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KeKe Palmer & now Sherri Shepherd Become First Black Cinderella LEADS on Broadway

8/4/2014

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UPDATE: Word is out that Sherri Shepherd will play evil step mother, Madame in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella! Shepherd made the announcement on The View, Tuesday, revealing that her life after talk show will be the Great White Way.  Cinderella will mark her Broadway debut. It will also be the first time in history that African-American actresses have played these roles on Broadway.  Go ladies!  SISTA POWER!   

On another note Sherri's surrogate gave birth to a baby boy! Deets from TMZ here.

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SHOUTS! LOVE & more to the talented Keke Palmer.  Not only is she youngest person to have a talk show in TV history, but now she will be the first black Cinderella on The Great White Way! 

 Sept 9th, she will
make her debut in the staring role in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Broadway Theatre.

"It's honestly one of those things that I can't believe is really happening," Palmer said by phone Friday from her Los Angeles home. "I'm very excited. Very excited and nervous as well — a bunch of feelings all at once."

Palmer, the former Nickelodeon child star best known for her roles in "Barbershop 2" and "Akeelah and the Bee," will be making her professional stage debut. The triple threat can act, dance and sing!  Her albums include the 2007 CD "So Uncool" and a self-titled 2012 EP.

You  may have recently remembered her as Chili in "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story"  She  also appeared opposite Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams in Lifetime's "A Trip to Bountiful," which was nominated for an Emmy Award.

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One of Palmer's heroines growing up was the singer and actress Brandy Norwood, who played Cinderella in a 1997 TV movie opposite Whitney Houston. "I feel like the reason I'm able to do this is definitely because Brandy did it on TV," Palmer said. "In me doing this, it shows everybody that everything is possible."

I personally wish they would make stickers of her as Cinderella. This way I can give them to my little 3-4 year old Princess ballerinas I teach! You can read more from this article by Mark Kennedy at ABCnews.go.com

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