Ms. Broadway June 2020: LaChanze and Celia Rose Gooding

This is a first for us - a mother/daughter pair - being honored as Ms. Broadway. But, given that they both won the first ever Antonyo Award for Best Actor in a Musical off-Broadway (LaChanze for The Secret Life of Bees) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical on Broadway (Celia Rose Gooding for Jagged Little Pill) just last week, June 2020 seemed like the perfect month! 

Long one of our favorite actresses, LaChanze is a repeat Ms. Broadway (April 2014), and Celia Rose is definitely an actress we have an eye on for a long career, given her amazing debut this past season. Congratulations, ladies!

Ms. Broadway

June 2020

LaChanze and Celia Rose Gooding

GETTING TO KNOW CELIA ROSE GOODING:

• BIRTH DATE: February 22
• BIRTHPLACE: New York, NY
• EDUCATION: Pace University (Currently), The Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy, Berridge Conservatory, The Alvin Ailey Institute
• SELECT THEATER CREDITS: Broadway: Jagged Little Pill (Frankie Healy); Regional: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T.); Other: Urinetown, Fame

 

 

GETTING TO KNOW LACHANZE:

• BIRTH DATE: December 16
• BIRTHPLACE: St. Augustine, FL
• EDUCATION: Morgan State University, University of the Arts
• SELECT THEATER CREDITS: Broadway: A Christmas Carol, Summer, If/Then, The Color Purple (Tony Award), Ragtime, Company (1995), Once On This Island, Dreamgirls, Uptown...It's Hot; Off-Broadway: The Secret Life of Bees, Cabin in the Sky, The Wiz, Dessa Rose, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

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