Age: 26

Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana

Currently: Following the sizable footsteps of the the great divas who came before her (Jennifer Holliday, Lillias White, Jennifer Hudson et al.) as Effie White in the sizzling new national tour of Dreamgirls, at New York’s Apollo Theatre through Sunday, December 13.

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And I am telling you…Dreamgirls is back in New York! On the first stop of a highly anticipated national tour, a new production of the beloved 1981 musical is right where it belongs, on the stage of the Apollo Theater in Harlem. On November 22, the show celebrated its NYC opening night, and the huge cast and creative team ...

Seven performances have been added to the New York run of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. The show began previews on November 7, will open on November 22, and is now set to run through December 12, directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom. The production cannot extend further because the Apollo is the first stop on a national ...

The national tour of hit musical Dreamgirls is hitting Harlem’s historic Apollo Theatre—and we are tellin’ you you’ll want to check out photos of the hot new production. The story of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Dreamgirls follows the powerhouse-voiced women and their rocky road to superstardom. Featured in the cast are American Idol finalist ...

She may have played second fiddler to the “David versus David” rivalry on American Idol’s seventh season, but second runner-up Syesha Mercado is confidently taking the spotlight now in a shiny new Dreamgirls, currently kicking off a national tour at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. As Diana Ross doppelganger Deena Jones, the 22-year-old Florida native is making her professional ...