Tony®, Grammy®, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry makes her Wharton Center debut in a special one-night performance on Saturday, March 26, at 8 p.m. to perform Broadway hits and classic standards. Tickets are on sale now through the official Wharton Center Ticket Office, online at whartoncenter.com, or by calling 517-432-2000 or 1-800-WHARTON.
Broadway and TV star Goldsberry is most well known for her originating role as Angelica Schuyler in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s "Hamilton," for which she won a Tony Award® for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Most recently she can be seen starring in "Girls5eva," Tina Fey’s acclaimed new hit show on the Peacock network. Goldsberry made her Broadway debut in "The Lion King" and was the last 'Mimi' in "Rent" also on Broadway. She has appeared in Baz Luhrmann's "The Get Down" for Netflix, starred in "Altered Carbon" also on Netflix and shot the title role for HBO's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" opposite Oprah Winfrey.
A Detroit native, Goldsberry will take Cobb Great Hall’s stage backed by a stellar band for a night of Broadway classics plus beloved standards, with featured selections like a "Rent" medley, “A Foggy Day,” “Shadowland” (The Lion King)—and there’s always a possibility of a few numbers from "Hamilton!"
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