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Heather Headley

Shows · Heather Headley

Actor b. 1974 On stage 19972015

Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role of Aida. She also won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album Audience of One. In 2018, she recurred as Gwen Garrett on the NBC medical drama television series Chicago Med. She stars on the Netflix series Sweet Magnolias, which debuted in 2020 and is in its fourth season as of February 2025.

On stage 5 productions, 18 years

1997 The Lion King New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Julie Taymor 10,000 perf.
2000 Aida Palace Theatre · Revival · directed by Robert Falls 1,852 perf.
2001 Dreamgirls Ford Center For The Performing Arts · Revival · directed by Brenda Braxton 1 perf.
2013 Il Divo - A Musical Affair Marquis Theatre · Original · directed by Brian Burke 6 perf.
2015 The Color Purple Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre · Revival · directed by John Doyle 493 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Steve Geary 2 productions
Rema Webb 2 productions
Nathaniel Stampley 2 productions
Bobby Daye 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott, John Hickok, Damian Perkins, Tyrees Allen, Daniel Oreskesebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • He talked about doing Aida and how terrifying it was when the set broke. At the end of the show, he and Heather Headley were inside a "tomb" that was lifted pretty high above the stage. Suddenly it fell three feet… then it fell all the way to the stage! He and Heather tumbled out, and someone from the show literally yelled, "Is there a do…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • Over the next few years he toplined three "Encores!" productions: Do Re Mi, as the suave record executive (in a company that included Nathan Lane, Heather Headley, and Randy Graff); Carnival, as the tortured puppeteer; and another Alfred Drake role, Hajj, the Baghdad storyteller in Kismet. All three were roles originated by Caucasians but…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
  • When time came for the 2000 Tony Awards, McDonald was nominated as Best Leading Actress in a Musical but lost to Heather Headley of Aida. It was the first time she'd been nominated and lost, and it broke her biannual Tony record that had held through Carousel (1994), Master Class (1996), and Ragtime (1998).ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
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  • +Succeeded by: 1. Thuli Dumakude 2. Meena T. Jahi 3. Bill Bowers 4. Tom Hewitt 5. Keith Bennett 6. Jeff Skowron 7. Danny Rutigliano 8. Mary Randle, Heather Headleytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1998-99 Season, v. 55 (Willis).txt

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