(Actress) is currently in Broadway’s Come From Away (Hannah & others). Other Broadway credits include Mary Poppins and Les Misérables. She was the first African American to perform a leading role in the history of Mary Poppins. She played Mabel Washington off-Broadway and recorded the soundtrack for Fame: On 42^nd Street.  Other noted credits include Abyssinia: A Gospel Celebration with Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center, Showboat in Concert at Carnegie Hall, a guest soloist for Hillary Clinton’s Vital Voices awards at the Kennedy Center and a guest soloist Barack Obama’s inaugural ceremonies. She has shared the stage with Gladys Knight, Rita Coolidge and Gary U. S Bonds in Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Ledesi and Loretta Devine, among others. http://www.qdotsmith.com/