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Ledisi To Take On Her First Principal Broadway Role in This Fall’s ‘WANTED’

Billboard·Rebecca Milzoff·19 days ago
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The Grammy-winning singer will play Tallulah Clarke, mother of the legendary outlaws the Sisters Clarke. Solea Pfeiffer, Ledisi and Liisi LaFontaine perform "Wanted" unplugged. Thomas Mundell Trending on Billboard Singular vocalist Ledisi is no stranger to Broadway — or the world beyond the recording studio in general, for that matter. In addition to roles in the films Selma and Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story , the Grammy-winning, genre-blending R&B singer (who is featured on the new Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack) has previously made notable appearances on the New York stage in Caroline, or Change and Hair . Explore See latest videos, charts and news But she will take on her biggest Broadway role yet this fall: Billboard can exclusively announce that she will join the cast of the highly-anticipated new musical WANTED . WANTED tells the “mostly true story” of twin sisters Mary and Martha Clarke, two Black women who “passed” as white and became legendary outlaws in post-emancipation Texas.…

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