"I feel like my life is a musical," says an ebullient Wallace today on a rare day off, calling from New York. She's back on Broadway, starring alongside her friend Billy Porter in, for the first time since playing an egg in Something Rotten! in 2015. "I mean, when I tell people I grew up on a hog farm, that's like the beginning of a musical, right?" Another explosive laugh.
The partnership between Harlem Shake and HELL'S KITCHEN celebrates the vibrancy of New York, highlighting Alicia Keys' roots in Hell's Kitchen and Harlem Shake's dedication to its neighborhood.
Warfield made it to Broadway in October 1968 when she was cast as Clara in The Great White Hope, receiving Theatre World and Clarence Derwent prizes for her powerful performance.
The acclaimed Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by George C. Wolfe, will end its run at the Majestic Theatre on Aug. 17, after 28 previews and 269 regular performances.
I'm not really that attuned to it...I have not seen anything bring the world together more than Potter. She's responsible for that, so I'm incredibly grateful.