![]() NYC/Broadway: Dubarry was a Lady, Call Me Madam, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation Benefit (Carnegie Hall) and Lyrics and Lyricists 25th Year Celebration (92nd Street “Y”). Other recent television appearances include Nurse Jackie The Good Wife Memphis Beat and NYC 22.ĬHARLES REPOLE ( Director) Pittsburgh CLO: Damn Yankees, Gypsy, Legally Blonde, 42nd Street, Jesus Christ Superstar, Annie Get Your Gun, Curtains, Annie and Copacabana. She also stars as Blind Al in the blockbuster 20th Century Fox film Deadpool series starring Ryan Reynolds, and co-starred in the HBO original movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with Oprah Winfrey. Currently, Leslie can be seen as Leah Walker in the hit television series Empire. ![]() ![]() She is also the recipient of an American Artist Award from Arena Stage in Washington, DC. She is on the Board of Directors of the Apollo Theater, and she was recently awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut. Now, after six decades on stage and screen, Leslie is a legend in her own right. There she opened for such musical legends as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. Perhaps best known for her stirring portrayal of Kizzy in the landmark TV mini-series Alex Haley’s Roots (Critics Choice Award, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations), Leslie has performed to critical and popular acclaim ever since her first professional appearances at the age of nine at the famed Apollo Theater in New York City. She is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer whose career has brought her from Harlem (The Apollo Theater) to Broadway ( Hallelujah, Baby!), the big screen ( Deadpool, Skyjacked) to television ( Empire, The Leslie Uggams Show). She now returns as Muzzy and has amassed an impressive list of credits in between. ![]() LESLIE UGGAMS ( Muzzy Van Hossmere) last appeared at Pittsburgh CLO as the Witch in the 1996 production of Into the Woods. ![]()
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