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations), “Backstairs at the White House,” “Sizzle,” HBO’s “Christmas at Radio City Music Hall,” co-host of “Fantasy” (Emmy Award) and “The Leslie Uggams Show.” Her film credits include Black Girl, Skyjacked and Sugar Hill. In addition to stage and television, she performs concerts around the country, recently appearing with the Buffalo Philharmonic and Washington Symphony orchestras and at the Memorial Day Concert on the Washington Mall, which was televised by PBS.

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Theatre

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On Golden Pond

Cort Theatre

Ethel Thayer

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Marquis Theatre

Muzzy Van Hossmere

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