Brenda Braxton
BRENDA BRAXTON Broadway: Chicago, Smokey Joe's Cafe, for which she received a 1995 Tony Award nomination, the NAACP Theater Award, the city of Chicago's Jefferson Award and a Grammy Award for Best Cast Album. She co-directed and choreographed the 2001 Dreamgirls Concert and most recently appeared as Gladiola in House of Flowers for the Encores! series and as Sugar Lou Bird in the Off-Broadway production of Langston Hughes' Little Ham. Other Broadway credits include Jelly's Last Jam, Cats, Legs Diamond and the original production of Dreamgirls. She received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Living the Dream Award given by New York Governor George Pataki and the Josephine Baker Award from the National Council of Negro Women for her work as founder of Leading Ladies Just for Teens, seminars geared to empowering teenage girls. Bio as of November, 2009. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Design - September, 1992 - Watch now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)