Heather Headley, who won the 2000 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Aida, will be honored at the 10th annual Broadway Dreams Supper fundraiser December 12 at The Plaza in New York City.
She will be treated to performances from fellow Tony winner Jessie Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Waitress), Tony nominee Denée Benton (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), Quentin Earl Darrington (Once on This Island), Noah J. Ricketts (Frozen), and the Grammy Award-winning duo A Great Big World.
Headley’s other theatre credits include playing Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard—The Musical in London’s West End and her return to Broadway as nightclub singer Shug Avery in the Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple. She won the 2010 Grammy Award for “Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album” for her third studio album, Audience of One.
Also speaking at the Broadway Dreams Supper will be some of Headley’s collaborators, including The Color Purple director John Doyle, Wicked choreographer Wayne Cilento, Oscar winner Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman, The Bodyguard—The Musical), and author Susan Fales-Hill.
